(10¢) Presorted Standard (Bulk Rate) GREEN BICYCLE
(Sennett Security Products)
Water Activated Coil of 500, 3,000 and 10,000

Scott# 3229 Plate S111
Series American Transportation
Issue Date & City August 14, 1998, Washington, DC
Nationwide Sale August 15, 1998
Illustrator Bob Brangwynne, Boston, MA
Designer Richard Sheaff, Scottsdale, AZ
Engraver MacKay / Gravure Systems
Art Director Richard Sheaff, Scottsdale, AZ
Typographer Richard Sheaff, Scottsdale, AZ
Modeler Donald Woo
To Press / Initial Run Late Spring 1998 / 50 million in coils of 500, 500 million in coils of 10,000
Coil Size 500, 3,000 and 10,000
Printer American Packaging Corp. (APC) for Sennett Security Products (SSP) of Chantilly, Virginia
Press Champlain 681
Process Gravure
Where Printed American Packaging Corp., Columbus, WI
Where Processed Unique Binders, Fredericksburg, VA
Plate Size & Interval 1092 stamps per revolution / plate # every 14 stamps
Paper & Gum USPS Type III / Water-Activated, supplied by Paper Corporation/Brown Bridge
Tagging Type Untagged
Perf Gauge 9.9 Vertically (APS custom perforator)
Colors (PMS Colors) (334) Green, (27) Purple, Process Black
Image Area 0.72 x 0.81 in. / 18.28 x 20.57 mm
Overall Size 0.87 x 0.96 in. / 22.09 x 24.38 mm
Back Numbers Pink Number every 10 stamps / Coil of 500 has 3 digits on Top, Middle and Bottom (odd and even) / Coil of 3,000 has 4 digits on Top and Bottom / Coil of 10,000 has 5 digits on Top and Bottom
Earliest Known Use August 14, 1998
USPS Order Numbers Coil of 10,000 - $1000.00 - 798140
Strip of 25 with plate number - $2.50 - 798130
Strip of 5 - $.50 - 798120
Coil of 500 - $50.00 - 797940
Strip of 25 with plate number - $2.50 - 797930
Strip of 5 - $.50 - 797920
First Day Cover - $.61 - 797961
Availability Stamp Fulfillment Services, Kansas City
Providence, RI (9-26-98) - Coil of 500, Plate # S111: pink back #s, ODD, (top, middle and bottom) every 10, plate #s every 14. Coil of 10,000, Plate # S111: pink top back #s, ODD, every 10, plate #s every 14.
Varieties Known with a Splice

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