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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