(5¢) Butte Non Profit Rate
(Stamp Venturers)
Self-Adhesive Coil of 10,000
Scott# 2902B Plate # S111
Series None (USPS) - American Scenes (PNC3)
Issue Date & City June 15, 1996, San Antonio, TX
Nationwide Sale June 16, 1996
Designer Tom Engeman, Carbondale, CO
Art Director Phil Jordan
Typographer Phil Jordan
Modeler Richard Sennett, Sennett Enterprises
To Press / Initial Run Probably Early 1996  /  550,000,000
Coil Size 10,000
Printer Stamp Venturers
Press Champlain, Model 1
Process Gravure
Where Printed J.W. Fergusson and Sons, Richmond, VA
Where Processed Stamp Venturers, Fredericksburg, VA
Plate Size & Interval 252 (12 x 21) stamps per revolution / plate # every 21 stamps
Paper & Gum Untagged, Self-Adhesive, supplied by Nichimen/Kanzaki
Tagging Type Untagged
Die Cut Gauge 11.5 Vertically
Colors Yellow, Red, Blue
Overall Size 0.87 x 0.96 in. / 22.1 x 24.4 mm
Back Numbers 5 digit Pink and Black dot-matrix numbers every 10 stamps, Top and Bottom
Earliest Known Use June 15, 1996
Note: 1996 Date is in Blue

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