20¢ Consumer Education (BEP)
Water-Activated Coils of 100, 500 and 3000
Scott# 2005 Plate # 1, 2, 3, 4
Scott# 2005a Plate # 1, 2, 3, 4 (Imperf)
Scott# 2005b Plate # 3, 4 (Untagged Error)
Purple Machine Cancel Plate # 1, 2, 3, 4
Series Miscellaneous
Issue Date & City April 27, 1982, Washington, DC
Nationwide Sale April 28, 1982
Designer John Boyd, New York, NY
Art Director none listed
Typographer none listed
Modeler none listed
Engravers Joseph S. Creamer, Jr., vignette, Albert Saavedra, lettering (Both BEP)
To Press / Initial Quantity March 1982 /  461,093,000
Coil Size 100, 500, 3000
Printer Bureau of Engraving and Printing, Washington, DC
Press Cottrell
Process Intaglio
Where Printed Bureau of Engraving and Printing, Washington, DC
Where Processed Bureau of Engraving and Printing, Washington, DC
Plate Size & Interval 864 stamps per revolution with two plates of 18 x 24 / plate # every 24 stamps
Paper & Gum Water-Activated Type I
Tagging Type Overall, Untagged (Error)
Perf Gauge 9.8 Vertically
Color Blue
Overall Size apx. 0.87 x 0.96 in. / 22.1 x 24.4 mm
Earliest Known Use April 27, 1982
Note: There are joint lines on the right side of the plate number stamp on this printing.
Plate Pairings: Plates 1 and 2, 3 and 4.
A strip with two plate numbers will show 2 different numbers as above.
Purple Machine Cancels 1, 2, 3, 4

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