17¢ Dog Sled (BEP)
Water-Activated Coils of 100, 500 and 3000
Scott# 2135 Plate # 2 (Block Tagging)
Scott# 2135a Plate # 2 (Imperf)
Series Transportation
Issue Date & City August 20, 1986, Anchorage, Alaska
Nationwide Sale August 21, 1986
Designer Lou Nolan, McLean, Virginia
Art Director Derry Noyes (CSAC)
Modeler Clarence Holbert (BEP)
Typographer Bradbury Thompson, Riverside, Connecticut
Engravers Edward P. Archer, vignette, Gary J. Slaght, lettering, Michael J. Ryan, numerals (All BEP)
To Press / Initial Quantity July 1986 /  227,000,000
Coil Size 100, 500 and 3000
Printer Bureau of Engraving and Printing, Washington, DC
Press B (701)
Process Intaglio
Where Printed Bureau of Engraving and Printing, Washington, DC
Where Processed Bureau of Engraving and Printing, Washington, DC
Plate Size & Interval B Press - 936 (18 x 52 stamps per revolution / plate # every 52 stamps
Paper & Gum Water-Activated, Type I, III
Tagging Type Block
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 August 20, 1986

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