13¢ Patrol Wagon (BEP)
Water-Activated Coils of 500 and 3000
Scott# 2258 Plate # 1
Series Transportation
Issue Date & City October 29, 1988, Anaheim, California
Nationwide Sale October 30, 1988
Designer Joe Brockert (USPS)
Art Director Bradbury Thompson (CSAC)
Typographer Bradbury Thompson (CSAC)
Modeler Clarence Holbert (BEP)
Engravers Edward P. Archer, vignette, Dennis Brown, lettering (Both BEP)
To Press / Initial Quantity October 1988 /  137,500,000
Coil Size 500, 3000
Printer Bureau of Engraving and Printing, Washington, DC
Press B Press (701)
Process Intaglio
Where Printed Bureau of Engraving and Printing, Washington, DC
Where Processed Bureau of Engraving and Printing, Washington, DC
Plate Size & Interval 936 (18 x 52) stamps per revolution / plate # every 52 stamps
Paper & Gum Type III, Water-Activated
Tagging Type Untagged
Perf Gauge 9.75 Vertically
Colors Black, Red (Presorted First-Class Precancel)
Overall Size apx. 0.87 x 0.96 in. / 22.1 x 24.4 mm
Earliest Known Use October 29, 1988

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