29¢ Pine Cone
(Banknote Corporation of America)
Self-Adhesive Coils of 5000
Scott# 2491c Plate # B1
Series Fauna and Flora
Issue Date & City November 5, 1993, Kansas City, Missouri
Nationwide Sale November 6, 1993
Designer Paul Breeden, Sullivan, Maine
Art Director Joseph Brockert (USPS)
Typographer John Boyd, Anagraphics, Inc, New York, NY
Engraver Richard Baratz (BCA)
To Press / Quantity Probably Early 1993  /  39,882,000 (Includes Panes)
Coil Size 5000
Printer Banknote Corporation of America, Suffern, New York
Press Not Reported
Process Intaglio
Where Printed Banknote Corporation of America, Suffern, New York
Where Processed Banknote Corporation of America, Suffern, New York
Plate Size & Interval 216 (12 x 18) stamps per revolution / plate # every 22 stamps
Paper & Gum Prephosphored, Self-Adhesive, supplied by Fasson
Tagging Type Prephosphored, Solid Tagging
Die Cut Gauge Die Cut in rectangular shape
Colors Green, Red-brown, Black
Overall Size apx. 0.87 x 0.98 in. / 22.1 x 24.9 mm
Earliest Known Use October 18, 1993
Note: Sold in strips of 18 with a plate number.
Note: Liner Marking - "-SELF-ADHESIVE (A) DO NOT WET-" in a repeat pattern. Wording can be found running at an angle from upper left to lower right (Type A) and lower right to upper left (Type B).
Note: Stamps without a plate number are indistinguishable from booklet stamps once removed from the backing paper, except for the numbered stamp.

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