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| Scott# 2123 | Plate # 1, 2 (Overall Tagging) |
| Scott# 2123a | Plate # 1, 2 (Untagged - Overprinted with Precancel Bars and Nonprofit Org. CAR-RT SORT) |
| Series | Transportation |
| Issue Date & City | June 8, 1985, Arlington, Virginia |
| Nationwide Sale | June 9, 1985 |
| Designer | Lou Nolan, McLean, Virginia |
| Art Director | Derry Noyes (CSAC) |
| Typographer | Bradbury Thompson (CSAC) |
| Modeler | Ronald C. Sharpe (BEP) |
| Engravers | Kenneth R. Kipperman, vignette, Gary J. Slaght, lettering (Both BEP) |
| To Press / Initial Quantity | April 1985 / 115,000,000 |
| Coil Sizes | (#2123) 500, (#2123a) 500, 3000 |
| Printer | Bureau of Engraving and Printing, Washington, DC |
| Press | Cottrell (801, 803) |
| 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 | Type I, Water-Activated |
| Tagging Type | Overall and Untagged |
| Perf Gauge | 9.8 Vertically |
| Color | Green |
| Overall Size | apx. 0.87 x 0.96 in. / 22.1 x 24.4 mm |
| Earliest Known Use | May 25, 1985 |
| Note: | There are joint lines on the right side of the plate number stamp on this printing. |
| Note: | Plates 1 and 2 were paired together on the same press run. |
| A strip with two plate numbers will show 2 different numbers as above. | |
| Note: | Precancel line gaps exist at 1R, 2R, 3R and LG. |
| Varieties: | Chill-roller doubling on some rolls of tagged stamps. |
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