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| Scott# 2132 | Plate # 1, 2 (Overall Tagging) |
| Scott# 2132a | Plate # 1, 2 (Type I) (Untagged - Overprinted with Precancel Bars and PRESORTED FIRST-CLASS SORT) |
| Scott# 2132b | Plate # 1 (Type II) (Untagged - Overprinted with Precancel Bars and PRESORTED FIRST-CLASS SORT) |
| Scott# 2132c | Plate # 1, 2 (Type I) (Tagging Omitted) (Not Bureau Precanceled) |
| Series | Transportation |
| Issue Date & City | Cottrell - April 2, 1985, Kingfield, Maine / B Press - September 3, 1987, Washington, DC |
| Nationwide Sale | April 3, 1985 |
| Designer | Ken Dallison, Indian River, Ontario, Canada |
| Art Director | Howard Paine (CSAC) |
| Typographer | Bradbury Thompson (CSAC) |
| Modeler | Esther Porter (BEP) |
| Engravers | Gary Chaconas, vignette, Gary J. Slaght, lettering (Both BEP) |
| To Press / Initial Quantity | Cottrell - February 1985 / #2132 - 29,625,000, #2132a - 85,904,000 |
| B Press - May 1987 / 54,000,000 | |
| Coil Size | (#2132) 500, (#2132a) 500, 3000, (#2132b) 3000 |
| Printer | Bureau of Engraving and Printing, Washington, DC |
| Press | #2132 & 2132a - Cottrell (801, 803), #2132b - 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 | Cottrell - 864 stamps per revolution with two plates of 18 x 24 / plate # every 24 stamps |
| B Press - 936 stamps per revolution of 18 x 52 / plate # every 52 stamps | |
| Paper & Gum | Water-Activated Type I |
| Tagging Type | Overall and Untagged |
| 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 3, 1985 |
| Note: | #2132 - There are joint lines on the right side of the plate number stamp on this printing. |
| #2132b - There are no joint lines on this printing from the B Press. | |
| 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 5L, 4L, 3L, 1L and LG. |
| Note: | Type I - Wording "Stanley Steamer 1909" is 18mm. |
| Type II - Wording "Stanley Steamer 1909" is 17.5mm. | |
| Varieties: | A 'rain crack' spans two rows of some stamps from plate 1. This constant plate variety consists of many small vertical cracks at position 2R. |
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