Scott # 1902


Scott # 1902a

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7.4¢ Baby Buggy (BEP)
Water-Activated Coils of 500 and 3000
Scott# 1902 Plate # 2 (Block Tagging)
Scott# 1902a Plate # 2 (Untagged - Precanceled with two black lines and Blk. Rt. CAR-RT SORT)
Series Transportation
Issue Date & City April 7, 1984, San Diego, California
Nationwide Sale April 8, 1984
Designer Jim Schleyer, Burke, Virginia
Art Director Mary Margaret Grant (USPS)
Typographer Bradbury Thompson (CSAC)
Modeler Frank J. Waslick (BEP)
Engravers Kenneth Kipperman, vignette, Dennis Brown, lettering (Both BEP)
To Press / Initial Quantity March 1984 /  203,830,000
Coil Sizes (#1902) 500, (#1902a) 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 Water-Activated Type II
Tagging Type Untagged
Perf Gauge 9.75 Vertically
Color (PMS) Brown
Overall Size (w x h) apx. 0.87 x 0.96 in. / 22.1 x 24.4 mm
Earliest Known Use April 7, 1984
Note: Precancel gaps exist in positions 7L, 11R, 12R.
Variety: A constant plate flaw exists at 15L. It is known as a "Blown Tire" and consists of a spray of ink on the rear tire.