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3¢ Conestoga Wagon (BEP)
Water-Activated Coils of 100, 500, 3000 and 10,000
Scott# 2252 Plate # 1 (Block Tagged)
Scott# 2252a Plate # 2, 3, 5, 6 (Untagged, dull gum)
Scott# 2252a Plate # 3, 5, 6 (Untagged, shiny gum)
Scott# 2252a Plate # 5 (Untagged, low gloss gum)
Scott# 2252b (Untagged, shiny gum) (Imperf pair)
Series Transportation
Issue Date & City February 29, 1988, Conestoga, Pennsylvania
Nationwide Sale March 1, 1988
Designer Richard Schlect, Arlington, VA
Art Director Jack Williams (USPS)
Typographer Bradbury Thompson (CSAC)
Engravers Vignette - Thomas R. Hipschen, Lettering - Dennis Brown (BEP)
To Press / Quantity September 29, 1987 / Initial Order 528,000
Maximum PNCs apx 4,752,000
Coil Size 100, 500, 3000, 10,000
Printer Bureau Of Engraving and Printing (BEP), Washington, DC.
Presses B, 701 / C/D, 901,902
Process Intaglio
Where Printed BEP, Washington, DC.
Where Processed BEP, Washington, DC.
Plate Size & Interval (B Press) 936 (18 x 52) stamps per revolution / plate # every 52 stamps
(C Press) 864 (18 x 48) stamps per revolution / plate # every 48 stamps
Paper Water-Activated
Gum Dull - #2, 3
Low Gloss - #5
Shiny - #3, 5, 6
Tagging #1 Block, #2, 3, 5, 6 Untagged
Perf. Gauge 9.8 Vertically
Colors Maroon
Overall Size (w x h) apx 0.87 x 0.96 in. / 22.1 x 24.4 mm
Earliest Known Use February 29, 1988
Note: Plate #2 was found in April 1992. Plate #3 with Dull gum was found late in 1994. Shiny gum stamps with plate #3 were found in March 1995, while Plate #6 from coils of 10,000 was found late in 1995. Plate #5 apparently was found in 1997.
Note: Plate #5 with the low-gloss gum is smaller than the #5 with shiny gum.
Note: Plate #1 was printed on the B Press. Plates 2 and 3 with dull gum were printed on the C/D Presses

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