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(25¢) Presorted First-Class DINER (BEP)
Self-Adhesive Coil of 3,000 and 10,000
Scott# 3208A Plate 11111, 22211, 22222, 33333, 44444, 55555
Series American Culture
Issue Date & City September 30, 1998 - Washington, DC 20066
Nationwide Sale October 1, 1998
Illustrator Kevin Newman, Santa Monica, VA
Designer Carl Herrman, Laguna Niguel, VA
Art Director Carl Herrman, Laguna Niguel, VA
Typographer Carl Herrman, Laguna Niguel, VA
Modeler Bureau of Engraving & Printing, Washington, DC.
To Press / Initial Run Summer 1998 / 300,000,000
Coil Size 3,000 and 10,000
Printer Bureau of Engraving & Printing (BEP)
Press Andreotti
Process Gravure
Where Printed Bureau of Engraving & Printing (BEP), Washington, DC.
Where Processed Bureau of Engraving & Printing (BEP), Washington, DC.
Plate Size & Interval 378 stamps per revolution / plate # every 21 stamps
Paper & Gum USPS Type III, Self Adhesive
Tagging Type Untagged
Die Cut Gauge 9.7 Vertically, Peak/Valley 10 x 10
Colors (PMS Colors) Blue (PMS 326C), Yellow (PMS 1365C), Gray (PMS 431CC), Red (PMS 187C), Process Black
Image Area (w x h) 0.71 x 0.82 in. / 18.00 x 20.80 mm
Overall Size (w x h) 0.87 x 0.96 in. / 22.10 x 24.40 mm
Back Numbers 4 digit Blue, Top and Bottom, 20 stamps apart
Earliest Known Use September 30, 1998
USPS Order Numbers Coil of 10,000 - $2,500.00 - 798640
Plate # strip of 25 - $6.25 - 798630
First Day Cover - No number announced.
Availability Stamp Fulfillment Services, Kansas City
As of 10/11/98 - Tucson AZ (Top Blue Back #s) and Providence RI (Bottom Blue Back #s).
Plate 22211 - Tucson, AZ (11-18-99) - Blue Bottom Back number.
Note: Plates 22211 and 22222 were first found in 1999; 33333 and 44444 were first found in Jan/Feb 2000. Plate 55555 was found in April, 2002.
Varieties NVA