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3¢ Handcar (BEP)
Water-Activated Coils of 500 and 3,000
Scott# 1898 Plate # 1, 2, 3, 4
Cottrell Plate Pairings
and Roll Sizes Found
1/2 (500, 3K); 3/4 (500, 3K)
Series Transportation
Issue Date & City March 25, 1983, Rochester, New York
Nationwide Sale March 26, 1983
Designer Walter Brooks, Norwalk, Connecticut
Modeler Clarence Holbert (BEP)
Typographer Bradbury Thompson (CSAC)
Engravers Edward P. Archer, vignette, Thomas J. Bakos, lettering (Both BEP)
To Press / Initial Quantity January 1983 /  100,000,000
Coil Size 500, 3000
Printer Bureau of Engraving and Printing, Washington, DC.
Press Cottrell
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 USPS Type I, Water-Activated
Tagging Type Overall
Perf. Gauge 9.8 Vertically
Color Green
Overall Size (w x h) apx. 0.87 x 0.96 in. / 22.1 x 24.4 mm
Earliest Known Use March 25, 1983
Note: There are joint lines on the right side of the plate number stamp on this printing.