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5¢ Milk Wagon (BEP)
Water-Activated Coils of 100 and 3,000
Scott# 2253 Plate # 1
Series Transportation
Issue Date & City September 25, 1987, Indianapolis, Indiana
Nationwide Sale September 26, 1987
Designer Lou Nolan, McLean, Virginia
Art Director Derry Noyes (CSAC)
Typographer Lou Nolan (CSAC)
Modeler Clarence Holbert (BEP)
Engravers Gary M. Chaconas, vignette, Dennis Brown, lettering (Both BEP)
To Press / Initial Quantity July 1987 /  26,044,000,000
Coil Size 100, 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 B Press - 936 (18 x 52) stamps per revolution / plate # every 52 stamps
Paper & Gum Type III, Water-Activated
Tagging Type Block
Perf Gauge 9.8 Vertically
Color (PMS) Gray (PMS 425U)
Overall Size (w x h) apx. 0.87 x 0.96 in. / 22.1 x 24.4 mm
Earliest Known Use September 25, 1987

2253

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