Sc. #2133


Sc. #2133a


12.5¢ Pushcart (BEP)
Water-Activated Coils of 500 and 3000
Scott# 2133 Plate # 1, 2 (Block Tagging)
Scott# 2133a Plate # 1, 2 (Untagged) (Precanceled with Bulk Rate between two lines).
Scott# 2133b Plate # 1 (Imperf)
Series Transportation
Issue Date & City April 18, 1985, Oil Center, New Mexico
Nationwide Sale April 19, 1985
Designer James Schleyer, Burke, Virginia
Art Director Mary Margaret Grant (USPS)
Typographer Bradbury Thompson (CSAC)
Engravers Gary M. Chaconas, vignette, Robert G. Culin, Sr., lettering (Both BEP)
To Press / Initial Quantity March 1985 /  #2133 - 21,250,000, #2133a - 345,692,000
Coil Sizes (#2133) 500, 3000, (#2133a) 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 Type I, II, III, Water-Activated
Tagging Type Block and Untagged
Perf Gauge 9.8 Vertically
Color Olive
Overall Size apx. 0.87 x 0.96 in. / 22.1 x 24.4 mm
Earliest Known Use April 18, 1985
Notes: Plate # 1 was printed using a Dark and/or Light Olive ink, Plate #2 used a Light Olive ink.
Precancel line gaps exist at 4L, 5L, 6L, 7L, 8L, 9L, 10L, 11L, 12L, 7R, 8R, 9R, 10R, 11R.

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