4¢ Stagecoach (BEP)
Water-Activated Coils of 3000
Scott# 2228, 2228a Plate # 1 (Block Tagging)
Scott# 2228a Plate # 1 (Overall Tagging - 1990)
Scott# 2228b Plate # 1 (Imperf - Overall Tagging)
Series Transportation
Issue Date & City August 15, 1986, No First Day City
Nationwide Sale August 30, 1986
Designer James Schleyer, Burke, Virginia
Art Director Jack Williams (USPS)
Typographer Bradbury Thompson (CSAC)
Modeler Clarence Holbert (BEP)
Engravers Kenneth Kipperman, vignette, Gary Slaght, lettering (Both BEP)
To Press / Initial Quantity July 1986 /  29,472,000
Coil Size 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 Water-Activated Type I, III
Tagging Type Block, Overall
Perf Gauge 9.8 Vertically
Color Red Brown
Overall Size apx. 0.87 x 0.96 in. / 22.1 x 24.4 mm
Earliest Known Use August 15, 1986
Note: "Stagecoach 1890s" is 17mm long.
Note: There are NO joint lines on the right side of the plate number stamp on this printing.
Note: Overall tagging breaks exist at 26 stamp intervals. In addition, the tagging breaks move in relation to the plate number.
Note: For a comparison of the different Stagecoach types, click here.

2228 2228a

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