Scott# 1898A | Plate # 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6 (Overall Tagging) |
Cottrell Plate Pairings and Roll Sizes Found |
1/2 (500, 3K); 3/4 (500, 3K); 5/6 (3K) |
Purple Machine Cancel | Plate # 4 |
Scott# 1898Ab | Plate # 3, 4, 5, 6 (Untagged - Overprinted with Nonprofit Org.) |
Cottrell Plate Pairings and Roll Sizes Found |
3/4 (500, 3K); 5/6 (500, 3K) |
Scott# 1898Ac | Plate # 5, 6 (Imperf - Untagged) |
Scott# 1898Ad | Plate # 1, 2 (Imperf - Overall Tagging) |
Scott# 1898Ae | Plate # 3, 4 (Tagging omitted - Not Precanceled) |
Series | Transportation |
Issue Date & City | August 19, 1982, Milwaukee, Wisconsin |
Nationwide Sale | August 20, 1982 |
Designer | James Schleyer, Burke, Virginia |
Art Director | Jack Williams (USPS) |
Typographer | Bradbury Thompson (CSAC) |
Modeler | Clarence Holbert (BEP) |
Engravers | Kenneth R. Kipperman, vignette, Gary J. Slaght, lettering (Both BEP) |
To Press / Initial Quantity | June 1982 / 29,472,000 |
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 | 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 19, 1982 |
Note: | "Stagecoach 1890s" is 19 1/2 mm long. |
Note: | There are joint lines on the right side of the plate number stamp on this printing. |
Note: | 1898A - Plates 5 and 6 were first found in January 1986 and went to press in June 1985. |
Note: | 1898Ab - Precancel line gaps exist at 2L, 1L and LG. |
Varieties: | Chill-roller doubling on some rolls of tagged plates 1 and 2 on stamps 3L and 3R. |
Note: | For a comparison of the different Stagecoach types, click here. |
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