Sc. #2129


Sc. #2129a


8.5¢ Tow Truck (BEP)
Water-Activated Coils of 500 and 3000
Scott# 2129 Plate # 1 (Block Tagging)
Scott# 2129a Plate # 1, 2 (Untagged - Precanceled in Red with Nonprofit Org.)
Series Transportation
Issue Date & City January 24, 1987, Tucson, Arizona
Nationwide Sale January 25, 1987
Designer William H. Bond, Arlington, Virginia
Art Director Howard Paine (CSAC)
Typographer Bradbury Thompson (CSAC)
Modeler Esther Porter (BEP)
Engravers Edward P. Archer, vignette, Michael J. Ryan, lettering (Both BEP)
To Press / Initial Quantity November 1986 /  #2129 - 17,600,000, #2129a - 792,048,000
Coil Sizes (#2129) 500, (#2129a) 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 Water-Activated Type I, III
Tagging Type #2129 - Block, #2129a - Untagged
Perf Gauge 9.8 Vertically
Color Dark Gray
Overall Size apx. 0.87 x 0.96 in. / 22.1 x 24.4 mm
Earliest Known Use January 24, 1987
Note: The Flexographic precancel mat was installed in the same position usually used for tagging.
Precancel gaps, consisting of a horizontal misalignment of the precancel text, exist at 13 stamp intervals.
Precancel gaps exist at 1L, 4L, 5L, 6L

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