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Scott # 3632A | Plate # S1111, S2222, S3333, S4444 (Prephosphored paper - Solid Tagging) |
Scott # 3632Ae | Plate # S3333, S4444 (Prephosphored paper - Mottled Tagging) |
Scott # 3632Af | Plate # S2222 (Die Cutting Omitted) |
Series | Flag Definitive |
Issue Date & City | August 8, 2003, Columbus, Ohio (APS Stampshow) (No First Day Ceremony) |
Nationwide Sale | August 8, 2003 |
Designer | Terrence W. McCaffrey, USPS |
Art Director | Terrence W. McCaffrey, USPS |
Typographer | Terrence W. McCaffrey, USPS |
Modeler | ? |
Engraver | Amotek Industries |
To Press / Initial Quantity | Probably Spring 2003 / 200 million |
Coil Size | 100 |
Printer | Sennett Security Products (SSP) |
Press | Rotomec 3000 |
Process | Gravure |
Where Printed | American Packaging Corporation, Columbus, WI |
Where Processed | Unique Binders, Fredericksburg, VA |
Plate Size & Interval | 616 stamps per revolution / plate # every 14 stamps |
Paper & Gum | Prephosphored USPS Type II, Self-Adhesive |
Tagging Type | Prephosphored, Plate S3333 and S4444 - Smooth and Uneven Tagging / S1111 and S2222 only Smooth Tagging |
Die Cut Gauge | 10.2 Vertically, Peak/Valley and Valley/Peak 12 x 11 / Plates S1111 and S2222 have Peak/Valley die cuts. Plates S3333 and S4444 have either Peak/Valley or Valley/Peak die cuts. |
Colors | Magenta, Yellow, Cyan, Black |
Image Size | (H x W) 0.808 x 0.725 in. / 20.51 x 18.42 mm |
Overall Size | (H x W) 0.982 x 0.87 in. / 24.94 x 22.09 mm |
Earliest Known Use | Placed on sale August 7, 2003 at Stampshow |
USPS Order Numbers | S/A Coil of 100 - $37.00 - 780142 |
Availability | Stamp Fulfillment Services, Kansas City |
Official Announcement | None |
Notes | Shipped to post offices in sticks of 5 and 10 coils. Click here for scans. Bridges, Vertical Blocks, Leaders and Trailers. Click here for more details. |
Notes | S1111 is know only with Solid Tagging. S2222 was found in February, 2004. Plate S3333 was found with both Solid and Mottled Tagging in mid June, 2004. S4444 was reported in November, 2004 and has both Solid and Mottled Tagging. Both S3333 and S4444 with Mottled Tagging have Red Stripes on the Flag that glow either Orange or a Bright Orange under Longwave UV light. The stripes are dead on the solid tagged stamps when viewed under UV light. More reports are solicited on the tagging varieties. Plate # S1111 with Mottled Tagging apparently does not exist. |
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