Scott# 3045 | Plate # 11111, 22222 |
Series | Flora and Fauna |
Issue Date & City | June 22, 1999, Washington, DC |
Nationwide Sale | June 23, 1999 |
Illustrator and Designer | Michael Matherly, Cambridge City, IN |
Art Director | Joe Brockert (USPS) |
Typographer | John Boyd, Anagraphics Inc., New York, NY |
Modeler | Peter Cocci (USPS) |
To Press / Initial Quantity | Probably late Winter 1998 / 100 Million |
Coil Size | 3000 and 10,000 |
Printer | Bureau Of Engraving and Printing (BEP), Washington, DC |
Press | Goebel Optiforma |
Process | Gravure |
Where Printed | BEP, Washington, DC |
Where Processed | BEP, Washington, DC |
Plate Size & Interval | 480 (20 x 24) stamps per revolution / plate # every 24 stamps |
Paper & Gum | Water-Activated, supplied by Westvaco/Spinnaker Coating |
Tagging Type | Untagged |
Perf Gauge | 9.8 Vertically |
Colors (PMS) | Light Yellow (PMS 156), Magenta, Cyan, Yellow, Black |
Overall Size | 0.87 x 0.96 in. / 22.1 x 24.4 mm |
Back Numbers | 4 digit blue counting number every 20 stamps |
Earliest Known Use | June 22, 1999 |
Note: | 1999 date is printed in Black |
USPS Order Numbers | 3k - Strip of 5 - $.10 - 778220 / 10k - 703120 |
3k - Strip of 25 with plate number - $.50 - 778230 / 10k - 703130 | |
Full coil of 3000 - $60.00 - 778240 | |
Full coil of 10,000 - $200.00 - 703140 | |
First Day Cover - $0. - | |
Availability | Stamp Fulfillment Services, Kansas City |
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