22¢ Uncle Sam (BEP)
Water-Activated Coil of 3000

Scott# 3353 Plate 1111
Series Definitive
Issue Date & City October 8, 1999, Washington, DC
Nationwide Sale October 8, 1999
Illustrator David LaFleur, Derby, KS
Designer Richard Sheaff, Scottsdale, AZ
Art Director Richard Sheaff, Scottsdale, AZ
Typographer Richard Sheaff, Scottsdale, AZ
Modeler Bureau Of Engraving and Printing (BEP)
To Press / Initial Impressions 1999 / 150 Million
Maximum PNCs 6,250,000
Coil Size 3000
Printer Bureau Of Engraving and Printing (BEP)
Press Andreotti, Model 601
Process Gravure
Where Printed BEP, Washington, DC
Where Processed BEP, Washington, DC
Plate Size & Interval 432 stamps per revolution / 18 rows with plate # every 24 stamps
Paper & Gum Prephosphored USPS Type I, Water-Activated
Tagging Type Prephosphored, Mottled Tagging
Perf Gauge 9.9 Vertically
Colors (PMS Colors) Process Yellow, Process Magenta, Process Blue, Process Black
Image Area 0.71 x 0.82 in. / 18.0 x 20.8 mm
Overall Size 0.87 x 0.96 in. / 22.1 x 24.4 mm
Back Numbers Blue-Green, Top and Bottom, Every 20 stamps
Earliest Known Use October 8, 1999
USPS Order Numbers Strip of 5 - $1.10 - 772420
Strip of 25 with plate # - $5.50 - 772430
Coil of 3000 - $660.00 - 772440
First Day Cover (Until 11/7/99) - $.65 - 772461
Availability Stamp Fulfillment Services, Kansas City
Providence, RI
Varieties None

Distribution: Only those Post Offices that request this stamp will receive it.

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