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Scott # 2887a | Plate # - None |
Series | Rate Change |
Format | $5.76 Convertible booklet of 18 |
Issue Date & City | December 13, 1994, Washington, DC |
Nationwide Sale | December 14, 1994 |
Designer | Ronald Sharpe (Bureau of Engraving and Printing) |
Art Director | Jack Williams (USPS) |
Typographer | John Boyd (Anagraphics Inc., New York, NY) |
Process | Gravure |
Printer | Avery Dennison Security Printing Division, Clinton, SC |
Printed At | Avery Dennison Research Center, Pasadena, CA |
Press Type | Chesnut 6 color webfed gravure press |
To Press / Initial Print Quantity | November, 1992 / 1,077,998,400 in booklets of 18 |
Paper Type | Prephosphored, supplied by Avery's Fasson Division, Painesville, OH |
Gum Type | Self Adhesive |
Processed At | Avery Dennison Research Center, Pasadena, CA |
Die Cut | Straight |
Colors | Red, Blue, Black |
Stamp Size | 0.87 x 0.99 in / 22.1 x 25.1 mm |
Plate Size | 270 impressions per revolution, 15 across by 18 around |
Selvage Markings | "Peel Here And Fold" "Self Adhesive stamps" "DO NOT WET" ©USPS 1992 |
USPS Catalog Item Numbers | 5570 ATM Booklet of
18 - $5.76 |
Earliest Known Use | About January 12, 1995 |
Note | Stamps were not distributed to banks until December, 1994 |
Note | Stamps are lacquer coated, both front and back |
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