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(32¢) "G"
(Bureau of Engraving and Printing)
Folded Booklet of 10
Scott # 2881a BK219 Plate # 1111 (Over Right Stamp)
Series Rate Change
Format $3.20 Folded booklet of 10
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 Bureau of Engraving and Printing, Washington, DC
Printed At Bureau of Engraving and Printing, Washington, DC
Press Type Andreotti 7 color gravure press (601)
To Press / Initial Print Quantity Spring, 1993 / 609,750,000 (for BK 219 & 220) in booklets of 10
Paper Type Prephosphored
Gum Type Water Activated
Processed At Bureau of Engraving and Printing, Washington, DC
Perforation Gauge 11.2 x 11.1 (perfed on 2 or 3 sides)
Colors Red, Blue, Gray, Black
Stamp Size 0.87 x 0.96 in / 22.1 x 24.4 mm
Plate Size 400 impressions per revolution, 20 across by 20 around
Selvage Markings Plate numbers on binding tabs.  Otherwise plain tab except for parts of electric-eye marks on right or left side of tab on 10% of the booklets.  Click here for a scan of the 4 different tab markings.
USPS Catalog Item Numbers 6602 Folded Booklet of  10 - $3.20
Earliest Known Use May 26, 1993
Note The cover of the booklet has a glossy surface and the booklets were produced by the BEP's 'Off-line Proprietory Book-Binding Equipment', using a Eureka perforator.
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