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(32¢) "G"
(Bureau of Engraving and Printing)
Folded Booklet of 10
Scott # 2883a BK220 Plate # 1111, 2222 (Over Left 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 10.0 x 9.8 (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 480 impressions per revolution, 20 across by 24 around
Selvage Markings Plate numbers on binding tabs.  Also solid horizontal cross register line (CRL) and short vertical length registration mark (LRM).
USPS Catalog Item Numbers 66021 Folded Booklet of  10 - $3.20
Earliest Known Use May 26, 1993
Note The cover of the booklet has a dull surface and the booklets were produced on the BEP's Goebel booklet forming machine.
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