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(32¢) "G"
(KCS Industries)
Folded Booklet of 20
Scott # 2885a   BK223 Plate # K1111
Series Rate Change
Format $6.40 Folded booklet of 20 (2 panes 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 KCS Industries, Milwaukee, WI (Stamp Venturers)
Printed At J. W. Fergusson and Sons, Richmond, VA for KCS Industries
Press Type Champlain webfed gravure press
To Press / Initial Print Quantity Spring, 1993 / 1,636,000,000 in booklets of 20
Paper Type Prephosphored
Gum Type Water Activated
Processed At KCS Industries, Milwaukee, WI. Covers printed by The Press, Chanhassen, MN, on a Heidelberg offset press.
Perforation Gauge 10.9 (2 or 3 sides) (Sheetfed Stroke Perforator)
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. 
USPS Catalog Item Numbers 66031 Folded Booklet of  20 - $6.40
Earliest Known Use ?
Note The cover of the booklet has a dull surface and a Red G in the stamp design.
Varieties Cutting marks on third stamp from top of booklet
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