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Printer:
Bureau of Engraving and Printing  Search this
Medium:
paper; ink (bright red violet) / engraving
Type:
Bureau Plate Proofs
Place:
United States of America
Date:
January 25, 1940
Description:
Certified plate proofs are the last printed proof of the plate before printing the stamps at the Bureau of Engraving and Printing. These plate proofs are each unique, with the approval signatures and date. For postal scholars these plates provide important production information in the plate margin inscriptions, including guidelines, plate numbers, and initials of the siderographer, or person who created the plate from a transfer roll.
Plate No.22527
Denomination: 3c
Subject: Charles W. Eliot
Color: bright red violet
Object number:
0.242263.15935
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Data Source:
National Postal Museum
GUID:
http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/hm8c15fc5fb-3380-479f-8b74-37e203af661b
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:npm_0.242263.15935