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Printer:
Bureau of Engraving and Printing  Search this
Medium:
paper; ink (bright greenish blue) / engraving
Type:
Bureau Plate Proofs
Place:
United States of America
Date:
March 5, 1959
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.26303
Denomination: 4c
Subject: North Pole, Dog Sled and Naultilus, Artic Exploration Issue
Color: bright greenish blue
Object number:
0.242263.16274
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National Postal Museum Collection
Data Source:
National Postal Museum
GUID:
http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/hm803900170-00aa-4ea6-bd65-ced311e23905
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:npm_0.242263.16274