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Printer:
Bureau of Engraving and Printing  Search this
Medium:
paper; ink (bluish black & red) / engraving
Type:
Bureau Plate Proofs
Place:
United States of America
Date:
October 8, 1963
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.27654
Denomination: 5c
Subject: Cuban Refugees on SS Morning Light and Red Cross Flag, Red Cross Centenary Issue
Color: bluish black & red
Topic:
Health & Medicine  Search this
Humanitarian Causes  Search this
Object number:
0.252182.242
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National Postal Museum Collection
Data Source:
National Postal Museum
GUID:
http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/hm8fc4a0c19-37e0-4cc2-a96c-88b4815bd963
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:npm_0.252182.242