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Printer:
Bureau of Engraving and Printing  Search this
Medium:
paper; ink (black, vermillion & ultramarine) / engraving
Type:
Bureau Plate Proofs
Place:
United States of America
Date:
September 8, 1970
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.32299
Denomination: 6c
Subject: "UN" and UN Emblem, United Nations 25th Anniversary Issue
Color: black, vermillion & ultramarine
Object number:
0.305037.548
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National Postal Museum Collection
Data Source:
National Postal Museum
GUID:
http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/hm8a1f27871-7c18-40b0-8092-050940e204c7
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:npm_0.305037.548