6c Washington plate proof

National Postal Museum

Object Details

Printer
Bureau of Engraving and Printing
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. 7136
Denomination: 6c
Subject: Washington
Color: red orange
Object number
0.242263.7608
Type
Bureau Plate Proofs
Medium
paper; ink (red orange) / engraving
Place
United States of America
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Title
Scott Catalogue USA 429
National Postal Museum
Record ID
npm_0.242263.7608
Metadata Usage (text)
CC0
GUID (Link to Original Record)
http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/hm87cd5dbf5-7506-45ed-a1c5-dec38a9a2d76
Sheet of 400 yellow stamps with portrait of Washington facing left in an oval surrounded by laurels
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