Presorted Std (10c) Modern Bicycle single

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Object Details

Description

The Postal Service issued the Presorted Standard (bulk rate) Green Bicycle stamp in three formats on August 14, 1998, in Washington, DC. The stamps were designed by Richard Sheaff of Scottsdale, Arizona.

The stamp was issued in a gummed coil of 500 and 10,000, and in a pressure-sensitive adhesive coil of 10,000. American Packaging Corp. produced the gummed coils. The Bureau of Engraving and Printing produced the pressure-sensitive adhesive coils. Both were produced by in the gravure process.

Reference:

Postal Bulletin (August 13, 1998).

mint

Perforation 9.9 Vertical

Credit line

Date

August 14, 1998

Object number

1999.2007.8

Type

Postage Stamps

Medium

paper; ink (multicolored)/ photogravure

Place

United States of America

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National Postal Museum Collection

Data Source

National Postal Museum

Topic

Contemporary (1990-present)

Technology & Inventions

U.S. Stamps

Contemporary (1990-present)

U.S. Stamps

Metadata Usage

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Link to Original Record

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/hm89d7e0ec2-8296-43e3-ab8d-e42e21f8e72f

Record ID

npm_1999.2007.8