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15c Oliver Wendell Holmes - Type I
Overall Tag; Perf 11 x 10½ (BEP)
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Technical Notes
| Issue: | Oliver Wendell Holmes Postal Bulletin 20626 — 1968 February 15 |
| Denomination: | 15c |
| Type of Issue: | Definitive |
| Format: | Pane of 100 |
| Series: | Prominent Americans Series |
| Issue Date: | 1968 March 08 |
| Issue City: | Washington DC |
| Designer: | Richard Hurd |
| Engraver(s): | J. S. Creamer(Vignette); H. F. Sharpless (Lettering) |
| Manufacturing Process: | Engraved |
| Printer: | Bureau of Engraving and Printing (BEP) |
| Press Type: | Rotary |
| Stamps per Pane: | 100 |
| Print Quantity: | Unknown |
| Paper Type/Tagging: | Overall Tag |
| Adhesive Type: | Water Activated Gum |
| Colors: | Magenta |
| Stamp Orientation: | Vertical |
| Perf: | 10½ x 11 |
| Image Area (w x h): | 0.71 x 0.82 in. 18.00 x 20.80 mm |
| Overall Size (w x h): | 0.84 x 0.99 in. 21.30 x 25.10 mm |
| Full Pane Size (w x h): | 9.00 x 10.21 in 228.60 x 259.30 mm |
| Plate Size: | 400 Subject 4 panes of 100 |
| Marginal Markings: | .. |
| — Front: | .. |
| — Back: | .. |
