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5c Viking Longship
Flat Plate; Perf 11 x 11 (BEP) 1925.05.18
Norse-American Centennial Celebration: Minneapolis/St. Paul - 1925 June 06 - 1925 June 09
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Scott 621
5c Viking Longship
Pane Single
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Technical Notes
| Issue: | Norse American: Viking Ship Replica Postal Bulletin / 13768 / 1925.05.07 |
| Denomination: | 5-cent |
| Type of Issue: | Definitive |
| Format: | Pane of 100 |
| Series: | Norse-American Centennial |
| Date of Issue: | 1925.05.18 |
| Cities of Issue: | Washington DC, Decorah IA, Algona IA, Minneapolis MN, St. Paul MN and Benson MN |
| Designer: | Claire Aubrey Huston |
| Engraver(s): | Joachim C. Benzing (Vignette, Frame) Edward M. Weeks (Lettering) |
| Manufacturing Process: | Engraved |
| Printer: | Bureau of Engraving and Printing |
| Printed at: | (BEP) Washington DC |
| Press Type: | Flat Plate |
| Plate Size: | Subject Plate of 400 / Four Panes of 100 |
| Processed at: | (BEP) Washington DC |
| Quantity Issued: | 1,900,983 |
| Color: | Blue & Black |
| Orientation: | Horizontal |
| Perforation: | 11 x 11 |
| Plate Numbers: Bicolor | Vignette: (4) 16927, 16928, 16929, 16957 Frame: (4) 16925, 16926, 16961, 16963 |
