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2c George Washington: Hawaii Overprint
Rotary; Perf 11 x 10½ (BEP) 1928.08.13
Captain James Cook lands at Waimea Bay, Kauai: 1778 January 18
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| Issue: | Washington - Hawaii Overprint Postal Bulletin 14741 / 1928.07.16 |
| Denomination: | 2-cent |
| Type of Issue: | Commemorative |
| Format: | Pane of 100 |
| Series: | Hawaii Sesquicentennial |
| Date of Issue: | 1928.08.13 |
| City of Issue: | Washington DC & Honolulu HI |
| Designer: | Claire Aubrey Huston |
| Engraver(s): | Marcus W. Baldwin (Vignette) Edward M. Hall & Joachim C. Benzing (Lettering) |
| Manufacturing Process: | Engraved |
| Printer: | Bureau of Engraving and Printing |
| Printed at: | (BEP) Washington DC |
| Press Type: | Rotary |
| Plate Size: | Subject Plate of 400 / Four Panes of 100 |
| Processed at: | (BEP) Washington DC |
| Quantity Issued: | 5,519,897 |
| Color: | Carmine |
| Orientation: | Vertical |
| Perforation: | 11 x 10½ |
| Plate Numbers: (4) | 18983, 18984, 19054, 19055 |