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½c George Washington Birth Centennial
Rotary; Perf 11 x 10½ (BEP) 1932.01.01
From 1777 painting - Charles Willson Peale (1741-1827)
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Scott 704
½c George Washington Birth Centennial
Pane Single
(reference or stock image)Scott 704
½c George Washington Birth Centennial
Plate Block of 4
(reference or stock image)
Technical Notes
| Issue: | George Washington (Age 25?) From: DeMare Engraving (1855) based on Charles Wilson Peale's Painting (1777) Postal Bulletin 15716 — 1931.09.29 Postal Bulletin 15731 — 1931.10.16 Postal Bulletin 15731 — 1931.11.04 Postal Bulletin 15781 — 1931.11.15 Postal Bulletin 15794 — 1932.01.02 Postal Bulletin 15800 — 1932.01.09 Postal Bulletin 15801 — 1932.01.11 Postal Bulletin 15817 — 1932.01.29 Postal Bulletin 15833 — 1932.02.17 Postal Bulletin 16001 — 1932.09.19 |
| Denomination: | ½c |
| Type of Issue: | Commemorative |
| Format: | Pane |
| Series | Washington Birth Bicentennial |
| Date of Issue: | 1932.01.01 |
| City of Issue: | Washington DC |
| Designer: | Claire Aubrey Huston |
| Engraver(s): | Benzing Joachim Clarence (Vignette) McLeod Donald R (Lettering) |
| Manufacturing Process: | Engraved |
| Printer: | Bureau of Engraving and Printing |
| Printed at: | (BEP) Washington DC |
| Press Type: | Rotary |
| Plate Size: | Plate of 400 — 4 Panes of 100 |
| Quantity Issued: | 96,559,400 stamps |
| Processed at: | (BEP) Washington DC |
| Color: | Olive-brown |
| Orientation: | Vertical |
| Perforation: | 11 x 10½ |
| Plate Numbers: (6) | 20559; 20560; 20605; 20629; 20698; 20699 |
