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4c George Washington Birth Centennial
Rotary; Perf 11 x 10½ (BEP) 1932.01.01
From 1778 painting - Charles Peale Polk (1767-1822)
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Scott 709
4c George Washington Birth Centennial
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4c George Washington Birth Centennial
Plate Block of 4
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Technical Notes
| Issue: | George Washington (Age 49) From: Charles Wilson Peale 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: | 4c |
| Type of Issue: | Commemorative |
| Format: | Pane |
| Series | Washington Birth Bicentennial |
| Date of Issue: | 1932.01.03 |
| City of Issue: | Washington DC |
| Designer: | Alvin R. Meissner |
| Engraver(s): | Benzing Joachim Clarence (Vignette) Lamasure Frank (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: | 151,201,300 stamps |
| Processed at: | (BEP) Washington DC |
| Color: | Light-brown |
| Orientation: | Vertical |
| Perforation: | 11 x 10½ |
| Plate Numbers: (4) | 20567; 20568; 20593; 20594 |
