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3c Torch of Enlightenment
Perf 10½ x 11
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Scott 901
3c Torch of Enlightenment
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3c Torch of Enlightenment
Plate Block of 4
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Technical Notes
| Issue: | National Defense Issue Torch of Enlightenment Postal Bulletin 18036 — 1940 September 23 |
| Denomination: | 3c |
| Type of Issue: | Definitive |
| Format: | Pane of 100 |
| Series | N/A |
| Date of Issue: | 1940 October 16 |
| City of Issue: | Washington DC |
| Designer: | William A. Roach |
| Engraver(s): | J. R. Lowe (Vignette) E. H. Helmuth (Lettering) |
| Manufacturing Process: | Engraved |
| Printer: | Bureau of Engraving and Printing (BEP) |
| Printed at: | (BEP) Washington DC |
| Press Type: | Rotary Press |
| Plate Size: | 400 Subject Electric Eye Plates | 4 Panes of 100 |
| Quantity Issued: | 8,384,867,600 Stamps |
| Processed at: | (BEP) Washington DC |
| Color: | Bright-violet |
| Orientation: | Vertical |
| Perf: | 11 x 10½ |
| Plate Numbers: (46) | 22669; 22670; 22671; 22672; 22677; 22678; 22682; 22683; 22688; 22689 22690; 22691; 22692; 22693; 22694; 22695; 22695; 22696; 22697; 22702 22703; 22704; 22705; 22712; 22713; 22750; 22751; 22772; 22773; 22786 22787; 22788; 22789; 22794; 22795; 22853; 22854; 22860; 22861; 22866 22872; 22873; 22874; 22875; 22878; 22879 |
