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Scott 966
3c Mt. Palomar Observatory

Perf 10½ x 11 (BEP)

Dedicated: 1928 April 16

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3c Mt. Palomar Observatory
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Scott 966
3c Mt. Palomar Observatory
Plate Block of 4

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    3c Mt. Palomar Observatory
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    3c Mt. Palomar Observatory
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Technical Notes

Format:Pane of 70
Issue:Mt. Palomar Observatory
Postal Bulletin 19156 - 1948 August 10
Denomination:3c
Type of Issue:Commemorative
SeriesN/A
Date of Issue:1948 August 30
City of Issue:Palomar Mountain, CA
Designer:Victor S. McCloskey Jr.
Engraver(s):George A. Gundersen
Manufacturing Process:Engraved
Printer:Bureau of Engraving and Printing (BEP)
Printed at:(BEP) Washington DC
Press Type:Rotary Press 
Plate Size:280 Subject Electric Eye Plates | 4 Panes of 70
Quantity Issued:63,558,400 Stamps
Processed at:(BEP) Washington DC
Color:Blue
Orientation:Vertical
Perf:10½ x 11
Plate Numbers:
(4)		23884; 23885; 23888; 23889
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