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34c Madonna and Child by Costa (CB)
Die Cut 11½ x 11½ (BCA)
by Lorenzo Costa (1460-1535)
Reference Images
Technical Notes
| Issue: | Christmas: Virgin and Child Stamp Announcement 01-46: Christmas: Lorenzo Costa Virgin and Child Stamp Postal Bulletin 22059 — 2001 September 20 |
| Item Number: | 665200 |
| Denomination: | 34c |
| Type of Issue: | Special |
| Format: | Convertible Booklet of 20 (1 design) |
| Series: | Holiday Celebrations |
| Issue Date: | 2001 October 10 |
| Issue City: | Philadelphia PA 19104 |
| Artist: | Lorenzo Costa Painting courtesy Philadelphia Museum of Art |
| Designer: | Richard Sheaff Scottsdale AZ 85258 |
| Engraver: | Acitronics |
| Art Director: | Richard Sheaff Scottsdale AZ 85258 |
| Typographer: | Richard Sheaff Scottsdale AZ 85258 |
| Modeler: | Banknote Corporation of America Inc. (BCA)/Guilford Gravure |
| Manufacturing Process: | Gravure |
| Printer: | Banknote Corporation of America Inc. (BCA) |
| Printed at: | Guilford Gravure Inc. Guilford CT |
| Press Type: | Cerutti R118 |
| Stamps per Booklet: | 20 |
| Quantity Issued: | 800 million stamps |
| Paper Type: | Prephosphored Type II |
| Gum Type: | Self-adhesive |
| Processed at: | Guilford Gravure Guilford CT |
| Colors: | Black; Yellow; Cyan & Magenta |
| Stamp Orientation: | Vertical |
| Image Area (w x h): | 0.77 x 0.89 in. 19.56 x 22.61 mm |
| Overall Size (w x h): | 0.91 x 1.19 in. 23.11 x 30.23 mm |
| Booklet Size (wxh): | 4.55 x 5.0 in. 115.57 x 127.0 mm |
| Plate Size: | 500 stamps per revolution |
| Plate Numbers: | "B" followed "B"y four (4) single digits |
| Marginal Markings: | © 1999 USPS • Plate Numbers - Price - Peel here to fold - Self- adhesive stamps • DO NOT WET |