Red Fox Definitive Stamp![]() The self-adhesive $1 Red Fox stamp was issued on August 14, 1998 and sold nationwide on August 15. The design bears a hidden image that can only be seen with a special acrylic decoder lens. Hidden in the lower-left corner of the design is a small, trotting fox. This is the first definitive stamp to include the design encoding. Technical InformationIssue: Red Fox Denomination & Type: $1.00 Definitive Format: Self-adhesive pane of 20 (one design) Series: N/A Issue Date & City: August 14 1998, Washington, DC 20066 National Sale Date: August 15, 1998 Illustrator: Robert Giusti, New Milford, CT Designer: Derry Noyes, Washington, DC Engraver: N/A Art Director: Derry Noyes, Washington, DC Typographer: John Boyd, New York, NY Modeler: Banknote Corporation of America (BCA) Manufacturing Process: Offset, with Scrambled Indicia(r) Printer: BCA Printed at: BCA, Browns Summit, NC Press Type: Goebel 670 Stamps Per Pane/Sheet: 20 Print Quantity: 200 million stamps Paper Type: Type I, Prephosphored Gum Type: Self-adhesive Processed at: BCA, Browns Summit, NC Colors (PMS Colors): Yellow, Magenta, Cyan, Black Image Area: 20.371 x 17.577 mm Overall Size: 25.146 x 21.336 mm Full Pane Size: 128.016 x 125.730 mm Plate Size: 240 stamps per revolution Plate Numbers: "B" followed by four (4) single digits Marginal Markings: “© USPS 1998” · Price · Plate Position Diagram · Plate Numbers |