Sea Coast
Issue Sea Coast
Issue Date & City October 21, 2002, 
Washington, DC 20066
March 19, 2003, Washington, DC 20066
Denomination & Type of Issue Nondenominated definitive nonprofit (5-cent value)
Designer Tom Engemen, Brunswick, MD
Engraver Acitronics
Art Director Phil Jordan, Falls Church, VA
Typographer Phil Jordan, Falls Church, VA
Modeler Guilford Gravure
Manufacturing Process Gravure
Printer Banknote Corporation of America, Inc. (BCA)
Printed and Processed at Guilford, CT
Press Type Cerrutti, R118
Format Coil of 10,000
(1 design)
Coil of 500 and 10,000
(1 design)
Paper Type Prephosphored, type II Nonphosphored, type III
Gum Type Pressure Sensitive Water-activated gum
Colors Magenta, Cyan, Yellow
Image Area (w x h) 18.03 x 20.83 mm 18.03 x 20.82 mm
Overall Size (w x h) 22.09 x 24.94 mm 22.10 x 24.51 mm
Plate Size 400 stamps per revolution 570 stamps per revolution
Plate Numbers B followed by three (3) single digits every 10th stamp
Print Quantity 1 billion stamps/100,000 coils 50 million stamps

 

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