Sujet

$2 Mississippi River Bridge plate proof, June 1, 1898. Creator: Bureau of Engraving and Printing.

Légende

$2 Mississippi River Bridge plate proof, June 1, 1898. Certified plate proofs are the last printed proof of the plate before printing the stamps at the Bureau of Engraving and Printing. These plate proofs are each unique, with the approval signatures and date. For postal scholars these plates provide important production information in the plate margin inscriptions, including guidelines, plate numbers, and initials of the siderographer, or person who created the plate from a transfer roll.;Plate No. 613;Denomination: $2;Subject: Trans-Mississippi Exposition, Mississippi River Bridge, St. Louis;Color: orange brown.

Crédit

Photo12/Heritage Images/Heritage Art

Notre référence

HRM21A89_146

Model release

NA

Property release

NA

Licence

Droits gérés

Format disponible

16,8Mo (2,0Mo) / 25,4cm x 16,6cm / 3000 x 1961 (300dpi)

Mots clés

river group communication communications education country money finance bridge bridges geography color brown unique structure production location century Mississippi dollar ink sheet Mississippi River repetition concept exhibition stamp printing printed engraved engraving exposition United States of America Colour Smithsonian Institution postal service postage stamp 19th century approved Educational Institution nineteenth century postage stamps American America USA geographical feature River Mississippi scientific institution engraving ink object united states paper Heritage Art 19th-century National Postal Museum ink (orange brown) engraving 2 dollars Bureau Plate Proofs authorised plate proof Bureau of Engraving and Printing BEP Trans-Mississippi Exposition