Definitive 91¢
Technical Details
| Issue: | Ralph Ellison Stamp |
| Item Number: | 116500 |
| Denomination & Type of Issue: | 91¢ Definitive |
| Format: | Pane of 20 (1 design) |
| Series: | Literary Arts #29 |
| Issue Date & City: | February 18, 2014, Kansas City, MO 64108 (No Event) |
| Designer: | Ethel Kessler, Bethesda, MD |
| Art Director: | Ethel Kessler, Bethesda, MD |
| Typographer: | Ethel Kessler, Bethesda, MD |
| Artist: | Kadir Nelson, Los Angeles, CA |
| Engraver: | WRE |
| Modeler: | CCL Label, Inc. |
| Manufacturing Process: | Gravure |
| Printer: | CCL Label, Inc. |
| Printed at: | Clinton, SC 29325 |
| Press Type: | Dia Nippon Kiko (DNK) |
| Stamps per Pane: | 20 |
| Print Quantity: | 30 million stamps |
| Paper Type: | Phosphor Tagged, Block; Nonphosphored, Type III |
| Adhesive Type: | Pressure-sensitive |
| Processed at: | CCL Label, Inc., Clinton, SC |
| Colors: | Cyan, Magenta, Yellow, Black, 121 (Yellow) |
| Stamp Orientation: | Horizontal |
| Image Area (w x h): | 1.42 x 0.84 in./36.07 x 21.34 mm |
| Overall Size (w x h): | 1.56 x 0.99 in./39.62 x 25.15 mm |
| Full Pane Size (w x h): | 7.25 x 5.85 in./184.15 x 148.59 mm |
| Plate Size: | 200 stamps per revolution |
| Plate Numbers: | “C” followed by five (5) single digits |
| Marginal Markings Front: | Header: “LITERARY ARTS” • “29TH IN A SERIES • Plate numbers in four corners of pane |
| Marginal Markings Back: | Quote: “I am an invisible man.” • Verso text (Ellison’s biography) • ©2014 USPS • USPS logo • Plate position diagram • Barcode (116500) in upper right and lower left corners of pane • Promotional text |
| Withdrawn: | June 30, 2015, |
©2014 USPS
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