#700 1931 30¢ 10½ x 11 Issue
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Basic Info
30¢
Olive brown, deep olive brown
Printing Method: Rotary Press
Subject: American Bison
Perforations: 10½ x 11
Number issued: 64,932,700
Scott #: 700
Issued: September 8th, 1931
Value
Used
20¢ - 30¢
No postmark with gum (MH)
$1 - $4
Full perfect gum, no postmark
no trace of stamp hinge mark (MNH)
$4 - $8.50
First Day Covers
A first day cover, dated September 8th, 1931
Plate #'s
#700 was issued with the following plate #'s
Number only
20551-52
20743-44
The Story Behind the Stamp
A perforator used on rotary press stamps
Previous stamps of this denomination had been printed with the flat plate and perforated 11. For some time the lower values had been printed on the rotary press with a 11 x 10½. It was now time to bring the values above 10¢ to have the same.
The design inspiration
This exhibition at the Smithsonian museum in Washington DC was the source for the design. The buffalo on the right was the subject of the vignette. As a note of interest this was the only stamp in this series that did not have a ribbon under the vignette.
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