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33c Chinese New Year: Year of the Dragon
2000 February 05 Perf 11¼ x 11¼ (Sterling Sommer)
Lunar New Year: 8th in a series - 1st Set
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Scott 3370
33c Chinese New Year: Year of the Dragon
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Technical Notes
| Issue: | Lunar New Year — Dragon Stamp Announcement 00-01: Lunar New Year — Dragon Commemorative Stamp Postal Bulletin 1999 December 16 |
| Item Number: | 440200 |
| Denomination: | 33-cent |
| Type of Issue: | Commemorative |
| Format: | Pane of 20 (1 design) |
| Series: | Lunar New Year |
| Issue Date: | 2000 January 06 |
| Issue City: | San Francisco CA 94188 |
| Designer: | Clarence Lee Honolulu HI |
| Engraver: | N/A |
| Illustrator: | Clarence Lee Honolulu HI |
| Art Director: | Terrance McCaffrey USPS |
| Typographer: | Clarence Lee Honolulu HI |
| Modeler: | Joseph Sheeran |
| Manufacturing Process: | Offset/microprint (dragon) |
| Printer: | Sterling Sommer |
| Printed at: | Tonawanda NY |
| Press Type: | Akiyama 628 |
| Stamps per Coil/Pane: | 20 |
| Print Quantity: | 56 million stamps |
| Paper Type: | Prephosphored Type II |
| Gum Type: | PVA water-activated |
| Processed at: | Ashton Potter (USA) Ltd. |
| Colors: | Black; Cyan; Yellow & PMS-180C (Red) |
| Stamp Orientation: | Horizontal |
| Die Cut: | 11¼ x 11¼ |
| Image Area (w x h): | 1.41 x 0.84 in. |
| — | 35.81 x 21.34 mm |
| Overall Size (w x h): | 0.99 x 1.56 in. |
| — | 25.15 x 39.62 mm |
| Full Pane Size (w x h): | 7.24 x 5.94 in. |
| — | 183.90 x 150.88 mm |
| Plate Size: | 180 stamps per revolution |
| Plate Numbers: | “P” followed by four (4) single digits |
| Marginal Markings: | “© USPS 1999” |
| — | • Price |
| — | • Plate Numbers |
| — | • Plate Position Diagram |
