1909 5c Washington, blue, perf 12 vertical

# 355 - 1909 5c Washington, blue, perf 12 vertical

$325.00 - $2,450.00
Image Condition Price Qty
327069
Mint Stamp(s) Ships in 1-3 business days. Ships in 1-3 business days.
$ 475.00
$ 475.00
0
327078
Used Single Stamp(s) Usually ships within 30 days. Usually ships within 30 days.
$ 650.00
$ 650.00
1
270385
Mint Pair Very Fine Ships in 1-3 business days. Ships in 1-3 business days.
$ 2,450.00
$ 2,450.00
2
No Image
Unused Stamp(s) small flaws Ships in 1-3 business days. Ships in 1-3 business days.
$ 325.00
$ 325.00
3
No Image
Used Stamp(s) small flaws Usually ships within 30 days. Usually ships within 30 days.
$ 425.00
$ 425.00
4
Show More - Click Here
Mounts - Click Here
Mount Price Qty

U.S. #355
1909 5¢ Washington Coil

Issue Date: February 23, 1909
Quantity issued:
 234,000
Printed by: Bureau of Engraving and Printing
Method: Flat plate
Watermark:  Double line
Perforation: 12 vertically
Color: Blue
 
On December 29, 1908, the Post Office Department ushered in a new era in both mail delivery and philately. That was the day the first coil stamps were made available at post office windows around the country. The Post Office Department had issued coil stamps once before, but only on an experimental basis, in five American cities. The experiment ended after a representative from the Post Office Department successfully “broke into” the vending machines used to sell the stamps.
 
The 1909 coil stamps were produced on a slightly modified version of the same flat plate press used to print sheet stamps. After the sheets were printed, they were sent through a perforating machine and perforated in only one direction. Then, the printed and perforated stamp sheets were fed into another machine which would cut the sheets into twenty strips of twenty stamps each.
 
Because coils of only twenty stamps would not have been efficient for use in stamp vending machines, something had to be done to make the coils longer. Each of the strips had to be taken from the cutting machine by hand and glued end to end into coil rolls of either 500 or 1,000 stamps. This was the only step in the process that required manual labor. Soon, the Rotary Press would make it possible to nearly omit this step, thus automating the process almost entirely. Using the rotary press, workers only had to “paste-up” every 6,000 sheets!

Read More - Click Here

U.S. #355
1909 5¢ Washington Coil

Issue Date: February 23, 1909
Quantity issued:
 234,000
Printed by: Bureau of Engraving and Printing
Method: Flat plate
Watermark:  Double line
Perforation: 12 vertically
Color: Blue
 
On December 29, 1908, the Post Office Department ushered in a new era in both mail delivery and philately. That was the day the first coil stamps were made available at post office windows around the country. The Post Office Department had issued coil stamps once before, but only on an experimental basis, in five American cities. The experiment ended after a representative from the Post Office Department successfully “broke into” the vending machines used to sell the stamps.
 
The 1909 coil stamps were produced on a slightly modified version of the same flat plate press used to print sheet stamps. After the sheets were printed, they were sent through a perforating machine and perforated in only one direction. Then, the printed and perforated stamp sheets were fed into another machine which would cut the sheets into twenty strips of twenty stamps each.
 
Because coils of only twenty stamps would not have been efficient for use in stamp vending machines, something had to be done to make the coils longer. Each of the strips had to be taken from the cutting machine by hand and glued end to end into coil rolls of either 500 or 1,000 stamps. This was the only step in the process that required manual labor. Soon, the Rotary Press would make it possible to nearly omit this step, thus automating the process almost entirely. Using the rotary press, workers only had to “paste-up” every 6,000 sheets!