17c Woodrow Wilson plate proof
National Postal Museum

17c Woodrow Wilson plate proof

Bureau of Engraving and Printing · July 15, 1931

paper; ink (black) / engraving
National Postal Museum
CC0 — Public Domain
National Postal Museum

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.

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