National Postal Museum
2-cent, Ordinary Envelope Working Die
Bureau of Engraving and Printing · c. 1932
Working die on flat plate depicting Goethals, Panama Canal chief engineer; number 5; rust. The 2-cent die was used for embossing stamped envelopes for the Canal Zone Postal Administration. The recessed vignette of Goethals was embossed onto the paper uninked; the accompanying 2-cent frame, also recessed and uninked during the printing process, did not leave an embossed impression. C. Z. Scott U11.
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