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MARY LYON USA VARIETY SET OF 2

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2169

2169a

Bright Blue

Large Block Tagging

Type II or III Paper

2 . 28 . 1987

Bright Blue

Intentionally Untagged

Type IIIn Paper

c. 1994

2018 RETAIL SALES VALUE IS $2.00 - $2.35

The Auction:

This is a SPECIALIZED set of two 2¢ definitive stamps FVF and MNH. It contains both non-error printing varieties of Scott number 2169 Mary Lyon. Although Scott lists both types as Bright Blue, the untagged variety has a distinctly different lighter blue color.

The stamps are from the huge SECOND GREAT AMERICANS series. Lyon was printed on the A press and was issued Feb. 28, 1987. There is very little press information but intentionally untagged stamps were released to post offices in 1994. Untagged errors were know for years before the new postal regulations for untagged low values went into effect (the paper is different to those people that can tell).

This image shows representative tagging for both types.

The bullseye perf. 11 stamps were released in panes of 100 with Copyright, Zip and one corner Plate Number. The Philatelic Fulfillment Service Center withdrew them from sale June 30, 1997. The 2c Woodpecker issue was the replacement.

2169v two-cent 2-cents $0.02 .02 2¢ 2c

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