Did you Know? (February 2025)

One stamp on each of the first 8 of 10 panes of the U.S. Celebrate the Century series is engraved (intaglio printing). However the last two panes (1980s and 1990s) in the series do not have an engraved stamp. Whaaat???

Celebrate the Century Stamps using Intaglio printing

Sheet InfoIntaglio stampImage (front)Image (back)
1900s
Scott #3182
DOI: 3 February 1998
Denomination: 32¢
Gibson Girl
Scott #3182m
1910s
Scott #3183
DOI: 3 February 1998
Denomination: 32¢
Panama Canal
Scott #3183f  
1920s
Scott #3184
DOI: 28 May 1998
Denomination: 32¢
Charles Lindbergh
Scott #3184m  
1930s
Scott #3185
DOI: 9 October 1998
Denomination: 32¢
Empire State Building
Scott #3185b  
1940s
Scott #3186
DOI: 18 February 1999
Denomination: 33¢
International Style (UN)
Scott #3186k  
1950s
Scott #3187
DOI: 26 May 1999
Denomination: 33¢
Polio vaccine
Scott #3187a  
1960s
Scott #3188
DOI: 17 September 1999
Denomination: 33¢
Man on the Moon (footprint)
Scott #3188c  
1970s
Scott #3189
DOI: 18 November 1999
Denomination: 33¢
Videocassette recorder
Scott #3189h  
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