Blue Geese

   Blue Geese [Scott #387: $0.28 used] was issued during 1947-48 [#512A unwatermarked was issued 1950-52].  The stamp was a re-issue of First Geese [Scott #365: $0.52 used], an ungummed, imperforate stamp issued 1946-47.  Blue Geese was redrawn with the characters reading from left to right, changed in color from olive bister to light blue.  The printing was by typography rather than lithography, and the stamp was printed on perforated, gummed paper.  The original design was adapted from a print by the famous master of printing, Hokusai.

See also First Geese.  

Paper Type: Rice Paper, Legion Mulberry White 38 [Utrecht #19118]
Paper Size: 0.75" x 13"
Image size: 4" x 5"

Edition Size: 50
Inks Used: Van Son Rubber-based Reflex Blue
Date cut: 2004-02-14