bengalpaws
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 | | Subject: Sharing the Sheets - American Bats Thu Jun 07, 2012 1:04 pm | |
| Sc USA# 3661-3664 Issued on September 16, 2002 Printed using multicolor ink and the photogravure method on self-adhesive paper. 111 million printed. Designed by Phil Jordan of Falls Church, Virginia Photographed by Merlin D. Tuttle of Austin, Texas The sheet reads: American Bats Long misunderstood, bats are essential to nature's balance. They consume billions of costly farm and forest pests, pollinate flowers, and carry seeds to new locations.  This sheet features four different types of bats that live in the continental US: the red bat, pallid bat, spotted bat and the leaf-nosed bat. Of the roughly 950 bat species worldwide, forty-five species are found in North America. More on America's Bats |
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AamerJamal
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| | Subject: Re: Sharing the Sheets - American Bats Thu Jun 07, 2012 4:48 pm | |
| nice bats, the red bat just looks like that American bull, forget the name...  btw nice info on the sheet like year, amount, sides but what is the meaning of this plate position? |
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bengalpaws
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| | Subject: Re: Sharing the Sheets - American Bats Thu Jun 07, 2012 5:26 pm | |
| Though I'm calling this a "sheet" it is in fact a "pane". The sheet would consist of six of the panes you see above. The panes, at some point, are separated from the sheet. The plate position indicates where on the sheet the pane was located. |
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