Thursday, June 10, 2021

BUREAU OF ENGRAVING AND PRINTING

For about 75 years, the Bureau of Engraving and Printing (BEP) produced nearly all US postage stamps.  That changed in the late 1960s when the US Post Office began issuing contracts to private security printers.  BEP stamp production dropped significantly, to less than 50% of all stamps in 1997.  The last BEP-produced stamp was US #3632, printed for the last time on June 10, 2005.  

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