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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Numbers, post: 1701739, member: 11668&quot;]Estimated serial ranges for the 1976 $2 non-star uncut sheets:</p><p>B99200001B&nbsp; -&nbsp; B99999999B</p><p>B99200001C&nbsp; -&nbsp; B99999999C</p><p>E99200001A&nbsp; -&nbsp; E99999999A</p><p>E99200001B&nbsp; -&nbsp; E99999999B</p><p>F99200001A&nbsp; -&nbsp; F99999999A</p><p>I98720001A&nbsp; -&nbsp; I99999999A</p><p>I99680001B&nbsp; -&nbsp; I99999999B</p><p>I99680001C&nbsp; -&nbsp; I99999999C</p><p><br /></p><p>Your I..A sheet fits right into that range, assuming the plate positions are E1 to H1.</p><p><br /></p><p>These 1976 $2 non-star sheets are a weird case.&nbsp; The 1976 $2 star sheets were leftovers from the regular printings of Series 1976; the BEP had a lot of extra stars left over when they realized $2&#039;s weren&#039;t catching on and cut off production of the series.&nbsp; It took them nearly a decade to sell all of those star sheets to the public.&nbsp; Only then did they print the non-star sheets, in the late &#039;80s and early &#039;90s.&nbsp; They all have high FP numbers (around 100) and low BP numbers (single digits).&nbsp; All of the plates used to print these sheets were presumably made in the late &#039;80s for that purpose, so it&#039;s a bit mysterious why the faces continued the numbering from the earlier 1976 $2 plates but the backs didn&#039;t....</p><p><br /></p><p>As to the S&amp;L book, it&#039;s very erratic in its listings of uncut sheets and other collector products.&nbsp; It used to ignore them; in recent editions some of them have been added in (typically only those that create new blocks not used for the circulation issues) but the listings are still very incomplete.&nbsp; The Azpiazu book is much more thorough regarding the collector printings, but alas, no less prone to typos.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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