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The Great Americans series The Great Americans series began in 1980 with the 19¢ Sequoyah stamp, and continued through 2002 with the 78¢ Alice Paul self-adhesive stamp. This was a period of changing printing technology, with several long-used BEP rotary presses being replaced by more modern presses, and ultimately, by private security printers. The 1¢ Dix, 6¢, 7¢, 9¢, 10¢ Russell, 14¢ Lewis and 22¢ issues were printed by presses which used a "floating" plate number. The plate numbers, usually "1", appear only in the left and right margins, and there is no corner selvage as with other stamps in the Great Americans series. In addition, some of the 20¢ Truman, 30¢, 39¢ and 40¢ Gilbreth stamps were printed with floating plate numbers, while later printings of the same stamps utilized standard plate layouts.
This was the only stamp in the Great Americans series printed with the traditional 5-digit plate number. The transition to "representative" plate numbers started shortly after it was issued. Other stamps in this series usually started with plate number 1 for each issue.
Not only is the color of Scott 2179a slightly different, but the plate layout, selvage size, and plate number font were also changed.
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Scott
1844, 1¢ Dorothea Dix, bulls-eye perf,
Plate number 1 L
Scott
1844c, 1¢ Dorothea Dix, "L" perf,
Plate number 1 L
Scott
1844d, 1¢ Dorothea Dix,
Plate number 2 R
Scott
2168, 1¢ Margaret Mitchell,
Plate number 1 UR
Scott
1845, 2¢ Igor Stravinsky,
Plate number 4 LR
Scott
2169, 2¢ Mary Lyon,
Plate number 1 LR
Scott
1846, 3¢ Henry Clay,
Plate number 1 LR
Scott
2170, 3¢ Dr. Paul Dudley White,
Plate number 4 UR
Scott
1847, 4¢ Carl Schurz,
Plate number 4 LL
Scott
2171, 4¢ Father Flanagan,
Plate number 1 UL
Scott
1848, 5¢ Pearl Buck,
Plate number 3 LL
Scott
2172, 5¢ Hugo L. Black,
Plate number 1 LL
Scott
2173, 5¢ Luis Muñoz Marin,
Plate number 2 UL
Scott
1849, 6¢,
Plate number 1 R
Scott
1850, 7¢,
Plate number 1 L
Scott
1851, 8¢,
Plate number 6 LR
Scott
1852, 9¢,
Plate number 1 L
Scott
1853, 10¢ Richard Russell,
Plate number 1 R
Scott
2175, 10¢ Red Cloud,
Plate number 1 LL. The block tagging can be seen
in this image.
Scott
1854, 11¢,
Plate number 5 UR
Scott
1855, 13¢,
Plate number 1 UL
Scott
1856, 14¢ Sinclair Lewis, small
block tagging,
Plate number 1 L
Scott
1856a, 14¢ Sinclair Lewis,
large block tagging, Plate number 1 R
Scott
2176, 14¢ Julia Ward Howe,
Plate number 2 LL
Scott
2177, 15¢, prephosphored tagging,
Plate number 2 UR
Scott
2177a, 15¢, overall tagging,
Plate number 2 UL
Scott
1857, 17¢ Rachel Carson,
Plate number 15 UL
Scott
2178, 17¢ Belva Ann Lockwood,
Plate number 1 UR
Scott
1858, 18¢,
Plate number 2 LR
Scott
1859, 19¢,
Plate number 39529 UL
Scott
1860, 20¢ Ralph Bunche,
Plate number 10 LL
Scott
1861, 20¢ Thomas H. Gallaudet,
Plate number 1 UR
Scott
1862, 20¢ Harry S Truman, perf 10.9,
block tagged,
Plate number 1 R 
Scott
1862b, 20¢ Harry S Truman, bulls-eye
perf 11.2, overall tagged,
Plate number 2 LR
Scott
1862d, 20¢ Harry S Truman, bulls-eye
perf 11.2, prephosphored,
Plate number 4 UR
Scott
2179, 20¢ Virginia Apgar, red brown,
Plate number B3 LR
Scott
2179a, 20¢ Virginia Apgar, orange
brown,
Plate number B2 UR
Scott
2180, 21¢,
Plate number 1 LR
Scott
1863, 22¢,
Plate number 1 L
Scott
2181, 23¢,
Plate number 1 UL
Scott
2182, 25¢,
Plate number 1 LR
Scott
2182a, 25¢,
booklet single, Plate number 1 T
Scott
2183, 28¢,
Plate number 1 LL
Scott
2184, 29¢ Earl Warren,
Plate number S2 LR
Scott
2185, 29¢ Jefferson,
Plate number S1 UR
Scott
1864, 30¢, perf 11, small block tagging,
Plate number 1 R
Scott
1864a, 30¢, bulls-eye perf 11.2,
large block tagging, Plate number 2 UR
Scott
2933, 32¢ Milton S. Hershey,
Plate number B2 LR
Scott
2934, 32¢ Cal Farley,
Plate number B1 UR
Scott
2935, 32¢ Henry R. Luce,
Plate number B1 UR
Scott
2936, 32¢ Lila and DeWitt Wallace,
Plate number P1 LL
Scott
1865, 35¢ Dr. Charles Drew,
Plate number 3 LR
Scott
2186, 35¢ Dennis Chavez,
Plate number S1 UR
Scott
1866, 37¢,
Plate number 2 UL
Scott
1867, 39¢, perf 10.9, small block
tagging,
Plate number 1 R
Scott
1867 var, 39¢,
misperfed, Plate number 1 L
Scott
1867d, 39¢, bulls-eye perf 11.2,
large block tagging,
Plate number 2 LL
Scott
1868, 40¢ Lillian M. Gilbreth, perf
10.9, small block tagging,
Plate number 1 R
Scott
1868a, 40¢ Lillian M. Gilbreth,
bulls-eye perf 11.2, large block tagging, Plate number
2 LR
Scott
2187, 40¢ Claire Chennault,
Plate number 2 LR
Scott
2188, 45¢,
bright blue, block tagging, Plate number 1 UL
Scott
2188a, 45¢,
blue, overall tagging, Plate number 1 LL
Scott
2938, 46¢,
Plate number 1 UL
Scott
1869, 50¢,
Plate number 4 UR
Scott
1869a, 50¢, bullseye perf,
Plate number 1 UL
Scott
2189, 52¢,
uniform prephosphored, Plate number 1 LL
Scott
2189a, 52¢, mottled prephosphored,
Plate number 2 LR
Scott
2940, 55¢ Dr. Alice Hamilton,
Plate number B3 LL
Scott
2941, 55¢ Justin Morrill,
Plate number B1 UR
Scott
2190, 56¢,
Plate number 1 UL
Scott
2191, 65¢,
Plate number 1 LL
Scott
2192, 75¢,
Plate number 1 LL
Scott
2942, 77¢,
Plate number B1 LL
Scott
2943, 78¢, bright violet,
Plate number B1 LL
Scott
2943a, 78¢, dull violet,
Plate number B1 UR
Scott
2943b, 78¢, pale violet,
Plate number B1 LL
Scott
2193, $1 Bernard Revel,
Plate number 1 UL
Scott
2194, $1 Johns Hopkins,
Plate number 1 LR
Scott
2194 var, $1 Johns Hopkins,
precanceled,
Plate number 1 LR
Scott
2195, $2,
Plate number 2 LL
Scott
2196, $5,
Plate number 1 UL
Scott
2196 var, $5 precanceled,
Plate number 1 LL