Circus Wagon 1900s

There are three versions of the 5-cent Circus Wagon issue, one engraved and two printed by the photogravure process. The stamp illustrates a four-wheeled wagon of the sort used by many circuses during the late 1800s and early 1900s.

The engraved version of the stamp was released on Aug 31, 1990, at the annual convention of the American First Day Cover Society in Syracuse, New York. Designed by Susan Stanford of Washington, D.C., it was printed on the B press by the Bureau of Engraving and Printing. Gary Chaconas engraved the vignette, and Gary Slaght engraved the lettering and numerals. Plate 1 was issued both with overall tagging in coils of 500 and 3,000 stamps. Plate 2 without tagging appeared only in coils of 3,000 stamps.