Sharing "Ratification Of The Constitution Bicentennial" Set

It all started right here...

https://goscf.com/t/39459#335387

Then I bought these to complete the set...

https://goscf.com/t/33828&whichpage=36#335995

I already had these...

US Scott #2339


US Scott #2340


US Scott #2341


US Scott #2342


US Scott #2343


US Scott #2344


US Scott #2345


US Scott #2346


My personal favorites are:
Massachusetts
Connecticut
New York
Rhode Island

The dates indicate on what day each State of the Union agreed to the ratification. There were three primary printing processes used; lithography, photogravure and engraving. I would have an instinctual affinity for the engraved ones. Massachusetts was entirely engraved.

Here are sample scans of the pages I made for them...





As it turned out, when I went to put the pages in the album, I found I already had the first three stamps (from 1987) on a 1987 Scott issued page, so I bought three stamps I didn't realize I had because I have so many @#$%& stamps! I just left the page in there. But I don't understand why I didn't get a page for 1988 (The 8 stamps in the glassine envelope in my stockbook). This helps explain how all this got awry.

I guess that's the story. Sorry I made everyone jump around with links! I hope no one is overwhelmingly confused and I hope you enjoyed the trip.

-EDIT- Regarding the first link, one stamp was issued in 1990, not 1989; #2348 Rhode Island.


-IBFS

They certainly are a nice series of stamps and, as has been mentioned earlier, there are different printing processes involved. Nonetheless, after seeing these stamps altogether, there are glowing inconsistencies that bother me in terms of the printing and appearance.

For example:

1. Why are the States reading months of December and February abbreviated "Dec" and "Feb" when the months of January and November are fully spelled out?

2. Why is the wording for "Massachusetts" so much lower than the date as compared to all of the other stamps in this series?

3. When the month/day/year are typed out, why is it there is no space between the comma after the day and before the year on the "Maryland", "New Hampshire", "Massachusetts" and "North Carolina" stamps but there does appear to be a space after the comma for the dates used on the other States?

4. Why do the denomination numerals "25" seem noticeably larger on the "New Hampshire" and "North Carolina" stamps than the others of the same denomination?

I guess one just chalks it up to "artistic license", although these ever so minor details kind of spoil the consistent appearance of the entire set when viewed together.

Oh, I certainly agree. "Modern" printing (the little I know about it) doesn't come close to impressing me as much as printing does in what I will call "The Golden Age of Stamp Collecting".


-IBFS