the first set of <#defin=definitive> <#poststamp=postage stamps> to be printed by the <#bep=BEP>. Issued beginning in 1894. These stamps were prepared from <#die=dies> received from the private company that previously used them to print stamps for the Post Office. The dies were altered, however, before their use by the BEP. Begins with <#scott=Scott> 246.