| Scott # 3770(?) | Plate # V12222 |
| Series | N/A (USPS) / American Culture (PNC3) |
| Issue Date & City | |
| Nationwide Sale | |
| Photographer | Horst Hamann |
| Designer | Kevin Newman, Santa Monica CA |
| Art Director | Carl Herrman, Carlsbad, CA |
| Typographer | Carl Herrman, Carlsbad, CA |
| Modeler | Avery Dennison, SPC |
| Engraver | Keating Gravure |
| To Press / Initial Run | |
| Coil Size | 3000 |
| Printer | Avery Dennison, Clinton, S. C. |
| Press | Dia Nippon Kiko (DNK) |
| Process | Gravure |
| Where Printed | Avery Dennison, Clinton, S.C. |
| Where Processed | Avery Dennison, Clinton, S.C. |
| Plate Size & Interval | |
| Paper & Gum | Nonphosphored, USPS Type III, Self-Adhesive |
| Tagging Type | Untagged |
| Die Cut Gauge | 11.0 Vertically, Valley/Peak 12 x 12 |
| Colors | |
| Image Area | |
| Overall Size | |
| Back Numbers | Blue 5 digits every 10 stamps, in the middle, 2 stamps to the left of the plate number (position 1) |
| Earliest Known Use | |
| USPS Order Numbers | |
| First Day Cover - | |
| Availability | Stamp Fulfillment Services, Kansas City |
| Note | This is a new printing of this stamp by Avery Dennison with a 2003 date in coils of 3000. The original printing was by Banknote Corporation and had a 2001 date. Donna Rajotte in Providence notes that the stamps appear to be the same as the previous Avery printing in coils of 10,000. |
Philatelic Products: There are no philatelic products for this stamp issue.
Distribution: Item 791100, Atlas, Presorted Standard Rate, PSA Coil of 3,000
Stamp distribution offices (SDOs) will not receive an automatic distribution of Item 791100. SDOs requiring Item 791100 must order them from their designated accountable paper depository (APD) using PS Form 17, Stamp Requisition/Stamp Return.
Initial Supply to Post Offices
Post Offices requiring quantities of Item 791100 must order them from their designated SDO using a separate PS Form 17. SDOs must not distribute these stamps to Post Offices before September 7, 2004.
Philatelic Requirement
Philatelic centers requiring the Atlas PSA coil of 3,000 must order Item 791100 from their designated SDO using a separate PS Form 17.
Additional Supply
Post Offices requiring additional coils must requisition them from their designated SDO using PS Form 17. SDOs requiring additional coils must order them from the appropriate APD using PS Form 17. For fulfilling orders from SDOs, the San Francisco, Chicago, Memphis, and New York APDs will each receive 2,400 coils; the Denver APD will receive 700 coils. For fulfilling supplemental orders from APDs, the Kansas City Stamp Services Center will receive 21,600 coils.
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