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| 10 Peak Left (Reverse die-cut) variety |
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| 10 Peak Left (Reverse die-cut) variety |
| Scott # 3520 | Plate # B1111 |
| Series | American Culture |
| Issue Date & City | June 29, 2001 / New York, NY 10199 |
| Nationwide Sale | June 30, 2001 |
| Photographer | Horst Hamann |
| Designer | Kevin Newman, Santa Monica CA |
| Art Director | Carl Herrman, Carlsbad, CA |
| Typographer | Carl Herrman, Carlsbad, CA |
| Modeler | Guilford Gravure |
| Engraver | Acitronics |
| To Press / Initial Run | Spring 2001 / 800 million |
| Coil Size | 10,000 |
| Printer | Banknote Corporation of America (BCA) |
| Press | Cerrutti, R118 |
| Process | Gravure (USPS) Photogravure (PNC3) |
| Where Printed | Guilford Gravure, Guilford, CT |
| Where Processed | Guilford Gravure, Guilford, CT |
| Plate Size & Interval | 400 stamps per revolution / plate # every 21 stamps |
| Paper & Gum | Nonphosphored, USPS Type III, Self-Adhesive |
| Tagging Type | Untagged |
| Die Cut Gauge | 8.4 Vertically, Peak/Valley 10 x 9, Valley/Peak 9 x 10 |
| Colors | Magenta, Cyan, Yellow, Black |
| Image Area | 0.71 x 0.82 in. / 18.03 x 20.83 mm |
| Overall Size | 0.87 x 0.982 in. / 22.10 x 24.94 mm |
| Back Numbers | Black dot matrix every 10 stamps, TOP and BOTTOM |
| Earliest Known Use | May 29, 2001 |
| USPS Order Numbers | S/A Coil of 10,000 - $1000.00 - 791240 |
| Plate # strip of 25 - $2.50 - 791230 | |
| First Day Cover - $.56 - 791261 | |
| Availability | Stamp Fulfillment Services, Kansas City |
| July 6, 2001 - Providence, RI / July 16 - Van Nuys, CA | |
| Official Announcement | The Atlas stamp features an acrylic painting of the bronze statue Atlas, a striking example of art deco sculpture by Lee Lawrie. The statue stands in front of the International Building at Rockefeller Center in New York City. According to Greek mythology, Atlas bore the heavens on his shoulders, and Lawrie's Atlas holds an armillary sphere, which contains the 12 signs of the zodiac. The axis of the sphere points to the North Star. The Atlas stamp is part of the American Culture series. |
| Varieties | A die-cut variety has been found with 10 peaks on the left side. A computer generated image is shown at the top. |
Stamp distribution offices (SDOs) requiring a nondenominated, presorted standard, PSA coil of 10,000 will receive an automatic distribution of Item Number 791200. Master carton size is 10 coils.
Post Offices requiring quantities of Item Number 791200 must order them from their designated SDO.
Philatelic centers requiring these stamp coils of 10,000 must order them from their designated SDO.
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