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| Scott# 4348 | Plate S11111 |
| Series | N/A (USPS) - American Scenes (PNC3) |
| Issue Date & City | September 5, 2008, Washington, DC 20066 (No Ceremony) |
| Nationwide Sale | September 5, 2008 |
| Engraver | N/A |
| Designer | Tom Engeman, Bethany Beach, DE |
| Art Director | Phil Jordon, Falls Church, VA |
| Typographer | Tom Engeman, Bethany Beach, DE |
| Modeler | Donald H. Woo |
| To Press / Initial Impressions | Spring, 2008 / 15 Million coils |
| Coil Size | 500 |
| Printer | Banknote Corporation of America, Inc./Sennett Security Products (SSP/BCA) |
| Press | Alprinta, 74 |
| Process | Offset - Microprinting "USPS" on the tip of the purple rock on the left, middle side of the stamp. |
| Where Printed | Browns Summit, NC |
| Where Processed | Unique Binders, Fredericksburg, VA |
| Plate Size & Interval | 682 stamps per revolution / plate # every 31 stamps |
| Paper & Gum | USPS Type III, Water Activated |
| Tagging Type | Untagged |
| Die Cut Gauge | 9.8 Vertically |
| Colors | Orange, Cyan. Magenta, Purple, Black |
| Image Area | 0.72 x 0.81 in. / 18.29 x 20.57 mm |
| Overall Size | 0.87 x 0.96 in. / 22.10 x 24.38 mm |
| Back Numbers | 3 digit pink, Top, Middle and Bottom every 10 stamps. |
| Earliest Known Use | September 5, 2008 |
| USPS Order Numbers | 701830 Strip of 25 - $1.25 |
| 701800 Full Coil of 500 - $25.00 | |
| 701862 First Day Cover - $.84 | |
| Availability | Stamp Fulfillment Services, Kansas City |
| Official Announcement |
On September 5, 2008, in Washington, DC, the Postal Service™ will issue a nondenominated, definitive nonprofit Sea Coast (5-cent value) stamp in a water-activated gum (WAG) coil of 500 (Item 781800). The stamp, designed by Phil Jordan of Falls Church, Virginia, goes on sale nationwide September 5, 2008. The stamp was previously issued in the following formats:
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| Note | The date in the lower left hand corner is 2008. Item 781800 is printed on the coil label. |
| Differences | For a side-by-side comparison of the Sea Coast stamps, click here. |
| Note | There is an unprinted area between the two stamps to the left of the plate numbered stamp. |
Customers have 60 days to obtain the first day of issue postmark by mail. They may purchase new stamps at their local Post Office™, at The Postal Store® Web site at www.usps.com/shop, or by calling 800-STAMP-24. They should affix the stamps to envelopes of their choice, address the envelopes (to themselves or others), and place them in a larger envelope addressed to:
SEA COAST NONPROFIT STAMP
POSTMASTER
SPECIAL CANCELLATIONS
PO BOX 92282
WASHINGTON DC 20090-2282
After applying the first day of issue postmark, the Postal Service will return the envelopes through the mail. There is no charge for the postmark. All orders must be postmarked by November 7, 2008.
Stamp Fulfillment Services also offers first day covers for new stamp issues and Postal Service stationery items postmarked with the official first day of issue cancellation. Each item has an individual catalog number and is offered in the quarterly USA Philatelic catalog. Customers may request a free catalog by telephoning 800-STAMP-24 or writing to:
INFORMATION FULFILLMENT
DEPT 6270
US POSTAL SERVICE
PO BOX 219014
Kansas City Mo 64121-9014
There is one philatelic product available with this stamp issue:
Items with an asterisk (*) will use the 128 barcode from Stamp Fulfillment Services. All other philatelic products will continue to use barcode series A, with the exception of the Yearbook and the Guide Book.
The $25.00 nonprofit rate Sea Coast, WAG Coil of 500 (Reprint Variety) will not be automatically distributed to Stamp Distribution Offices (SDOs). SDOs requiring quantities of this reprint variety of Item 781800 must order them from the appropriate accountable paper depository (APD) using a separate PS Form 17, Stamp Requisition/Stamp Return.
SDOs will not make a subsequent automatic distribution of this reprint variety of Item 781800 to Post Offices. All Post Offices requiring quantities of this nonprofit rate, WAG Coil of 500 must order them from their designated SDO using PS Form 17. SDOs must not distribute this reprint variety coil to Post Offices before August 29, 2008.
Post Offices requiring additional Item 781800 must requisition them from their designated SDO using a PS Form 17. SDOs requiring additional coils must order them from the appropriate APD using PS Form 17. For fulfilling supplemental orders from SDOs, the New York and San Francisco APDs will each receive 4,800 coils; the Chicago and Memphis APDs will each receive 4,000 coils. For fulfilling supplemental orders from APDs, the Kansas City SSC will receive 7,600 coils.
Updated - 31 October 2008
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