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Scott # 3758B | Plate # S111111 |
Series | USPS - American Design ~ PNC3 - American Design |
Issue Date & City | February 12, 2011, Ameristamp Expo at Charleston, SC (No official First Day Ceremony) |
Nationwide Sale | February 12, 2011 |
Designer | Derry Noyes, Washington, DC |
Art Director | Derry Noyes, Washington, DC |
Typographer | Derry Noyes, Washington, DC |
Illustrator | Lou Nolan, McLean, Virginia |
Engraver | N/A |
Modeler | Donald H. Woo |
To Press / Initial Quantity | Winter 2010 / 200 Million |
Coil Size | 10,000 |
Printer | Banknote Corporation of America, Inc. / SSP |
Press | Alprinta, 74 |
Process | Offset - Microprinted with “USPS” |
Where Printed | Browns Summit, NC |
Where Processed | Unique Binders, Fredericksburg, VA |
Plate Size & Interval | 682 stamps per revolution / plate # every 31 stamps |
Paper Type | USPS Nonprephosphored, Type III |
Adhesive Type | Water Activated |
Tagging Type | Nonprephosphored, Type III |
Perforation Gauge | 9.8 Vertically |
Colors | Cyan, Magenta, Yellow, Black, PMS 636 (Light Blue), PMS 309 (Dark Green) |
Image Size (w x >h) | 0.71 x 0.82 in. / 18.03 x 20.83 mm |
Overall Size (w x h) | 0.87 x 0.98 in./22.10 x 24.89 mm |
Back Numbers | Every 10 stamps. 5 digit pink back numbers in all positions, top, middle and bottom. |
Earliest Known Use | February 12, 2011 |
Security | "USPS" microprinted on the left part of the necklace just above the end of the word “Jewelry”. |
USPS Order Numbers | 788040 Coil of 10000 - $200.00 788030 Strip of 25 with plate number - $0.50 788020 Strip of 5 - $0.10 788062 First Day Cover - $0.84 |
Official Announcement | On February 12, 2011, in Charleston, South Carolina, the Postal Service™ will issue a 2-cent Navajo Jewelry definitive stamp in a water-activated gum (WAG) coil of 10,000 stamps (Item 788000). The stamp, designed by Derry Noyes, Washington, DC, goes on sale nationwide February 12, 2011. The Navajo Jewelry stamp was first issued in August 2004 (Item No. 107200) in a pressure-sensitive pane of 20 stamps and was the fifth issuance in the American Design series. |
Note | A 2011 date is printed in the lower left corner of the stamp |
How to Order the First Day of Issue Postmark |
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® website at https://store.usps.com/store/, 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: |
Navajo Jewelry Stamp Postmaster 7075 Cross County Road Charleston, SC 29418-9998 |
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 April 12, 2011. |
How to Order First Day Covers |
Stamp Fulfillment Services (SFS) 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 calling 800-STAMP-24 or writing to: |
Information Fulfillment Dept. 6270 U.S. Postal Service PO Box 219014 Kansas City, MO 64121-9014 |
Philatelic Products |
There is one philatelic product available for this stamp issue: |
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Items with an asterisk (*) will use the 128 barcode from SFS. All other philatelic products will continue to use barcode series A, with the exception of the Yearbook and the Guide Book. |
Distribution: Item 788000, 2-cent Navajo Jewelry, WAG Coil of 10,000 Stamps |
The six stamp distribution centers (SDCs) will receive an automatic distribution of 788000. |
Stamp Distribution Offices (SDOs) and SDCs will not make a subsequent automatic distribution to Post Offices of this stamp issue. Post Offices requiring quantities of Item 788000 must requisition them from their designated SDO/SDC using PS Form 17,Stamp Requisition/Stamp Return. SDOs requiring these stamps must order them from the appropriate SDC using PS Form 17. SDOs must not distribute this stamp to Post Offices before January 28, 2011. |