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Valley/Peak. Click on the scan for a larger image.
Peak/Valley. Click on the scan for a larger image.
The bottom image is a strip of eleven with the plate number stamp centered. This is the format which many collectors will save.
| Scott # 4258 Scott # 4259 Scott # 4260 Scott # 4261 Scott # 4262 Scott # 4262a |
Papaya Guava Pomegranate - Plate Number on this stamp Star fruit Kiwi Strip of 5, Plate # V1111111, on the Pomegranate stamp. |
| Series | USPS - NA ~ PNC3 - Plants and Animals |
| Issue Date & City | April 25, 2008, Burlingame, CA, (WESTPEX Stamp Show-No ceremony) |
| Nationwide Sale | April 25, 2008 |
| Designer | Ethel Kessler, Bethesda, MD |
| Art Director | Ethel Kessler, Bethesda, MD |
| Typographer | Ethel Kessler, Bethesda, MD |
| Artist | Sergio Badarat, New York, NY |
| Modeler | Avery Dennison, SPD |
| Engraver | WRE/ColorTech |
| To Press / Initial Quantity | Spring 2008 / 5 Million stamps |
| Coil Size | 100 |
| Printer | Avery Dennison, (AVR) |
| Press | Dia Nippon Kiko (DNK) |
| Process | Gravure |
| Where Printed | AVR, Clinton, SC |
| Where Processed | AVR, Clinton, SC |
| Plate Size & Interval | 480 stamps per revolution / plate # every 40 stamps |
| Paper Type | Prephosphored, Type II, Surface Coated |
| Adhesive Type | Pressure Sensitive |
| Tagging Type | Prephosphored, Smooth appearance |
| Die Cut Gauge | Serpentine Die Cuts - 8.5 Vertically. |
| Die Cut Varieties | Both PV/VP & VP/PV die cuts are known. |
| Colors | Magenta, Yellow, Cyan, Black, PMS 7418 (Red), PMS 5473 (Teal), PMS 390 (Light Green) |
| Image Size (w x h) | 0.730 x 0.840 in./18.542 x 21.336 mm |
| Overall Size (w x h) | 0.870 x 0.982 in./22.098 x 24.942 mm |
| Back Numbers | None |
| Earliest Known Use | April 25, 2008 |
| USPS Order Numbers | 786340 Full Coil of 100 - $27.00 786363 First Day Cover - Set of 5 - $4.60 (2 stamps same design) |
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| Official Announcement | On April 25, 2008, in Burlingame, California, the Postal Service™ will issue 27-cent, Tropical Fruit definitive stamps in five designs. Designed by Ethel Kessler of Bethesda, Maryland, the stamps go on sale nationwide April 25, 2008. The stamps will be available in the following formats:
Illustrator Sergio Baradat of New York, New York, created art that visually slices or halves five tropical fruits:
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| Note | Click here for a scan of a cancelled PNC courtesy of Mark Mangum |
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| How to Order First Day of Issue Postmark |
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| 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 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: |
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| Tropical Fruit Stamps Postmaster 1630 South Delaware St San Mateo CA 94402-9998 |
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| 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 June 24, 2008. |
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| How to Order First Day Covers |
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| 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 postmark. 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: |
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| INFORMATION FULFILLMENT DEPT 6270 US POSTAL SERVICE PO BOX 219014 KANSAS CITY MO 64121-9014 |
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| Philatelic Products |
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| There are three philatelic products available for this stamp issue: |
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| 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. |
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| Distribution: Item 786300, $27.00 Tropical Fruit, PSA Coil of 100 |
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| All SDOs will receive automatic distributions of $27.00 Tropical Fruit, PSA coil of 100. Distributions will be in multiple waves. Wave 1 shipments, which began March 25, 2008, will be completed by April 9, 2008. Wave 2 shipments, which begin April 21, 2008, will be completed by May 28, 2008. Distributions are rounded up to the nearest master carton size (800 coils). |
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| Initial Supply for Post Offices |
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| SDOs will not make a subsequent automatic distribution to Post Offices. All Post Offices requiring quantities of Item 786300 must order them from their designated SDO using a separate PS Form 17, Stamp Requisition/Stamp Return. SDOs must not distribute coils to Post Offices before April 18, 2008. |
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| Additional Supply |
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| Post Offices requiring additional coils must requisition Item 786300 from their designated SDO using PS Form 17. SDOs requiring additional coils must order them from the appropriate APD using PS Form 17. |
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| Following the second automatic distribution to SDOs, the New York, Chicago, San Francisco, and Memphis, APDs will each receive 57,600 additional coils; the Denver APD will receive 19,200 additional coils for fulfilling supplemental orders from the SDOs. The Kansas City SSC will receive 153,600 additional coils for fulfilling supplemental orders from APDs. |
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| Additional quantities of this definitive stamp will also be made available to SDOs via future automatic distributions, shipped directly from the supplier to the SDOs. |
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