Sunrise (Dawn) Noon (Midday) Sunset (Dusk) Night
This strip of nine, with the plate number centered,
is the format that many collectors will save.

DATA IS STILL TENTATIVE - Click on the above scans for a detailed image

42¢ 24/7 American Flags
(Avery Dennison)
Self Adhesive Coil of 3,000 and 10,000
Scott # 4247a Strip of 4, Plate # V1111, V2222 on the 'Sunrise' flag stamp.
Scott # 4244
Scott # 4245
Scott # 4246
Scott # 4247		 Flag at Dusk (Sunset)
Flag at Night
Flag at Dawn (Sunrise) - Plate Number on this stamp
Flag at Midday (Noon)
Series USPS - NA ~ PNC3 - Flag / Patriotic
Issue Date & City April 18, 2008, Washington, DC 20066 (No First Day of Issue Ceremony)
Nationwide Sale April 18, 2008
Designer Phil Jordan, Falls Church, VA
Art Director Phil Jordan, Falls Church, VA
Typographer Phil Jordan, Falls Church, VA
Artist Laura Stutzman, Mountain Lake Park, MD
Modeler Avery Dennison, SPD
Engraver Southern Graphics System
To Press / Initial Quantity Spring 2008 / Coil of 3,000 - 51 Million stamps
Coil of 10,000 - 51 Million stamps (Not sure if 51 million is the combined total)
Coil Size Spring 2008 / Coil of 3,000 - 51 Million stamps Coil of 10,000 - 51 Million stamps (Not sure if 51 million is the combined total)3000, 10,000
Printer Avery Dennison, (AVR)
Press Dia Nippon Kiko (DNK)
Process Gravure
Where Printed AVR, Clinton, SC
Where Processed AVR, Clinton, SC
Plate Size & Interval Coil of 3,000 and 10,000 - 320 stamps per revolution / plate # every 8 stamps
Paper Type Prephosphored, type II, Surface Coated
Adhesive Type Pressure Sensitive
Tagging Type Prephosphored, Smooth Tagging
Die Cut Gauge 11.0 Valley/Peak, 12 x 12
Colors Magenta, Yellow, Cyan, Black
Image Size (w x h) 0.730 x 0.840 in./18.54 x 21.336 mm
Overall Size (w x h) 0.870 x 0.980 in./22.098 x 24.892 mm
Back Numbers Reported so far: 5 digit blue (aqua) middle back numbers every 10 stamps. Providence has positions 2 and 4 and Tucson has # on #, position 3.
Earliest Known Use April 18, 2008
USPS Order Numbers 786040 Full Coil of 3,000 - #1260.00
786140 Full Coil of 10,000 - $4200.00
786063 First Day Cover - Set of 4 stamps, $3.20
786163 First Day Cover - Set of 4 stamps, $3.20
Availability Stamp Fulfillment Services, Kansas City / Providence / Tucso
Official Announcement On April 18, 2008, in Washington, DC, the Postal Service™ will issue 42-cent, definitive stamps, Flags 24/7, in four designs. These stamps will be available in the following formats:
  • Pressure-sensitive adhesive (PSA) coil of 100 (Item 785900).
  • PSA coil of 3,000 (Item 786000).
  • PSA coil of 10,000 (Item 786100).
  • Water-activated gum (WAG) coil of 3,000 (Item 786800).

The stamps, designed by Phil Jordan of Falls Church, Virginia, go on sale nationwide April 18, 2008.

Each of the four First-Class® stamps features a paint­ing by Laura Stutzman of Mountain Lake Park, Maryland, of an American flag flying at a different time of day: sunrise, noon, sunset, and night.

In 1942, Congress passed a resolution establishing a code of flag etiquette. The code states in part that the American flag should be displayed from sunrise to sunset every day, weather permitting, but especially on days of national importance like Memorial Day, Independence Day, Labor Day, and Veterans Day. Congress also decided that “when a patriotic effect is desired,” the flag can be flown through the night if properly lit. Although compliance is vol­untary, public observation of the code’s measures is wide­spread throughout the nation.
Die Cut Varieties  
Note Plate V2222 was first found the last week of November, 2008 on cover, cancelled with a Nov. 25 postmark.
Note  
How to Order 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™, or 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:
FLAGS 24/7 STAMPS
POSTMASTER
SPECIAL CANCELLATIONS
PO BOX 92282
WASHINGTON DC 20090-9998
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 June 19, 2008.
How to Order First Day Covers
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 calling 800-STAMP-24 or writing to:
INFORMATION FULFILLMENT
DEPT 6270
US POSTAL SERVICE
PO BOX 219014
KANSAS CITY MO 64121-9014
Philatelic Products
There are four philatelic products available for this stamp issue:
  • 785963, first day cover (set of 4), $3.20.
  • 786063, first day cover (set of 4), $3.20.
  • 786163, first day cover (set of 4), $3.20.
  • 786863, first day cover (set of 4), $3.20
Distribution: Item 786000, $1,260.00 Flags 24/7, PSA Coil of 3,000
The Flags 24/7 PSA coil of 3,000 will not be automatically distributed to SDOs. Automatic distributions will be made to APDs only. Initial shipments to APDs, will begin March 18 and will be completed by April 9. SDOs requiring Item 786000 must order them from the appropriate APD using a separate PS Form 17.
Initial Supply to Post Offices
SDOs will not make a subsequent automatic distribution of Item 786000 to Post Offices. All Post Offices requiring quantities of Item 786000 must order them from their designated SDO using PS Form 17. SDOs must not distrib­ute coils to Post Offices before April 11.
Additional Supply
Post Offices requiring additional coils must requisition Item 786000 from their designated SDO using PS Form 17. SDOs requiring additional coils must order them from the appropriate APD using PS Form 17.
Additional quantities of this definitive stamp coil will also be made available to APDs via future automatic distribu­tions, shipped directly from the supplier to the APDs.
Distribution: Item 786100, $4,200.00 Flags 24/7, PSA Coil of 10,000
The Flags 24/7 PSA coil of 10,000 will not be automatically distributed to SDOs. Automatic distributions will be made to APDs only. Initial shipments to APDs, will begin March 18 and will be completed by April 9. SDOs requiring quantities of Item 786100 must order them from the appropriate APD using a separate PS Form 17. SDOs ordering this item from APDs need not order in master carton size quantities. SDOs should only order according to immediate customer demand (One coil of 10,000 is the minimum order from APDs).
Initial Supply to Post Offices
SDOs will not make a subsequent automatic distribution of Item 786100 to Post Offices. All Post Offices requiring quantities of Item 786100 must order them from their designated SDO using PS Form 17. SDOs must not distrib­ute coils to Post Offices before April 11.
Additional Supply
Post Offices requiring additional coils must requisition Item 786100 from their designated SDO using PS Form 17. SDOs requiring additional coils must order them from the appropriate APD using PS Form 17.
Additional quantities of this definitive stamp coil will also be made available to APDs via future automatic distributions, shipped directly from the supplier to the APDs.