Click on the scan for a detailed view. Created from a stack of 3 coils. Data is still tentative.

39¢ Lady Liberty and U. S. Flag
(Sennett Security Products)
Self Adhesive Coil 100
Scott # 3982 Plate # S1111
Series USPS - NA ~ PNC3 - Flag / Patriotic
Issue Date & City April 8, 2006, Washington, DC 20066 (Probably No First Day of Issue Ceremony)
Nationwide Sale April 8, 2006
Designer Terrence W. McCaffrey, USPS
Art Director Terrence W. McCaffrey, USPS
Typographer Terrence W. McCaffrey, USPS
Photograph Carl and Ann Purcell, Alexandria, VA
Engraver Southern Graphics System
Modeler Donald H. Woo
To Press / Initial Quantity Winter 2005 / 1 Billion stamps
Coil Size 100
Printer Sennett Security Products (SSP)
Press Cerutti, 950
Process Gravure
Where Printed American Packaging Corporation, Columbus, WI
Where Processed Unique Binders, Fredericksburg, VA
Plate Size & Interval 1064 stamps per revolution / plate # every 14 stamps
Paper Type Prephosphored, USPS Type II, Surface Coated
Adhesive Type Pressure Sensitive
Tagging Type Prephosphored, Uneven Tagging
Die Cut Gauge Serpentine Die Cuts - 10.2, 12 x 12, Both Peak/Valley and Valley/Peak
Colors Magenta, Yellow, Cyan, Black
Image Size (h x w) 0.72 x 0.81 in. / 18.28 x 20.57 mm
Overall Size (h x w) 0.87 x 0.96 in./22.09 x 24.38 mm
Back Numbers None
Earliest Known Use April 8, 2006
USPS Order Numbers 783642 Full Coil of 100 - $39.00
783661 First Day Cover - $0.77
Availability The stamps were not available at postal outlets until after the 3rd week of May, 2006
Official Announcement The Postal ServiceTM will issue a denominated First-Class Mail® definitive stamp Lady Liberty and U.S. Flag on April 8, 2006, in Washington, DC. The stamp designed by Terrence W. McCaffrey of the U.S. Postal Service®, Washington, DC, also goes on sale nationwide April 8, 2006.

The stamp features two of the most recognized symbols of the United States: the Statue of Liberty and the American flag. Carl and Ann Purcell of Alexandria, Virginia, took separate photographs of the Statue of Liberty and the American flag and combined them to create the montage used in the stamp art.

The stamp will be issued in the following formats:
· Pressure-sensitive adhesive (PSA) pane of 20 (Item 567900).
·PSA double-sided booklet of 20 (Item 675400).
· PSA convertible booklet of 10 (Item 675900).
· PSA coil of 100 (Item 783600).
Notes Available in 'Stick' Format with up to 10 coils attached
Distribution: Item 783600 Denominated ($39.00 Value) Lady Liberty and U.S. Flag, PSA Coil of 100
No distribution info released.