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Scott# 3633B | Plate P1111 |
Series | Flag Definitive |
Issue Date & City | June 7, 2002, Washington, DC 20066 (Reprint issued sometime in June, 2005) |
Nationwide Sale | July, 2005 |
Photograph | Pictor International |
Designer | Terry McCaffrey, USPS |
Art Director | Terry McCaffrey, USPS |
Typographer | Terry McCaffrey, USPS |
Modeler | Joseph Sheeran |
To Press / Initial Impressions | Spring, 2005 / 5 million stamps |
Coil Size | 100 |
Printer | Ashton Potter (USA) Ltd. |
Press | Muller Martini A76, 27" |
Process | Offset / Micro-print "USA" in top red stripe |
Where Printed | Williamsville, NY |
Where Processed | Ashton Potter (USA) Ltd. |
Plate Size & Interval | 744 stamps per revolution / plate # every 31 stamps |
Paper & Gum | Prephosphored USPS Type I, Surface Coated, Self-Adhesive |
Tagging Type | Prephosphored - Smooth Tagging |
Die-Cut Gauge | 9.4 Vertically (Valley/Peak 10 x 10 with a single tie) |
Colors | Black, Cyan, Magenta, Yellow |
Image Area | 0.73 x 0.84 in. / 18.542 x 21.336 mm |
Overall Size | 0.87096 x 0.980 in. / 22.1223 x 24.892 mm |
Back Numbers | None |
Earliest Known Use | ? |
USPS Order Numbers | Coil of 100 - $37.00 - 780143 |
Availability | Stamp Fulfillment Services, Kansas City |
Official Announcement |
The Postal Service™ will issue a
37-cent U.S. Flag definitive stamp (Item 780100) in a
pressure-sensitive adhesive (PSA) coil of 100 in one design. The stamp
was printed by the offset process.
The U.S. Flag stamp is a reprint/variety and was previously issued in the same format in June 2002 by the Bureau of Engraving and Printing and in August 2003 by Sennett Security Products. Both of the previous issues were printed by gravure. |
Note | Collectors ordering from Stamp Fulfillment Services with the above item number, 780143, had been receiving item number 780140, plate 4444A of the BEP Printing, up until about July 11, 2005, when an internal problem was corrected. Stamps are being sold in an individual shrink-wrapped package. "USA" is micro-printed in the top red stripe. |
Varieties | Seam lines have been found. Click here for scans. |
Distribution Information for this item was not provided.
Updated 3 October 2008
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