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| Scott# 3622 | Plate 1111, 2222 |
| Scott# 3622a | Plate 1111 (Die cutting omitted) |
| Series | Rate Change Flag Definitive |
| Issue Date & City | June 7, 2002, Washington, DC 20066 |
| Nationwide Sale | June 7, 2002 |
| Designer | Terry McCaffrey, USPS |
| Art Director | Terry McCaffrey, USPS |
| Typographer | Terry McCaffrey, USPS |
| Modeler | Bureau Of Engraving and Printing (BEP) |
| To Press / Initial Impressions | Spring, 2002 / 2.5 Billion |
| Coil Size | 100 |
| Printer | Bureau Of Engraving and Printing (BEP) |
| Press | Andreotti, Model 601 |
| Process | Gravure |
| Where Printed | BEP, Washington, DC |
| Where Processed | BEP, Washington, DC |
| Plate Size & Interval | 480 stamps per revolution / plate # every 24 stamps |
| Paper & Gum | Prephosphored USPS Type II, Surface Coated, Self-Adhesive |
| Tagging Type | Prephosphored, Smooth Tagging |
| Die-Cut Gauge | 9.8 Vertically, Peak/Valley 10 x 10 |
| Colors | Yellow, Magenta, Cyan, Black |
| Image Area | 0.71 x 0.82 in. / 18.03 x 20.82 mm |
| Overall Size | 0.84 x 0.99 in. / 21.33 x 25.1 mm |
| Back Numbers | None |
| Earliest Known Use | June 7, 2002 |
| USPS Order Numbers | Coil of 100 - $37.00 - 781140 |
| Strip of 25 with plate number - $9.25 - 781130 | |
| Availability | Stamp Fulfillment Services, Kansas City |
| Plate 1111 (June 7, 2002) - Most Post Offices Nationwide | |
| Plate 2222 (June 11, 2002) - Tucson, AZ, (June 19, 2002) - Providence, RI | |
| Official Announcement | The Postal Service will issue a U.S. Flag nondenominated definitive stamp (37-cent value) on June 7, 2002, in Washington, DC. The stamp, designed and illustrated by Terrence W. McCaffrey, U.S. Postal Service, Washington, DC, goes on sale nationwide June 7, 2002. No official ceremony is planned. The stamp will be issued in a water-activated (WAG) pane of 100 (Item 103800); pressure-sensitive adhesive (PSA) automated teller machine (ATM) sheetlet of 18 (Item 563100); PSA pane of 20 (Item 563200); PSA convertible book of 20 (Item 671100); PSA vending book of 20 (Items 671200 and 671211); PSA double-sided book of 20 (Item 671600); and a PSA coil of 100 (Item 781100). The stars and stripes of "Old Glory" are featured on this definitive stamp. |
| Note | |
| Varieties | Die Cutting Omitted on plate 1111 |
SDOs will receive two waves of automatic distributions for this definitive stamp in PSA coils of 100. Wave 1 began shipment April 29, 2002, and will complete shipment May 18, 2002. Wave 2 will begin shipment May 20, 2002, and will complete shipment June 21, 2002. Master carton size is 800 coils.
SDOs will not make a subsequent automatic distribution to Post Offices. All Post Offices requiring quantities of Item 7781100 must order them from their designated SDO using a separate PS Form 17, Stamp Requisition. SDOs must not distribute coils to Post Offices before May 28, 2002.
SDOs will not receive a separate quantity of this definitive stamp for their authorized philatelic centers. Philatelic centers must be supplied their quantities from the initial automatic distribution made to SDOs.
Post Offices requiring additional stamps must requisition them from their designated SDO using PS Form 17. SDOs requiring additional stamps must order them from the appropriate APD using PS Form 17.
For fulfilling supplemental orders from SDOs, the San Francisco, Chicago, Memphis, and New York APDs will each receive 480,000 additional coils, and the Denver APD will receive 240,000 additional coils. APD distributions will ship following completion of the Wave 2 automatic distribution to SDOs.
Additional quantities will not be available at the Bureau of Engraving and Printing (BEP) for supplemental ordering by SDOs or APDs.
Updated 3 October 2008
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