| Scott # 3475A | Plate # B11 |
| Series | Definitive |
| Issue Date & City | September 20, 2001 / Washington, DC 20066 |
| Nationwide Sale | September 21, 2001 |
| Photograph | Courtesy of Mount Vernon Ladies Association |
| Sculptor | Jean Antoine Houdon |
| Designer | Richard Sheaff, Scottsdale, AZ |
| Art Director | Richard Sheaff, Scottsdale, AZ |
| Typographer | Richard Sheaff, Scottsdale, AZ |
| Modeler | Guilford Gravure Inc., Guilford, CT |
| To Press / Initial Impressions | Summer 2001 / 300 million |
| Coil Size | 100 |
| Printer | Banknote Corporation of America (BCA) |
| Press | Cerrutti, R118 |
| Process | Gravure |
| Where Printed | Guilford Gravure, Inc., Guilford, CT |
| Where Processed | Guilford Gravure, Guilford, CT |
| Plate Size & Interval | 384 stamps per revolution / plate # every 12 stamps |
| Paper & Gum | Prephosphored USPS Type II, Self-Adhesive |
| Tagging Type | Prephosphored, Solid Tagging |
| Die Cut Gauge | 8.5 Vertically, Peak/Valley 10 x 9 |
| Colors | Green (PMS 561), Gray (PMS 5665) |
| Image Area | 0.71 x 0.83 in. / 18.03 x 21.08 mm |
| Overall Size | 0.87 x 0.965 in. / 22.10 x 24.51 mm |
| Back Numbers | None |
| Earliest Known Use | September 20, 2001 |
| USPS Order Numbers | S/A Coil of 100 - $21.00 - 772040 |
| First Day Cover - $.67 - 772062 | |
| Availability | Stamp Fulfillment Services, Kansas City |
| (9-27-01) - Cincinnati OH | |
| Official Announcement | The Postal Service will issue a 23-cent George Washington definitive stamp in
self-adhesive coils of 100 (Item Number 772000). The stamp, designed and illustrated by
Richard Sheaff of Scottsdale, Arizona, goes on sale nationwide September 21, 2001. The
stamp has the same design and format as the George Washington definitive stamp issued on
February 22, 2001, but has a change in background color and denomination. The stamp art is based on a black-and-white photograph of a bust of George Washington by Jean-Antoine Houdon. The bust - which is signed and dated 1785 - is on display at George Washington's Mount Vernon estate in Virginia. |
| Varieties |
Distribution: Item 772000, 23-Cent (2nd Ounce Rate) George Washington PSA Coil of 100
Stamp distribution offices (SDOs) will receive three automatic distributions of Item 772000. Shipments in wave 1 begin August 28, 2001, and complete September 10, 2001. Shipments in wave 2 begin September 17, 2001, and complete September 28, 2001. Shipments in wave 3 begin October 1, 2001, and complete October 8, 2001. Distributions are rounded up to the nearest master carton size (800 coils).
Initial Supply to Post Offices
Post Offices requiring quantities of Item 772000 must order them from their designated SDO
using a separate PS Form 17. SDOs must not distribute stamps to Post Offices before
September 13, 2001.
Philatelic Requirement
Authorized philatelic centers requiring the 23-cent, George Washington PSA coil of 100
must order Item 772000 from their designated SDO using PS Form 17.
Additional Supply
Post Offices requiring additional stamps must requisition them from their designated SDO
using PS Form 17.
There will be no additional coils available at accountable paper depositories (APDs) for fulfilling supplemental orders from SDOs.
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