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Scott # 2483a BK172 | Plate # S1111 |
Series | Flora and Fauna |
Format | Folded Vending booklet of 10 |
Issue Date & City | June 15, 1995, Kansas City, Missouri |
Nationwide Sale | June 16, 1995 |
Designer | Robert Giusti, New Milford, Connecticut |
Modeler | Richard C. Sennett |
Art Director | Derry Noyes, USPS |
Typographer | John Boyd, Anagraphics Inc., New York, NY |
Process | Gravure |
Printer | J. W. Fergusson & Sons, Richmond, Virginia for Stamp Venturers |
Printed At | J. W. Fergusson & Sons, Richmond, Virginia |
Press Type | Champlain webfed gravure press |
To Press / Initial Print Quantity | Spring, 1996 / 378.7 million stamps |
Paper Type | Phosphored |
Gum Type | Water Activated |
Processed At | KCI Industries, Milwaukee, Wisconsin |
Perforation Gauge | 10.9 x 9.9 on 2 or 3 sides |
Colors | Process Yellow, Magenta, Cyan, Black |
Image Area | 0.72 x 0.81 in / 18.3 x 20.6 mm |
Overall Size | 0.81 x .96 in / 20.6 x 24.4 mm |
Pane Size | 1.74 x 5.25 in / 44.2 x 135.7 mm |
Plate Size | 400 impressions per revolution (20 across by 20 around) |
Marginal Markings | Plate Numbers on binding tab |
USPS Catalog Item Numbers | 6666 Vending Booklet
of 10 - $2.00 66661 Unfolded Pane of 10 - $2.00 |
Earliest Known Use | June 1, 1995 |
Official Announcement | The Postal Service will issue a $2.00 booklet of 10 20-cent Blue Jay stamps (Item 6666) on June 15 in Kansas City, MO. Designed by Robert Giusti of New Milford, CT, the stamps go on sale nationwide on June 16. |
Unfolded Pane | Click HERE for a scan of the Blue Jay Unfolded Pane. |
Distribution for Blue Jay Stamp
Each stamp distribution office (SDO) with authorized philatelic centers will receive booklet quantities to provide subsequent automatic distribution to each philatelic center and will also make subsequent automatic distribution to post offices, using Forms 3309 , Advice of Shipment/Stamp Invoice. SDOs must not distribute stamps to post offices before June 8.
Additional Supply
SDOs requiring additional booklets must order them from their APD, using separate Forms 17, Stamp Requisition. All other post offices requiring additional booklets should requisition them from their designated SDO on a separate Form 17, or designated SDN using a separate Form 17sx, Accountable Items Requisition Stamp Distribution Network.
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