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Scott # 2959a BK229 | Plate # 1 |
Series | Love |
Format | Folded booklet of 20 |
Issue Date & City | May 12, 1995, Lakeville, Pennsylvania |
Nationwide Sale | May 13, 1995 |
Designer | Terrence McCaffrey (USPS) |
Engraver | Dixie March, Bureau of Engraving and Printing |
Modeler | Clarence Holbert, Bureau of Engraving and Printing |
Art Director | Terrence McCaffrey (USPS) |
Typographer | Tom Mann, Mann and Mann Graphics, Warrenton, Virginia |
Process | Gravure and Intaglio |
Printer | Bureau of Engraving and Printing (BEP), Washington, DC |
Printed At | Bureau of Engraving and Printing (BEP), Washington, DC |
Press Type | 4 color offset, 3 color intaglio webfed F press (801) |
To Press / Initial Print Quantity | Spring 1995 / 1.193 billion stamps |
Paper Type | Phosphored |
Gum Type | Water Activated |
Processed At | Bureau of Engraving and Printing (BEP), Washington, DC |
Perf. Gauge | 9.8 x 10.9 on 2 or 3 sides |
Colors | Magenta, yellow, cyan, black, red (PMS185u) |
Image Area | 0.77 x 1.02 in / 19.6 x 25.9 mm |
Overall Size | 0.91 x 1.19 in / 23.1 x 30.2 mm |
Booklet Size | 2.38 x 5.7 in / 60.5 x 144.8 mm |
Plate Size | 720 stamps per revolution (20 across by 36 around) |
Marginal Markings | Plate Numbers · Various markings on the binding tabs. |
USPS Catalog Item Numbers | 6665 - Folded Booklet
of 20 - $6.40 66651 - Unfolded Pane of 10 - $3.20 |
Earliest Known Use | May 11, 1995 |
Official Announcement | The Postal Service will issue 32-cent and 55-cent Love (Cherub) stamps on May 12 in Lakeville, PA. Designed by Terry McCaffrey of the Postal Service, the Love stamps feature one of two cherubs from Raphaels Sistine Madonna painting. The 32-cent Love stamp will be available in a pane of 50 or a single stamp (Item 5595) and a $6.40 booklet of 20 (Item 6665). The 55-cent Love stamp will be available also in a pane of 50 or a single stamp (Item 5504) and a convertible booklet of 20 self-adhesive stamps (Item 6644). The Love (Cherub) stamps go on sale nationwide on May 13. |
Note | The top pane will always have a CRL and LRM in the tab. Click HERE for Printing Plate Layout and related info. |
Unfolded Panes | Click HERE for scans of the Love Cherub Unfolded Panes. |
Varieties |
Distribution for 32-Cent Love Cherub Water Activated Folded Booklet.
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