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Scott # 2949a | Plate #B1111-1, B2222-1, B2222-2, B3333-2 |
Series | Love |
Format | Flat convertible booklet of 20 |
Issue Date & City | February 1, 1995, Valentines, Virginia |
Nationwide Sale | February 2, 1995 |
Designer | Terrence McCaffrey, USPS |
Art Director | Terrence McCaffrey, USPS |
Typographer | Thomas Mann, Mann & Mann Graphics, Warrenton, Virginia |
Modeler & Engraver | Ron Centra, Banknote Corporation of America |
Process | Offset and Intaglio |
Printer | Banknote Corporation of America, Browns Summit, NC |
Printed At | Banknote Corporation of America, Browns Summit, NC |
Press Type | Goebel 6 color offset press and Epikos 4 color intaglio press |
To Press / Initial Print Quantity | Late fall 1994 / 1.22 billion stamps |
Paper | Phosphored supplied by Westvaco / Brown Bridge |
Gum Type | Self-adhesive |
Processed At | Banknote Corporation of America |
Die Cut Gauge | Straight die cut on all sides |
Colors | Yellow, magenta, cyan, and black (offset) red (intaglio) |
Image Area | 0.71 x .822 in / 18.03 x 20.87 mm |
Overall Size | 0.87 x .98 in / 22.09 x 24.94mm |
Booklet Size | 7.28 x 2.610 in / 184.9 x 66.3 mm |
Plate Size | 300 stamps and 15 labels per revolution |
Marginal Markings | "Peel Here To
Fold" "Self Adhesive stamps" "DO NOT WET"
"© USPS 1994" Plate Numbers On the non-stamp label - "TIME TO / REORDER / THIS BLOCK / IS NOT VALID / POSTAGE" |
USPS Catalog Item Numbers | 669900 - Convertible
booklet of 20 - $6.40 |
Earliest Known Use | January 23, 1995 |
Official Announcement | The Nondenominated
Self-Adhesive Love (Cherub) booklet, Item 6699, goes on sale February 1 in Valentines, VA.
This stamp, featuring a contemplative cherub, is ideal for Valentine's Day Cards,
wedding invitations, and similar personal mailings. Each stamp is valued at 32
cents. This stamp meets the new First-Class and third-class 1-ounce letter rate for
domestic mail. The Love Cherub stamp, designed by Terry McCaffrey of the U.S. Postal Service, features one of the two cherubs from Raphaels Sistine Madonna painting. |
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End Cards | Not yet available. |
Distribution Distribution $6.40 Love Cherub Convertible Booklet (Item 6699)
All stamp distribution offices (SDOs) will receive half their standard automatic distribution for the self-adhesive booklets, rounded up to the nearest master carton size (4,500 booklets). SDOs will make subsequent distributions to post offices, using Form 3309, Advice of Shipment/Stamp Invoice. Stamp Requisition. SDOs must not distribute booklets to post offices before January 26, 1995.
Philatelic Requirement
Stamp distribution offices with authorized philatelic centers will receive their standard automatic distribution for subsequent distributions to each center.
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