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Scott # 2492a | Plate # S111, S112, S333, S444, S555 |
Series | Flora and Fauna |
Format | Flat convertible booklet of 20 |
Issue Date & City | June 2, 1995, McLean, Virginia |
Nationwide Sale | June 3, 1995 |
Designer | Gyo Fujikawa, New York, NY |
Modeler | Richard C. Sennett |
Art Director | Joseph Brockert, 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 / 798 million stamps |
Paper Type | Phosphored, supplied by Kanzaki |
Gum Type | Self-adhesive |
Processed At | KCI Industries, Milwaukee, Wisconsin |
Die Cut Gauge | 11.3 x 11.7 on 2, 3 or 4 sides |
Colors | Green, Pink (PMS 1905), Black on stamps. |
Image Area | 0.720 x 0.818 in/18.288 x 20.7772 mm (apx.) |
Overall Size | 0.87 x 0.98 in / 22.1 x 24.9 mm |
Booklet Size | 2.61 x 7.29 in / 66.29 x 185.21 mm |
Plate Size | 315 impressions (stamps and labels) per revolution (15 across by 21 around) |
Marginal Markings | "Peel Here To
Fold" "Self Adhesive stamps" "DO NOT WET"
"© USPS 1996" Plate Numbers On the non-stamp label - "TIME TO / REORDER / THIS BLOCK / IS NOT VALID / FOR POSTAGE" |
USPS Catalog Item Numbers | 6675 Convertible Booklet
of 20 - $6.40 56675 Convertible Booklet of 20 - $6.40 (Reprinted 12/95) with die cut reorder label |
Earliest Known Use | June 2, 1995 |
Official Announcement | The 32-cent Rose self-adhesive convertible booklet goes on sale June 2, 1995, in McLean, VA. This stamp design depicts a single pink rose and USA 32. A future Postal Bulletin will include collector information. |
End Card | Not yet available |
Note | Plates S111, S112 and S333 have no bullseye in the reorder label. Plate S444 exists with and without a bullseye. Plate S555 exists with a bullseye and liner printing A, B and None. |
MDI Booklets | Printed sheets of 2492 were used to make MDI Booklets BK178A, BK178B, BK178C, BK178D, BK178E and BK178F. |
Distribution for Pink Rose Stamp
All stamp distribution offices (SDOs) will receive two distributions of half their standard automatic distribution quantities for a 20-stamp booklet, rounded to the nearest master carton size (4,500 booklets). The first distribution will be completed May 10, and the second distribution will be completed by June 20.
SDOs will make only one shipment to post offices, of half their standard automatic distribution quantity, using Forms 3309 , Advice of Shipment/Stamp Invoice. SDOs must not distribute stamps to post offices before May 24. Post offices may reorder additional quantities from their SDOs after June 20. There will not be back-up quantities of this item at the accountable paper depositories.
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