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32¢ Children and Santa
Water Activated
Folded Booklet of 20
Scott # 3007b/c Plate #P1111, P2222
Series Holiday Contemporary
Format Folded booklet of 20
Issue Date & City September 30, 1995, North Pole, New York
Nationwide Sale October 2, 1995
Designer John Grossman and Linda Alders of Richmond Point, CA
Art Director Richard Sheaff, Norwood, MA
Typographer Richard Sheaff, Norwood, MA
Modeler Joe Sheeran, Ashton-Potter (USA) Ltd., Williamsville, NY
Process Offset
Printer Sterling Sommer, Tonawanda, New York for Ashton-Potter (USA) Ltd.
Printed At Sterling Sommer, Tonawanda, New York
Press Type Akiyama 628 sheetfed offset press
To Press / Initial Print Quantity Summer 1995 / 300 million stamps (15 million booklets)
Tagging Phosphored Paper
Gum Type Water Activated
Processed At Ashton-Potter (USA) Ltd., Williamsville, NY
Perforation Gauge 11.2 x 11.2 on 2 or 3 sides
Colors Black, cyan, magenta and yellow
Image Area 0.77 x 1.05 in / 19.6 x 26.7 mm
Overall Size 0.91 x 1.19 in / 23.1 x 30.23 mm
Pane Size 3.575 x 6.750 in / 90.805 x 171.45 mm
Plate Size 270 atamps per revolution (15 across by 18 down)
Marginal Markings Plate Numbers on binding tab
USPS Catalog Item Numbers 6655 - Folded booklet of 20 - $6.40
Earliest Known Use September 30, 1995
Official Announcement The Postal Service rings in the holiday season with the issuance of a pane of 50 (Item 5516), a booklet of 20 (Item 6655), and a peel-and-stick booklet of 20 (Item 6642) 32-cent Holiday Contemporary stamps on September 30 in North Pole, New York.

Designed by John Grossman and Laura Alders of Richmond Point, California, the stamps feature four different designs from the Victorian and Edwardian eras: Santa going down the chimney, Santa making a sled, a boy and his tree, and a child with a handmade puppet.

The Holiday Contemporary stamps go on sale nationwide October 2.

Varieties  
Note Each booklet contains two different panes.  On one, the top two stamps are the Santa at the chimney and the Boy with a jumpin jack.  The other pane has the Boy with a tree and Santa with a sled.
Unfolded Panes There are two different Unfolded Panes as above. Also, in most cases, the panes were trimmed through the bottom perforations.

 

Stamp Distribution - Stamp Booklets (Item 6655)

All SDOs and SDNs will receive an automatic distribution of half their standard distribution for a water-activated adhesive stamp booklet, rounded to the nearest master carton size (4,500 booklets). SDOs and SDNs will not make an automatic distribution to post offices. The Minneapolis Information System Service Center will not provide a distribution listing or Form 3309, Advice of Shipment/ Stamp Invoice.

To obtain quantities of this issue, post offices must immediately submit separate Forms 17 to their designated SDOs and separate Forms 17-S to their designated SDNs. There will not be back-up quantities of this item at the APDs or SDNs.

Philatelic Requirement

Post offices with authorized philatelic centers will receive their standard philatelic quantity for a water-activated adhesive stamp booklet.


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