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Scott # 2920De | Plate #V11111, V12111, V23222, V31121, V32111, V32121, V44322, V44333, V44444, V55555, V66666, V66886, V67886, V68886, V68896, V76989, V77666, V77668, V77766, V77776, V78698, V78886, V78896, V78898, V78986, V78989, V89999 |
Series | U. S. Flag |
Format | Flat convertible booklet of 10 |
Issue Date & City | January 20, 1996, New York, New York |
Nationwide Sale | January 22, 1996 |
Designer | David LaFleur, Derby, Kansas |
Modeler | North American Roto Engravers, Inc. |
Art Director | Richard Sheaff, Norwood, MA |
Typographer | Richard Sheaff, Norwood, MA |
Process | Gravure |
Printer | Avery Dennison Security Division, Clinton, S.C. |
Printed At | Avery Dennison Security Division, Clinton, S.C. |
Press Type | Chestnut gravure press |
To Press / Initial Print Quantity | Fall, Winter 1995 / 788.7 million stamps |
Paper Type | Phosphored, supplied by Westvaco / Fasson |
Gum Type | Self-adhesive |
Processed At | Avery Dennison |
Die Cut Gauge | 11.3 x 11.3 on 3 sides |
Colors | Gold, red, dark blue, light blue, and black |
Image Area | 0.720 x 0.818 in / 18.28 x 20.77 mm |
Overall Size | 0.870 x 0.982 in / 22.09 x 24.94 mm |
Booklet Size | 1.74 x 6.50 in / 44.2 x 165.1 mm |
Plate Size | 220 stamps per revolution (20 across by 10 around) |
Marginal Markings | USPS Logo · Plate Numbers · "Peel this strip and fold here" · Color Circles |
USPS Catalog Item Numbers | 6609 Convertible Booklet
of 10 - $3.20 |
Earliest Known Use | January 12, 1996 |
Official Announcement | The Postal Service will
issue a 32-cent Flag Over Porch stamp, in a convert-ible booklet of 10 self-adhesive
stamps (Item 6609) on January 20, 1996, in New York, New York. The stamp booklet goes on
sale nationwide January 22. No official dedication ceremony is planned. The Flag Over Porch stamp, designed by Dave LaFleur of Derby, Kansas, features an American flag against a porch and has the same design as the stamp issued on April 18, 1995, but will be issued in a new format of a convertible booklet of 10 self-adhesive stamps. |
Varieties | V11111 - Liner printing A and B, Divot and Non-Divot V12111 - Liner printing A and B V23222 - Liner printing A and B, Divot and Non-Divot V31121 - Liner printing A45, A54 and B45 V32111 - Liner printing A, Divot and Non-Divot, B with Divot V32121 - Liner printing A45, A54 and B45 V44322 thru V89999 have no inside liner printing |
Note | 1996 Year date is in BLUE |
End Cards | Click here for scans. |
Distribution $3.20 Flag Over Porch Self-Adhesive Stamp Booklet of 10 Stamps (Item 6609)
All SDOs and SDNs will receive half their standard automatic distribution quantities,
based on the new surveyed quantities for the first 1996 update for self-adhesive booklets,
rounded to the master carton size (4,500 booklets).
SDOs and SDNs will make subsequent automatic distributions to post offices for half their
standard automatic distribution for self-adhesive booklets, using Form 3309, Advice of
Shipment/Stamp Invoice, and Form 17, Stamp Requisition. SDOs and SDNs must not distribute
these booklets before January 11.
Philatelic Requirements
Each SDO and SDN with authorized philatelic centers will receive their standard automatic distribution for self-adhesive booklets to make subsequent automatic distributions to each philatelic center.
Additional Supply
Each APD and the SDN in Virginia will receive 1,197,000 booklets for filling supplemental orders. The SDN in Missouri will receive 1,885,500 booklets for filling supplemental orders. SDOs requiring additional booklets must order them from their appropriate APD, using separate Forms 17. All other post offices requiring additional booklets must requisition them from their designated SDO, using separate Forms 17, Stamp Requisition, or from their designated SDN, using separate Forms 17-S, Stamp Distribution Network Stamp Requisition.
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