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Scott # 2921a BK228 | Plate #11111, 13111, 21221, 22221, 22222, 44434, 44444, 55555, 55556, 66666, 77777, 88788, 88888, 99999. Click HERE for a list of booklet differences. |
Series | U. S. Flag |
Format | Folded booklet of 20 - 2 panes of 10 (2 across x 5 down) |
Issue Date & City | May 21, 1996, Washington, DC |
Nationwide Sale | May 22, 1996 |
Designer | David LaFleur, Derby, Kansas |
Modeler | Peter Cocci, Bureau of Engraving and Printing |
Art Director | Richard Sheaff, Norwood, MA |
Typographer | Richard Sheaff, Norwood, MA |
Process | Gravure |
Printer | Bureau of Engraving and Printing (BEP) |
Printed At | Bureau of Engraving and Printing (BEP) |
Press Type | Andreotti gravure press (601) |
To Press / Initial Print Quantity | Spring 1996 / 1 billion, 680 million stamps |
Paper Type | Phosphored, supplied by Paper Corporation, New York / Brown Bridge |
Gum Type | Self-adhesive |
Processed At | Bureau of Engraving and Printing on a Goebel booklet forming machine. |
Die Cut Gauge | 9.8 on 2 or 3 sides |
Colors | Tan (PMS 722C), Light Blue (PMS 300C), Dark Blue (PMS 294C), Red (PMS 186C), Brown (PMS 1545C) |
Image Area | 0.71 x 0.82 in / 18.0 x 20.8mm |
Overall Size | 0.87 x 0.96 in / 22.1 x 24.4 mm |
Pane Size | 1.74 x 5.385 in / 44.16 x 136.68 mm |
Plate Size | 480 stamps per revolution (20 across by 24 around) |
Marginal Markings | Plate Numbers, Cross Register Lines and Length Register Marks on top binding tab · Various markings on bottom binding tab. |
USPS Catalog Item Numbers | 6631 - Folded Booklet
of 20 - $6.40 6674 - Unfolded Pane of 10 - $3.20 |
Earliest Known Use | May 21, 1996 |
Official Announcement | The Postal Service will
issue the 32-cent Flag Over Porch stamp, in a self-adhesive coil of 100 (Item 7943) and a
folded self-adhesive booklet of 20 (Item 6631) on May 21, 1996, in Washington, D.C. The
stamp coils and booklet go on sale nationwide May 22, 1996. No official ceremony is
planned. Designed by Dave LaFleur of Derby, Kansas, the Flag Over Porch stamp features an American flag against a porch. The stamp has the same design as the one originally issued on April 18, 1995, but will be issued in new formats of a self-adhesive coil of 100 and a self-adhesive booklet of 20 with a folded and bound cover. |
Note | 1996 Year date is in RED Printing Plate Layout and related information. |
Cover Varieties | Inside Front Cover reads
"© USPS 1994" or "© United States Postal Service 1994". Inside Back Cover has an ad for the "Stamps Etc. Catalog" with a return address of either Memphis, Tennessee or Grand Rapids, Minnesota. Grand Rapids address can be in either 5 or 6 lines. Outside Back Cover has Recycle Emblem and 16631 UPC code, 16656 UPC Code or Marrow Donor text. Click HERE to see a comparison of Cover Varieties. |
Note | Unfolded Panes of 10 exist with plate numbers 21221, 22221 and 22222. Unfolded pane info will be added later. |
Distribution: Flag Over Porch Self-Adhesive Booklet of 20 Stamps, Item 6631
Stamp distribution offices (SDOs) and stamp distribution networks (SDNs) with authorized philatelic centers will receive a standard automatic distribution of the Flag Over Porch self-adhesive booklet, Item 6631, for subsequent distribution to each philatelic center. SDOs and SDNs must not distribute these booklets before May 14, 1996.
Initial Supply
To obtain an initial supply of this booklet, all post offices which requisition from SDOs must immediately submit separate Forms 17 to their designated SDO. Post offices under the SDN concept must follow their normal procedures for acquiring supplies of this booklet.
Bulk Quantities
Authorized CAG AG post offices requiring this booklet should immediately submit Form 3356, Stamp Requisition Bulk Quantities, to the Bureau of Engraving and Printing (BEP). Requisitions must be submitted to the BEP in the standard ordering quantities: 1,500 booklets; 3,000 booklets; 4,500 booklets; and multiples of 4,500 to a maximum of 270,000 booklets per requisition.
Less-Than-Bulk Quantities
All other post offices requiring less than bulk quantities of these booklets must
requisition them from their designated SDO, using a separate Form 17.
This new booklet of Flag self-adhesive stamps with two sheetlets of 10 stamps has the same
design as the previous Flag self-adhesive booklet. Only the format is different. The new
folded format is an addition to our existing product line and is not intended as a
replacement for the current, very popular, dollar bill-sized convertible sheetlets of
self-adhesive booklets. This folded format will be limited only to definitive stamp issues
provided by the BEP.
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