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| Scott # 3128b, 3129b, BK261 | Plate S11111 |
| Series | |
| Format | Folded Vending booklet of 15, 3 block of 5 stamps |
| Issue Date & City | March 3, 1997, Washington, DC |
| Nationwide Sale | March 4, 1997 |
| Designers | Phil Jordan, Falls Church, VA |
| Modeler | Richard C. Sennett |
| Art Director | Phil Jordan, Falls Church, VA |
| Typographer | Phil Jordan, Falls Church, VA |
| Process | Gravure |
| Printer | Stamp Venturers, Fredericksburg, VA |
| Printed At | J.W. Fergusson & Sons, Richmond, VA |
| Press Type | Champlain webfed gravure press |
| To Press / Initial Print Quantity | Winter, 1996 / 371 million stamps |
| Paper Type | Prephosphored, supplied by Nichimen/Kanzaki |
| Gum Type | Self-adhesive |
| Processed By | Stamp Venturers, Fredericksburg, VA |
| Die Cut Gauge | 11.3 x 10.7 on 2, 3 or 4 sides |
| Stamp Colors | (PMS Colors): Magenta, yellow, cyan, black, and reflex blue. Black and reflex blue on the cover. |
| Image Area | 0.87 x 1.07 in / 22.098 x 27.05 mm |
| Overall Size | mm |
| Booklet Size | mm |
| Plate Size | 360 stamps per revolution (15 by 24) |
| Marginal Markings | Plate Numbers |
| USPS Catalog Item Numbers | 668700 - Vending Booklet
of 15 - $4.80 |
| Earliest Known Use | February 24, 1997 |
| Official Announcement | The Postal Service will
issue two 32-cent Merian Botanical Prints stamps, in a self-adhesive vendible booklet of
15 (Item 6687), for vending purposes only, and a self-adhesive convertible booklet of 20
(Item 6683), on March 3, 1997, in Washington, D.C. The stamps go on sale nationwide March
4. Designed by Phil Jordan of Falls Church, Virginia, the stamps feature two hand-colored engravings, one of a pineapple and one of a citron, from original watercolors done by artist Maria Sibylla Merian (1647–1717). Merian spent 2 years in Surinam studying and painting insects, plants, and animals. Her first edition book, Metamorphosis of Insects of Surinam, published in 1705, resulted in the firm establishment of her reputation as a scientist as well as an artist. |
| Varieties | Stamps from the vending booklet are smaller in size than those from the convertible booklet. |
Self-Service/Vending Distribution
For vending purposes only, SDOs and SDNs will receive a distribution of the vendible booklets of 15 32-cent stamps ($4.80) (Item 6687).
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