32c FOP Folded Vending Booklet of 30

32¢ Flag over Porch
Pressure Sensitive Adhesive
Folded Vending Booklet of 30
Scott # 2921c BK228A	Plate 11111
*Series*	Flag Definitive
*Format*	Folded vending booklet of 30. Three panes of 10 stamps.
*Issue Date & City*	January 24, 1997, Tucson, AZ 85726
*Nationwide Sale*	January 25, 1997
*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), Washington, DC
*Printed At*	Bureau of Engraving and Printing (BEP), Washington, DC
*Press Type*	Andreotti, 601
*To Press / Initial Print Quantity*	Winter, 1996 / 486 million stamps
*Paper Type*	Prephosphored, supplied by Glatfelter / Brown Bridge
*Gum Type*	Self-adhesive
*Processed At*	Bureau of Engraving and Printing (BEP), Washington, DC
*Die Cut Gauge*	9.8 on 2 or 3 sides
*Colors*	Tan, Blue, Dark Blue, Red, Brown
*Image Area*	0.71 x 0.82 in. / 18.0 x 20.8 mm
*Overall Size*	0.87 x 0.96 in. / 22.08 x 24.37 mm
*Booklet Size*	1.74 x 3.47 in. / 44.16 x 88.07 mm
*Plate Size*	360 stamps per revolution (15 x 24)
*Marginal Markings*	Plate Numbers on tab • Panes have Cross register lines (CRL) and Length register marks (LRM) on tabs. LRM's are over the right stamp.
*USPS Catalog Item Numbers*	665700 Booklet of 15 - $4.80
*Earliest Known Use*	January 24, 1997
*Official Announcement*	The Postal Service will issue the 32-cent Flag Over Porch stamps on January 24, 1997, in Tucson, Arizona, in conjunction with the ARIPEX Stamp Show. The stamps go on sale nationwide on January 25. No official ceremony is planned. The Flag Over Porch stamp will be issued in new formats of a self-adhesive coil of 3,000 (Item 7969) and self-adhesive vending booklets of 15 (Item 6656) and 30 (Item 6657). The stamp design is the same as the one currently in use for this rate, except for a date change from 1996 to 1997.
*Varieties*	Horizontal die cuts start with a valley at the left side of the left stamp and end with a valley on the right side of the right stamp. Horizontal die cuts in the center of both stamps at the junction of the vertical die cuts are both peaks.
*Note*	The 1997 year date is in RED ink.