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Scott # 3122a | Plate V1111, V1211, V2122, V3333 - 11 x 11 - Stamps etc. |
Scott # 3122Ef | Plate V1211, V2122 - 11.5 x 11.8 - Stamps etc. |
Scott # 3122a | Plate V1111, V1211, V1311, V2122, V2222, V2311, V2331, V3233, V3513, V4532 - 11 x 11 - Domestic Hotline |
Scott # 3122Ef | Plate V1111, V1211, V2122, V2222 - 11.5 x 11.8 - D. H. |
Series | |
Format | Convertible booklet of 20 |
Issue Date & City | February 1, 1997, San Diego, CA |
Nationwide Sale | February 3, 1997 |
Designer | Tom Engeman, Carbondale, CO |
Modeler | Avery Dennison Manufacturing |
Art Director | Carl Herrman, Ponte Vedra Beach, FL |
Typographer | John Boyd, Anagraphics Inc., New York, NY |
Process | Gravure |
Printer | Avery Dennison Security Division |
Printed At | Clinton, South Carolina |
Press Type | 8 color Dia Nippon Kiko webfed gravure |
To Press / Initial Print Quantity | Summer, Fall, 1996 / 2.4 billion stamps |
Paper Type | Prephosphored, supplied by Fasson |
Gum Type | Self-adhesive |
Processed At | Avery Dennison |
Die Cut Gauge | 11 x 11 / 11.5 x 11.8 on 2, 3 or 4 sides |
Colors | (PMS Colors): Yellow, red, light blue, and dark blue |
Image Area | 0.720 x 0.818 in/18.288 x 20.7772 mm |
Overall Size | 0.870 x 0.982 in / 22.098 x 24.9428 mm |
Booklet Size | Pane of 20, 2.610 x 7.250 in / 66.294 x 184.150 mm |
Plate Size | 800 stamps + 40 labels per revolution (10 panes across by 4 panes around) |
Marginal Markings | "© USPS 1993" "Peel Here To Fold" "Self Adhesive" "DO NOT WET" · Plate Numbers · "Peel here to fold · Self-adhesive stamps · DO NOT WET" |
USPS Catalog Item Numbers | 667600 Convertible Booklet
of 20 - $6.40 |
Earliest Known Use | January 22, 1997 |
Official Announcement | The Postal Service will
issue a 32-cent Statue of Liberty stamp on February 1, 1997, in San Diego, California, in
conjunction with the SANDICAL Stamp Show. The stamp goes on sale nationwide February 3. No
official ceremony is planned. Designed by Tom Engeman of Carbondale, Colorado, the stamp has the same design as the one issued on June 24, 1994, but with a denomination change from 29 to 32 and a 1997 date. The stamp, which was originally printed by Dittler Brothers, is now printed by Avery Dennison. The stamps will be issued in new formats of two self-adhesive vendible booklets of 15 (Item 6658) and 30 (Item 6659) and a self-adhesive convertible booklet of 20 (Item 6676). |
Varieties | Two different messages on
the liner. Stamps, etc was on the original printing. Domestic Hotline
information was introduced in August, 1997. Two different die cut configurations - 11 x 11 and 11.5 x 11.8. Panes exist with and without divots. |
End Cards | 4 Different - Click here for scans. |
Distribution of PSA Convertible Booklet of 20
Stamp distribution offices (SDOs) and stamp distribution networks (SDNs) will receive
three distributions of this convertible booklet of 20 self-adhesive stamps. The first
distribution of approximately one-half the standard automatic
distribution for a 20-stamp booklet will be completed by January 8, 1997. SDOs and SDNs
will make a subsequent
automatic distribution to post offices for one-half of their standard automatic
distribution quantities using Form 3309,
Advice of Shipment/Stamp Invoice, and Form 17, Stamp Requisition. SDOs and SDNs must not
distribute stamps to
post offices before January 23, 1997.
The second distribution, also approximately one-half the standard automatic distribution
for a 20-stamp booklet, will
be completed in June 1997. A third distribution of approximately one-fourth the standard
automatic distribution for a
20-stamp booklet will be completed in August 1997. Distribution quantities are rounded up
to the nearest master carton
size (4,500 booklets).
Note:Automatic distribution quantities for the 32-cent Statue of Liberty convertible
booklet are based on the latest
Automatic Distribution Update effective November 1, 1996.
Philatelic Requirement SDOs and SDNs will not receive a separate quantity for their
authorized philatelic centers. The philatelic centers must be supplied their quantities
from the initial standard automatic distribution made to the SDOs and SDNs.
Additional Supply
Post offices requiring additional stamp booklets must requisition them from their
designated SDO on a separatestamp distribution offices (SDOs) and stamp distribution
networks (SDNs) will receive one-half their standard quantities for convertible
self-adhesive booklets, rounded to the nearest master carton size (4,500 booklets). SDOs
and SDNs will make subsequent automatic distribution to post offices using Form 3309,
Advice of Shipment/Stamp Invoice, and Form 17, Stamp Requisition. SDOs and SDNs must not
distribute stamps to post offices before October 22, 1997.
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