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32¢ Florentine Madonna
Pressure Sensitive Adhesive
Flat Convertible Booklet of 20
Scott # 3244a Plate 11111, 22222, 33333
Series Holiday Traditional
Format Flat convertible booklet of 20
Issue Date & City October 15, 1998, Washington, DC
Nationwide Sale October 16, 1998
Designers Richard Sheaff, Scottsdale, AZ
Modeler N/A
Art Director Richard Sheaff, Scottsdale, AZ
Typographer Richard Sheaff, Scottsdale, AZ
Process Offset
Printer Bureau of Engraving and Printing (BEP), Washington, DC
Printed At BEP, Washington, DC
Press Type Goebel Optiforma
To Press / Initial Print Quantity Fall, 1998 /  925.2 million stamps
Paper Type Prephosphored, Type II, supplied by Glatfelter / Brown Bridge
Gum Type Self-adhesive
Processed At BEP, Washington, DC
Die Cut Gauge 10 x 9.9 on 2, 3 or 4 sides
Colors Process Yellow, Process Magenta, Process Cyan, Process Black, Red
Image Area 0.77 x 1.05 in./19.6 x 26.7 mm
Overall Size 0.91 x 1.16 in./23.1 x 29.5 mm
Booklet Size 3.47 x 6.75 in./88.1 x 171.5 mm
Plate Size 240 stamps per revolution
Marginal Markings © USPS 1997 • Plate Numbers • "Peel here to fold • Self-adhesive stamps • DO NOT WET"
USPS Catalog Item Numbers 661300 Convertible Booklet of 20 - $6.40
661361 First Day Cover - $.53
Earliest Known Use .
Official Announcement The Postal Service will issue a 32-cent Holiday Traditional: Florentine Madonna Definitive Stamp, in a book of 20 (one design) (Item No. 6613) on October 15, 1998, in Washington, DC.

The stamp was designed by Richard Sheaff, Scottsdale, AZ, and goes on sale nationwide October 16, 1998.

Varieties  
End Card Black Ink on Cream Card - Click here for scan.

 

Distribution

All stamp 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 8, 1998.

Additional Supply

Post offices requiring additional stamps must requisition them from their designated SDO or SDN using a separate Form 17. All accountable paper depositories (APDs) and SDNs will have 360,000 additional booklets of Item 6613 for distribution.

Philatelic Requirement

SDOs and SDNs with authorized philatelic centers will not receive an automatic distribution of their standard philatelic quantity of these convertible self-adhesive booklets for subsequent automatic distribution to each philatelic center.


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