32c Wreaths Folded Booklet

32¢ Wreaths (4 designs)
Pressure Sensitive Adhesive
Folded Vending Booklet of 15
Scott # 3248a,b,c BK270	Plate B111111
*Series*	Holiday Contemporary
*Format*	Folded vending booklet of 15
*Issue Date & City*	October 15, 1998, Christmas, MI
*Nationwide Sale*	October 16, 1998
*Photographer*	Marc Simon, San Francisco, CA
*Designers*	Chris Crinklaw, King City, CA (Chili pepper wreath) George de Bruin, San Francisco, CA (Victorian wreath) Lillian Dinihanian, Beaverton, OR (Evergreen wreath) Micheale Thunin, Berkeley, CA (Tropical wreath)
*Modeler*	Banknote Corporation of America (BCA)
*Art Director*	Howard Paine, Delaplane, VA
*Typographer*	Tom Mann, Vancouver, WA
*Process*	Offset
*Printer*	Banknote Corporation of America (BCA)
*Printed At*	BCA, Browns Summit, NC
*Press Type*	Muller Martini
*To Press / Initial Print Quantity*	Fall, 1998 / 116,760,000 stamps
*Paper Type*	Prephosphored, Type I, supplied by Paper Corporation of the United States / Spinnaker Coatings
*Gum Type*	Self-adhesive
*Processed At*	BCA, Browns Summit, NC
*Die Cut Gauge*	11.3 x 11.6 on 2 or 3 sides
*Colors*	Special Red (PMS 484), Special Green (PMS 349), Black, Cyan, Magenta, Process Yellow
*Image Area*
*Overall Size*	0.82 x 0.982 in. / 20.82 x 24.943 mm
*Booklet Size*	1.74 x 9.469 in.
*Plate Size*	360 stamps + 24 labels per revolution
*Marginal Markings*	© USPS 1996 • Plate Numbers • "Peel here to fold • Self-adhesive stamps • DO NOT WET"
*USPS Catalog Item Numbers*	661100 Booklet of 15 - $4.80 558563 First Day Cover (Set of 4) - $2.12
*Earliest Known Use*	.
*Official Announcement*	The Postal Service will issue four 32-cent Holiday Contemporary: Wreaths Special Stamps, in a pane of 20 (Item No. 5585) (four designs) and in a book of 20 (Item No. 6612) (four designs) on October 15, 1998, in Christmas, MI. The stamps were designed by Chris Crinklaw, King City, CA; George de Bruin, San Francisco, CA; Lillian Dinihanian, Beaverton, OR; and Micheale Thunin, Berkeley, CA, and photographed by Marc Simon, San Francisco, CA. The stamps go on sale nationwide October 16, 1998.
*Varieties*	Booklets exist with and without a die cut in the center at the top of the tab
*Note*	.