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33¢ Deer - Holiday Contemporary
Pressure Sensitive Adhesive
Folded Vending Booklet of 15
Scott #  BK276B Plate # - B111111, B222222
Series Holiday Contemporary
Format Folded vending booklet of 15 (4 designs)
Issue Date & City October 20, 1999, Rudolph, WI 54475
Nationwide Sale October 21, 1999
Designer Tom Nikosey, Canoga Park, CA
Art Director Carl Herrman, Laguna Niguel, CA
Typographer Tom Nikosey, Canoga Park, CA
Modeler Banknote Corporation of America, Inc. (BCA)
Process Offset
Printer Banknote Corporation of America, Inc. (BCA)
Printed At BCA, Browns Summit, NC
Processed At Banknote Corporation of America, Browns Summit, NC
Press Type Goebel, 670
To Press / Initial Run Summer 1999 / 118,125,000 stamps
Paper Type Prephosphored, Type II from Paper Corporation of the United States / Spinaker Coatings
Gum Type Self-adhesive
Die Cut Gauge 11.2 x 11.2
Colors Gold (PMS 871), Red (PMS 1807), Blue (PMS 541), Green (PMS349), Purple (PMS 2613)
Image Area 0.72 x 0.83 in. / 18.29 x 21.08 mm
Overall Size 0.87 x 0.98 in. / 22.10 x 24.89 mm
Booklet Size 15 Stamps, 1.74 x 9.47 in. / 44.20 x 240.54 mm
Plate Size 432 stamps per revolution
Marginal Markings © USPS 1998 · "Peel here to fold · Self-adhesive stamps · DO NOT WET"
USPS Catalog Item Numbers 663740 convertible booklet of 20 - $6.60
Earliest Known Use October 20, 1999
Official Announcement The Postal Service will issue 33-cent Holiday Greetings (Deer) stamps (Item Numbers 558600, 663600, and 663700) in Rudolph, WI, on October 20, 1999. The stamps, designed by Tom Nikosey of Canoga Park, CA, go on sale nationwide October 21, 1999.

The 1999 Holiday Greetings ( Deer) stamps feature an an-tique- gold deer design set against four different colored back-grounds (red, green, purple, and blue). For inspiration for this festive image, artist Tom Nikosey used holiday designs that foundries made available to printers in the 1930s. This is Nikosey’s first stamp design for the U.S. Postal Service.

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