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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 Nikoseys first stamp design for the U.S. Postal Service. |
Varieties | None |
Distribution:
No Details Announced.
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