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| Scott # 3301a,b,c BK276A | Plate B1111, B1112, B2212, B2221, B2222 |
| Series | (??) |
| Format | Vending booklet of 15 (4 designs) |
| Issue Date & City | April 10, 1999, Ponchatoula, LA 70454 |
| Nationwide Sale | April 11, 1999 |
| Illustrator | Ned Seidler, Hampton Bay, NY |
| Designer | Howard Paine, Delaplane, VA |
| Art Director | Howard Paine, Delaplane, VA |
| Typographer | Tom Mann, Vancouver, WA |
| Modeler | Guilford Gravyre, Guilford, CT |
| Process | Gravure |
| Printer | Banknote Corporation of America, Inc. (BCA) |
| Printed At | Guilford Gravure, Guilford, CT |
| Press Type | Cerutti 8/C |
| To Press / Initial Print Quantity | Spring 1999 / ? billion stamps |
| Paper Type | Prephosphored, Type I |
| Gum Type | Self-adhesive |
| Processed At | Guilford Gravure, Guilford, CT |
| Die Cut Gauge | 9.5 x 10 on 2 or 3 sides |
| Colors | Magenta, Yellow , Cyan, Black |
| 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 | 174 x 9.47 in. / 44.20 x 240.54 mm |
| Plate Size | 300 stamps per revolution |
| Marginal Markings | "© USPS 1998" · Plate Numbers · "Peel here to fold · Self-adhesive stamps · DO NOT WET" |
| USPS Catalog Item Numbers | 662340 Vending Booklet
of 15 - $4.95 |
| Earliest Known Use | . |
| Official Announcement | The Postal Service will issue four 33-cent Fruit Berries Definitive Stamp (Item Number 775700) in Ponchatoula, LA, on April 10, 1999. The Fruit Berries stamps were designed by Howard Paine of Delaplane, VA, and illustrated by Ned Seidler of Hampton Bay, NY, and go on sale nationwide April 11, 1999. |
| Varieties | None |
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Stamp distribution offices (SDOs) will receive three distributions of the $6.80 Apple and Orange booklet of 20 for their automatic distribution quantities. The first distribution will end February 21, 2001; the second will end March 31, 2001; and the third will end June 5, 2001. Distributions are rounded up to the nearest master carton size (4,000 booklets).
SDOs will make a subsequent automatic distribution to post offices for one-quarter of their standard automatic distribution quantities using PS Form 3309, Advice of Shipment/Stamp Invoice, and PS Form 17, Stamp Requisition. SDOs must not distribute stamps to post offices before February 28, 2001.
Post offices requiring additional stamps must requisition them from their designated SDO using PS Form 17. SDOs requiring additional stamps must order them from the appropriate accountable paper depository (APD) using PS Form 17.
SDOs with authorized philatelic centers must requisition them from their designated SDO using PS Form 17.
All post offices must acquire and maintain a supply of each new booklet as long as customer demand exists, until inventory is depleted, or until the booklet is officially withdrawn from sale. If supplies run low, post offices must reorder additional quantities using their normal ordering procedures.
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