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Scott # 3278a, b, c BK275 | Plate V1111, V1112, V1121, V1212, V2212 |
Series | Flag Definitive |
Format | Folded vending booklet of 15 |
Issue Date & City | February 25, 1999, Orlando, FL 32862 |
Nationwide Sale | February 26, 1999 |
Illustrator | Hiro Kimura, Brooklyn, NY |
Designer | Richard Sheaff, Scottsdale, AZ |
Engraver | North American Roto Engravers, Inc. |
Art Director | Richard Sheaff, Scottsdale, AZ |
Typographer | Richard Sheaff, Scottsdale, AZ |
Process | Gravure |
Printer | Avery Dennison (AVR) |
Printed At | AVR, Clinton, SC |
Press Type | Dia Nippon Kiko |
To Press / Initial Print Quantity | Winter 1998, 1999 / 375 million stamps |
Paper Type | Prephosphored, Type I |
Gum Type | Self-adhesive |
Processed At | AVR, Clinton, SC |
Die Cut Gauge | 11 x 11 on 2, 3 or 4 sides |
Colors | Process Yellow, Magenta, Cyan, Black |
Image Area | 0.720 x 0.818 in. / 18.29 x 20.78 mm |
Overall Size | 0.870 x 0.982 in. / 22.10 x 24.94 mm |
Booklet Size | Pane of 10, 1.740 x 8.750 in. / 44.196 x 222.250 mm |
Plate Size | 300 stamps per revolution |
Marginal Markings | All peel off strips removed |
USPS Catalog Item Numbers | 661740 Vending Booklet
of 15 - $4.95 |
Earliest Known Use | . |
Official Announcement | The Postal Service will issue a 33-cent City Flag Definitive Stamp (Item Number 100700) on February 25, 1999, in Orlando, FL. The stamps were illustrated and designed by Richard Sheaff of Scottsdale, AZ. The stamp goes on sale nationwide February 26, 1999. |
Varieties | None |
Distribution: 33-Cent City Flag Definitive Stamp, PSA Vending Booklet of 15, Item Number 661700
SDOs and SDNs will receive an automatic distribution of Item Number 661700. Distribution began January 4, 1999, with final shipments leaving Avery Dennison February 2, 1999. Distributions are rounded up to the nearest master carton size (4,500 booklets).
Initial Supply for Post Offices
To obtain initial quantities of Item Number 661700, post offices must submit a separate PS Form 17 to their desig-nated SDO or SDN. SDOs and SDNs must not distribute booklets to post offices before February 18, 1999.
Additional Supply
Post offices requiring additional quantities of Item Number 661700 must order them from their designated SDO or SDN using PS Form 17. SDOs requiring additional booklets must order them from the appropriate APD using PS Form 17.
Philatelic Requirement
SDOs and SDNs with authorized philatelic centers must provide subsequent distribution of these booklets to each philatelic center from the initial automatic distribution.
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