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33¢ City Flag
Pressure Sensitive Adhesive
Folded Vending Booklet of 15
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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