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Scott # 3497a BK285 | Plate # - B1111, B2222, B3333, B4444, B5555 |
Series | Love |
Format | Convertible booklet of 20 (1 design) |
Issue Date & City | February 14, 2001, Lovejoy, GA 30250 |
Nationwide Sale | February 15, 2001 |
Designer | Lisa Catalone, Washington, DC |
Art Director | Ethel Kessler, Bethesda, Maryland |
Typographer | Lisa Catalone, Washington, DC |
Photographer | Renée Comet, Washington, DC |
Modeler | Banknote Corporation of America, Inc. (BCA) |
Process | Offset/Microprinting "USPS" |
Printer | Banknote Corporation of America, Inc. (BCA) |
Printed At | Browns Summit, NC |
Processed At | Banknote Corporation of America, Browns Summit, NC |
Press Type | Goebel, 670 |
To Press / Initial Run | / 1.5 million stamps |
Paper Type | Prephosphored, Type I |
Gum Type | Self-adhesive |
Processed At | BCA, Browns Summit, NC |
Die Cut Gauge | 11.2 x 11.2 |
Colors | Yellow, Magenta, Cyan, Black |
Image Area | 0.77 x 1.05 in./19.56 x 26.67 mm |
Overall Size | 0.91 x 1.19 in./23.11 x 30.23 mm |
Booklet Size | 20 Stamps, 4.55 x 5.0 in./115.57 x 127 mm |
Plate Size | 400 stamps per revolution |
Marginal Markings | "© 2000 USPS" · Peel here to fold · Plate Numbers · Self-adhesive stamps · DO NOT WET |
USPS Catalog Item Numbers | 664140 convertible booklet
of 20 - $6.80 664161 first day cover - $0.55 |
Earliest Known Use | |
Official Announcement | The stamps, designed by
Lisa Catalone of Washington, DC, and based on photographs by Renée Comet of Washington,
DC, go on sale nationwide February 15, 2001. These stamps celebrate the art of letter writing and the centuries-old tradition of expressing love in letters. The stamps are intended for use on Valentine's Day correspondence, as well as on wedding invitations, announcements, and RSVPs. The vertically formatted 34-cent stamp bearing the First-Class, one-ounce rate depicts a red rose superimposed on the script of a handwritten letter from John Adams to Abigail Smith during their courtship. John Adams, who was President from 1797 to 1801, and Abigail Smith were married in 1764. |
Varieties | None |
End Card | Cream colored card stock with Red Ink. Click here for photo. |
There are no philatelic items for this stamp.
Stamp distribution offices (SDOs) will receive three distributions. The first wave is approximately one-quarter of the standard automatic distribution quantities for PSA booklets. The first wave distribution ended January 8, 2001. The second wave distribution will end February 6, 2001, and the third wave distribution will end April 2, 2001. Distributions are rounded up to the nearest master carton size (4,000 stamps).
To obtain an initial supply of Item Number 664100, 34-cent Love Letters convertible booklet of 20, post offices must submit PS Form 17, Stamp Requisition, to their designated SDO. SDOs must not distribute stamps to post offices before February 5, 2001.
Post offices requiring additional booklets must requisition them from their designated SDO using PS Form 17. SDOs requiring additional booklets must order them from the appropriate accountable paper depository (APD) using PS Form 17.
SDOs with authorized philatelic centers must provide subsequent distribution of these booklets to each philatelic center from the initial automatic distribution.
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 stamp is officially withdrawn from sale. If supplies run low, post offices must reorder additional quantities using their normal ordering procedures.
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