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Scott# 3634a | Plate V1111 |
Series | Flag Definitive |
Issue Date & City | June 7, 2002, Washington, DC 20066 |
Nationwide Sale | June 7, 2002 |
Photograph | Pictor International |
Designer | Terrence W. McCaffrey, USPS, Washington, DC |
Art Director | Terrence W. McCaffrey, USPS, Washington, DC |
Typographer | Terrence W. McCaffrey, USPS, Washington, DC |
Engraver | Southern Graphics Systems |
Modeler | Avery Dennison, SPD |
To Press / Initial Impressions | Spring, 2002 / 500 Million |
Process | Gravure |
Printer | Avery Dennison, (AVR) |
Printed At | Avery Dennison, Clinton, SC |
Press | Dia Nippon Kiko |
Processed At | Avery Dennison, Clinton, SC |
Plate Size | 300 stamps per revolution |
Paper & Gum | Type II / Self-Adhesive |
Tagging Type | Prephosphored, Solid Tagging |
Die Cut Gauge | 11.0 x 11.0, 11.3 x 11.3 on 3 sides |
Colors | Front: Yellow, Magenta, Cyan, Black |
Back: Yellow, Magenta, Blue (PMS 294), Black | |
Image Area | 0.720 x 0.832 in. / 18.288 x 21.133 mm |
Overall Size | 0.870 x 0.982 in. / 22.098 x 24.948 mm |
Booklet Size | 1.74 x 6.5 in. / 44.20 x 165.10 mm |
Marginal Markings | USPS Logo, © 2002 USPS, 4 colored dots (twice), Plate Number, "Peel this strip and fold here" |
Earliest Known Use | About August, 2002 |
USPS Order Numbers | Convertible Booklet of 10 - $3.70 - 670640 |
Availability | Stamp Fulfillment Services, Kansas City |
Official Announcement | The
Postal Service will issue a 37-cent U.S. Flag definitive stamp on June 7, 2002, in
Washington, DC. The stamp was designed and illustrated by Terrence W. McCaffrey, U.S.
Postal Service, Washington, DC. No official ceremony is planned. |
Note | |
Varieties | Panes exist with die cuts 11.0 x 11.0 and 11.3 x 11.3. The 11.0 panes that I have do not have divots, but there are reports that some panes do have divots. 11.3 panes exist with and without divots. |
End Cards | Two different - Both Green ink on white cards. Click HERE for a scan. |
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