37¢ US Flag Vending Booklet Stamp Details

37¢ U.S. Flag
Folded Vending Booklet of 20
Scott# 3636a,3636b BK291B	Plate S11111 (on back cover)
*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*	Armotek Industries
*Modeler*	Donald H. Woo
*To Press / Initial Impressions*	Spring, 2002 / 200 Million
*Process*	Gravure
*Printer*	Sennett Security Products (SSP)
*Printed At*	American Packaging Corporation, Columbus, WI
*Press*	Rotomek, 3000
*Processed At*	Unique Binders, Fredericksburg, VA
*Plate Size*	480 stamps per revolution
*Paper & Gum*	Type II / Self-Adhesive
*Tagging Type*	Pre-phosphored, solid, grainy solid and mottled
*Die Cut Gauge*	10.5 x 10.8
*Colors*	Magenta, Yellow, Cyan, Black, White
*Image Area*	0.72 x 0.832 in. / 18.29 x 21.13 mm
*Overall Size*	0.87 x 0.982 in. / 22.10 x 24.94 mm
*Booklet Size*	1.74 x 10.375 in. / 44.20 x 263.53 mm
*Marginal Markings*	Peel off strips removed
*Earliest Known Use*	August, 2002
*USPS Order Numbers*	Vending Booklet of 20 - $7.40 - 670740
*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. The stamp will be issued in a pressure-sensitive adhesive (PSA) convertible book of 18 (Item 562600); PSA pane of 20 (Item 562900); PSA convertible book of 10 (Item 670600); PSA vending book of 20 (Item 670700); PSA double-sided book of 20 (Item 670800); PSA convertible book of 20 (Item 670900); PSA coil of 100 (Item 780100); PSA coil of 3,000 (Item 780200); PSA coil of 10,000 (Item 780300); water-activated gum (WAG) coil of 100 (Item 780500); WAG coil of 3,000 (Item 780600); and WAG coil of 10,000 (Item 780700). Items 780300 and 780600 will be available for nationwide sale on June 7, 2002. Items 562600, 562900, 670600, 670700, 670800, 670900, 780100, 780200, 780500 and 780700 will be available for sale at later date. The stars and stripes of "Old Glory" are featured on this definitive stamp.
*Note*
*Varieties*	None
*End Card*	NA

Distribution: Items 670700 and 670711, PSA Folded Booklet of 20 (Vending Use Only)

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