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Scott# 3645e | Plate V1111, V2221, V2222 |
Series | |
Issue Date & City | July 26, 2002, Rochester, NY 14692 |
Nationwide Sale | July 27, 2002 |
Photographer | Sally Andersen-Bruce, New Milford, CT |
Designer | Derry Noyes, Washington, DC |
Art Director | Derry Noyes, Washington, DC |
Typographer | Derry Noyes, Washington, DC |
Engraver | Southern Graphic Systems |
Modeler | Avery Dennison, SPD |
To Press / Initial Impressions | Spring, 2002 / 1.8 Billion |
Process | Gravure |
Printer | Avery Dennison, (AVR) |
Printed At | Avery Dennison, Clinton, SC |
Press | Dia Nippon Kiko (DNK) |
Processed At | Avery Dennison, Clinton, SC |
Plate Size | 480 stamps per revolution |
Paper & Gum | Type I, 175 PMU / Pressure Sensitive Adhesive |
Tagging Type | Prephosphored Type I |
Die Cut Gauge | 11.2 x 11.2 on 2, 3 or 4 sides |
Colors | Yellow, Magenta, Cyan, Black |
Image Area | 0.818 x 0.720 in. / 20.777 x 18.288 mm |
Overall Size | 0.982 x 0.870 in. / 24.943 x 22.098 mm |
Full Booklet Size | 4.125 x 4.35 in. / 104.78 x 110.49 mm |
Marginal Markings | "© 2002 USPS" Plate numbers "Peel here to fold Self-adhesive stamps DO NOT WET" 4 color dots |
Earliest Known Use | July 25, 2002 |
USPS Order Numbers | Convertible Booklet of 20 - $7.40 - 670440 |
First Day Cover - Set of 4 - $3.00 - 670463 | |
Availability | Stamp Fulfillment Services, Kansas City |
Official Announcement | The Postal Service will issue four 37-cent Antique Toys definitive stamps in a pressure-sensitive adhesive (PSA) convertible book of 20 (670400), PSA vending book of 20 (Item 670500), and a PSA coil of 100 (Item 780400), on July 26, 2002, in Rochester, New York. The stamps, designed by Derry Noyes, Washington, DC, and photographed by Sally Andersen-Bruce, New Milford, Connecticut, will go on sale nationwide July 27, 2002. The 37-cent Antique Toys definitive stamps feature four antique American toy vehicles from the Strong Museum in Rochester, New York: a bright red U.S. Mail truck with a spring wound mechanism, a yellow taxicab, a mechanical locomotive of cast iron and stamped tin, and a fiery red steam pumper complete with two firemen. Made primarily of cast iron, the toys were manufactured between 1880 and 1925. |
Note | Stamps are dated 2002. |
Varieties | |
End Card | 2 Different - Green Ink on White card stock. Click here for scans. |
Stamp distribution offices (SDOs) will receive two waves of automatic distribution for the denominated Antique Toys definitive stamps PSA booklet of 20. Wave 1 shipments, consisting of approximately two-thirds the standard automatic distribution quantity, began June 10, 2002, and will be complete July 15, 2002. Wave 2 shipments, consisting of approximately one-half the standard automatic distribution quantity, will begin September 3, 2002, and will be complete October 18, 2002. Distributions are rounded up to the nearest master carton size (4,000 booklets).
Initial Supply to Post Offices
SDOs will not make a subsequent automatic distribution to Post Offices. Post Offices requiring quantities of item 670400 must order them from their designated SDO using a separate PS Form 17, Stamp Requisition. SDOs must not distribute booklets to Post Offices before July 22, 2002.
Philatelic Requirement
Authorized philatelic centers requiring the denominated Antique Toys definitive stamps PSA booklet of 20 must order Item 670400 from their designated SDO using a separate PS Form 17.
Additional Supply
Post Offices requiring additional stamps must requisition them from their designated SDO using PS Form 17. SDOs requiring additional stamps must order them from the ap-propriate accountable paper depository (APD) using PS Form 17.
Initially, for fulfilling supplemental orders from SDOs, San Francisco, Chicago, Memphis, and New York APDs will each receive 400,000 additional booklets and Denver APD will receive 148,000 additional booklets. Following wave 2, increased booklet quantities will be provided to the APDs for fulfilling supplemental orders from SDOs. The San Francisco, Chicago, Memphis, and New York APDs will each receive 800,000 additional booklets and Denver APD will receive 348,000 additional booklets.
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