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37¢ Antique Toys (4 designs)
Flat Convertible Booklet of 20
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.

Distribution: Item 670400 Antique Toys Definitive Stamps Convertible Booklet of 20 (PSA)

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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