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Scott# 3629b,c,d BK291 3626 - Mail Wagon, 3627 - Locomotive, 3628 - Taxicab, 3629 - Fire Pumper |
No Plate Number |
Scott# 3629b | Pane of 4, 1 of each toy |
Scott# 3629c | Pane of 6, 1 Locomotive, 1 Fire Pumper, 2 Mail Wagon, 2 Taxicab |
Scott# 3629d | Pane of 6, 1 Mail Wagon, 1 Taxicab, 2 Locomotive, 2 Fire Pumper |
Series | Rate Change Definitive |
Issue Date & City | June 7, 2002, Washington, DC 20066 |
Nationwide Sale | June 7, 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 / 300 Million |
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 | 5 books across x 3 books around (24 per press sheet) |
Paper & Gum | Type I, 175PMU / Self-Adhesive |
Tagging Type | Phosphored |
Die Cut Gauge | 11 x 11 |
Colors | Yellow, Cyan, Magenta, 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 | 10.375 x 1.74 in. / 263.525 x 44.196 mm |
Marginal Markings | N/A |
Earliest Known Use | June 7, 2002 |
USPS Order Numbers | Vending Booklet of 20 - $7.40 - 671440 |
Availability | Stamp Fulfillment Services, Kansas City |
Official Announcement | The Postal Service will
issue a nondenominated Antique Toys definitive stamp (37-cent value) in a pressure-
sensitive adhesive (PSA) vending booklet of 20 (Item 671400) and a PSA convertible booklet
of 20 (Item 671500) on June 7, 2002, in Washington, DC. The stamp, designed by Derry
Noyes, Washington, DC, and photographed by Sally Andersen-Bruce, New Milford, Connecticut,
will go on sale nationwide on June 7, 2002.
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Note | |
Varieties | None |
Stamp distribution offices (SDOs) will receive an automatic distribution quantity of these vending books of 20. Distributions are rounded up to the nearest master carton size (4,500 books for straight; 3,000 books for criss-cross).
SDOs will not make a subsequent automatic distribution to Post Offices. Only Post Offices equipped with the appropriate self-service vending machines may order these items from their designated SDO using a separate PS Form 17, Stamp Requisition. SDOs must not distribute books to Post Offices before May 28, 2002.
Authorized Post Offices requiring additional books for restocking of the appropriate self-service vending machines must requisition them from their designated SDO using PS Form 17.
Additional quantities will not be available at accountable paper depositories (APDs) for supplemental ordering by SDOs.
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