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Scott# 3687b | Plate S1111, S1113, S2222, S4444 |
Series | Holiday |
Issue Date & City | October 28, 2002, Houghton, MI 49931 |
Nationwide Sale | October 29, 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 | Donald H. Woo |
To Press / Initial Impressions | Summer, 2002 / 1.7052 Billion stamps (?) |
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 | 288 stamps per revolution |
Paper & Gum | Type I, Self-Adhesive |
Tagging Type | Pre-phosphored |
Die Cut Gauge | 11 x 11 |
Colors | PMS 187 (Red), Yellow, Cyan, Black |
Image Area | (w x h): 0.76 x 1.04 in. / 19.30 x 26.67 mm |
Overall Size | (w x h): 0.91 x 1.119 in. / 23.11 x 30.22 mm |
Full Booklet Size | (w x h) : 1.823 x 7.50 in./46.30 x 190.50 mm |
Marginal Markings | "© 2001 USPS" "Peel here to fold Self-adhesive stamps DO NOT WET Plate numbers Price UPC and Text |
Earliest Known Use | October 28, 2002 |
USPS Order Numbers | PSA double side book of 20 - $7.40 - 670140 |
First day cover (set of 4) - $3.00 - 670163 | |
Availability | Stamp Fulfillment Services, Kansas City |
Official Announcement | The Postal Service will
issue four 37-cent Snowmen stamps on October 28, 2002, in Houghton, Michigan. The
stamps, designed by Derry Noyes, Washington, DC, and photographed by Sally Andersen-Bruce,
New Milford, Connecticut, go on sale nationwide on October 29, 2002. The stamps will be issued in a pressure-sensitive adhesive (PSA) pane of 20 (Item 562500), a double-sided booklet of 20 (Item 670100), a folded vending booklet of 20 (Items 670300 and 670311), and a linerless coil of 100 (Item 781200). The Snowmen stamps, issued as part of the Holiday series, feature photographs of four whimsical snowmen figurines. Popular in folklore, literature, and song, snowmen have come to symbolize the joy and magic of the holiday season and often evoke fond childhood memories of playing in the snow. |
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Varieties | None |
End Card | Black ink on cream card. Click here for a scan. |
Distribution: Item 670100 Snowmen Double-Sided Booklet of 20 (PSA)
SDOs will receive a full standard automatic distribution quantity, for a PSA booklet. Distributions are rounded up to the nearest master carton size (4,000 booklets).
Initial Supply to Post Offices
SDOs will make a subsequent automatic distribution to Post Offices for their full standard automatic distribution quantity for a PSA booklet using PS Form 3309, Advice of Shipment/Stamp Invoice, and PS Form 17, Stamp Requisition. SDOs must not distribute stamps to Post Offices before October 22, 2002.
Philatelic Requirement
Authorized philatelic centers requiring the Snowmen PSA double-sided booklet of 20 must order Item 670100 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 appropriate APD using PS Form 17. For fulfilling supplemental orders from SDOs, San Francisco, Chicago, Memphis, and New York APDs will each receive 500,000 additional booklets and Denver APD will receive 200,000 additional booklets.
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