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Top Row, Left to Right, Scott #3684, 3685

 
Bottom Row, Left to Right, Scott #3686, 3687

Block of 4, #3687a

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Booklet scans provided by Bob Droessler. Detail scans by Webmaster.

37¢ Snowmen (4 designs)
Flat 2 Sided Convertible Booklet of 20
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.

Note  
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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