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Top Row,
Left to Right, Scott #3688, 3689
Bottom Row, Left to Right, Scott #3690, 3691
| Scott# 3688-3691 BK 293 |
Plate V1111 (On back cover) |
| Scott# 3691b | Pane of 4, 1 of each |
| Scott# 3691c | Pane of 6, #3690-3691, 2 each #3688-3689 |
| Scott# 3691d | Pane of 6, #3688-3689, 2 each #3690-3691 |
| 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 | Avery Dennison, SPD |
| To Press / Initial Impressions | Summer, 2002 / 200 Million stamps |
| 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 (15 per press sheet) |
| Paper & Gum | Type II, Self-Adhesive |
| Tagging Type | Pre-phosphored |
| Die Cut Gauge | 11.1 x 11.1 |
| Colors | Yellow, Magenta, Cyan, Black |
| Image Area | (w x h): 0.720 x 0.818 in./18.288 x 20.777 mm |
| Overall Size | (w x h): 0.870 x 0.982 in./22.098 x 24.943 mm |
| Full Booklet Size | (w x h): 10.375 x 1.74 in./263.525 x 44.196 mm |
| Marginal Markings | All peel off strips removed. Backside Markings: "© 2001 USPS" • Plate numbers • Price Barcode • USPS Logo • "Greetings • 4 Different Designs • Twenty 37c Self-adhesive Stamps • Have you visited our web site lately?" |
| Earliest Known Use | October 28, 2002 |
| USPS Order Numbers | Vending Booklet of 20 - $7.40 - 670340 |
| 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 |
Distribution: Items 670300 and 670311, Snowmen Folded Vending Book of 20 (PSA) (Vending Use Only)
SDOs will receive automatic distributions of the Snowmen folded vending books of 20 (straight and criss-cross). Distributions are rounded up to the nearest master carton size (4,500 books for straight; 3,000 books for criss-cross).
Initial Supply to Post Offices
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. SDOs must not distribute books to Post Offices before October 22, 2002.
Additional Supply
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. For fulfilling supplemental orders from SDOs for straight books (Item 670300), San Francisco, Chicago, Memphis, and New York APDs will each receive 225,000 additional booklets and Denver APD will receive 90,000 additional booklets. For fulfilling supplemental orders from SDOs for criss- cross books (Item 670311), San Francisco, Chicago, Memphis, and New York APDs will each receive 150,000 additional booklets and Denver APD will receive 75,000 additional booklets.
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