37¢ Mary Cassatt DS Convertible Booklet Stamp Details

37¢ Mary Cassatt
Flat Double Sided Convertible Booklet of 20
Scott# 3807b	Plate S11111
*Series*	American Treasures
*Issue Date & City*	August 7, 2003, Columbus, Ohio
*Nationwide Sale*	August 8, 2003
*Artist*	Mary Cassatt
*Designer*	Derry Noyes, Washington, DC
*Art Director*	Derry Noyes, Washington, DC
*Typographer*	Derry Noyes, Washington, DC
*Modeler*	Donald H. Woo
*To Press / Initial Impressions*	Spring, 2003 / 778.8 million
*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*	168 stamps per revolution
*Paper & Gum*	Type I / Self-Adhesive
*Tagging Type*	Pre-Phosphored
*Die Cut Gauge*	10.8 x 10.8 on 2 or 3 sides
*Colors*	Magenta, Yellow, Cyan, Black, Line Red
*Image Area*	(w x h): 0.84 x 1.41 in. / 46.73 x 35.81 mm
*Overall Size*	(w x h): 0.99 x 1.56 in. / 25.14 x 39.62 mm
*Booklet Size*	(w x h) : 1.98 x 9.750 in / 50.29 x 247.65 mm
*Marginal Markings*	"© 2002 USPS" · Plate Numbers · "Peel here to fold"
*Earliest Known Use*	August 3, 2003
*USPS Order Numbers*	Double Sided PSA Convertible Booklet of 20 - $7.40 - 671940 First Day Cover Set of 4 - $3.00 - 671963
*Availability*	Stamp Fulfillment Services, Kansas City
*Official Announcement*	The Postal Service will issue 37-cent Mary Cassatt commemorative stamps (Item 671900) in a pressure-sensitive adhesive (PSA) double-sided book of 20 stamps on August 7, 2003, in Columbus, Ohio. The stamps, designed by Derry Noyes, Washington, DC, go on sale nationwide August 8, 2003. Derry Noyes chose artwork by Mary Cassatt for this third issuance in the American Treasures series. Known especially for her figure studies and engaging portrayals of mothers and children, Mary Cassatt was the only American ever invited to exhibit with the French Impressionists.
*Note*	The four works of art appearing on the stamps are: • (Scott #3804) Young Mother, 1888, The Art Institute of Chicago. • (Scott #3805) Children Playing on the Beach, 1884, National Gallery of Art, Washington, DC. • (Scott #3806) On a Balcony, 1878, The Art Institute of Chicago. • (Scott #3807) Child in a Straw Hat, circa 1886, National Gallery of Art, Washington, DC.
*Varieties*	None
*End Card*	Black ink on cream colored card. Click HERE for scan.

Distribution: Item 671900, $7.40 American Treasures, Mary Cassatt, Double-Sided booklet of 20 Stamps

Stamp distribution offices (SDOs) will receive two automatic distributions of this double-sided booklet of 20 self- adhesive commemorative stamps. The first distribution of approximately one-fourth of the standard automatic distribution quantity for 20-stamp booklet will be completed on July 9, 2003. The second distribution, also approximately one-fourth of the standard automatic distribution quantity for a 20-stamp booklet, will be completed on September 2, 2003. Distribution quantities are rounded up to the nearest master carton size (4,000 booklets). Initial Supply to Post Offices

Initial Supply

From their initial automatic distribution, SDOs will make a subsequent automatic distribution to Post Offices for once-fourth of their standard automatic distribution quantities using PS Form 3309, Advice of Shipment/Stamp Invoice, and PS Form 17, Stamp Requisition/Stamp Return. SDOs must not distribute this commemorative booklet to Post Offices before August 1, 2003.

Philatelic Requirement

SDOs will not receive a separate quantity for their authorized philatelic centers. The philatelic centers must be supplied their quantities from the initial automatic distribution made to the SDOs.

Additional Supply

Post Offices requiring additional booklets must requisition them from their designated SDO using PS Form 17. SDOs requiring additional booklets must order them from the appropriate accountable paper depository (APD) using PS Form 17.
For fulfilling supplemental orders from SDOs, the Chicago, Memphis, and New York APDs will each receive 336,000 additional booklets; the San Francisco APD will receive 280,000 additional booklets; and the Denver APD will receive 140,000 additional booklets. These APD back-up quantities, however, will not be in place until September 2003, after the final SDO distribution is completed.

Sales Policy

All Post Offices must acquire and maintain a supply of each new commemorative stamp as long as customer demand exists, until inventory is depleted, or until the stamp is officially withdrawn from sale. If supplies run low, Post Offices must reorder additional quantities using their normal ordering procedures.

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