37¢ Music Makers Convertible Booklet Stamp Details

37¢ Music Makers (4 Designs)
Flat Double Sided Convertible Booklet of 20
Scott# 3824b	Plate S1111, S2222
# 3821 # 3822 # 3823 # 3824	Reindeer with Pan Pipes Santa Claus with Drum Santa Claus with Trumpet Reindeer with Horn
*Series*	Holiday
*Issue Date & City*	October 23, 2003, New York, NY 10199
*Nationwide Sale*	October 24, 2003
*Artist*	Diane Teske Harris, Billings, MT
*Designer*	Ethel Kessler, Bethesda, MD
*Art Director*	Ethel Kessler, Bethesda, MD
*Typographer*	Greg Berger, Bethesda, MD
*Engraver*	Southern Graphics
*Modeler*	Donald H. Woo
*To Press / Initial Impressions*	Summer, 2003 / 1.75 Million
*Process*	Gravure
*Printer*	Sennett Security Products (SSP)
*Printed At*	American Packaging Corporation, Columbus, WI
*Press*	Rotomek 5, 3000
*Processed At*	Unique Binders, Fredericksburg, VA
*Plate Size*	288 stamps per revolution
*Paper & Gum*	Type II / Self-Adhesive
*Tagging Type*	Pre-phosphored
*Die Cut Gauge*	10.5 x 10.8 on 2 or 3 sides
*Colors*	Red, Yellow, Green, Purple
*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 1.19 in. / 23.11 x 30.22 mm
*Booklet Size*	(w x h): 1.823 x 7.50 in. / 46.30 x 190.50 mm
*Marginal Markings*	"© 2002 USPS" • Plate numbers • "Peel here to fold"
*Earliest Known Use*	October 23, 2003
*USPS Order Numbers*	Vending Booklet of 20 - $7.40 - 672240 First Day Cover, Set of 4 - $3.00 - 672263
*Availability*	Stamp Fulfillment Services, Kansas City
*Official Announcement*	The Postal Service will issue 37-cent Holiday Music Makers stamps in four designs on October 23, 2003, in New York, New York. The stamps, designed by Ethel Kessler, Bethesda, Maryland, go on sale nationwide October 24, 2003. Featuring whimsical Santas and fanciful reindeer playing horns, panpipes, and a drum, these lighthearted, colorful stamps are reminders of the joys of the season. Illustrator Diane Teske Harris of Billings, Montana, created the airbrush artwork for these colorful stamps. The Holiday Music Makers stamps will be issued in a pressure-sensitive adhesive (PSA) pane of 20 (Item 564000), a double-sided convertible booklet of 20 (Item 672200), a folded vending booklet of 20 (Item 672300), and a set of 20 stamped cards (883400).
*Note*
*Varieties*	None
*End Card*	Black Ink on cream card. Click here for a scan.

Distribution: Item 672200, Holiday Music Makers Double-sided Convertible Booklet of 20

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 sheet stamp using PS Form 17, Stamp Requisition/Stamp Return. SDOs must not distribute stamps to Post Offices before October 17, 2003.

Philatelic Requirement

Authorized philatelic centers requiring the Holiday Music Makers PSA double-sided booklet of 20 must order Item 672200 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, the Memphis, Chicago, and New York APDs will each receive 1,000,000 additional booklets; the San Francisco APD will receive 800,000 additional booklets; and the Denver APD will receive 400,000 additional booklets.

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