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Scott# 3828b,c,d BK 296 |
Plate S11111 (on cover) |
# 3828b # 3828c # 3828d |
Booklet pane of 4,
#2825-3828 Booklet pane of 6, #3827-3828, 2 each #3825-3826 Booklet pane of 6, #3825-3826, 2 each #3827-3828 |
# 3825 # 3826 # 3827 # 3828 |
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 / 200.99 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 | 480 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, Orange |
Image Area | (w x h): 0.72 x 0.832 in. / 18.28 x 21.13 mm |
Overall Size | (w x h): 0.87 x 0.982 in. / 22.09 x 24.94 mm |
Booklet Size | (w x h) : 1.740 x 10.375 in. / 44.19 x 263.52 mm |
Marginal Markings | All peel off strips have been removed. "© 2002 USPS" Plate numbers Price Barcode USPS logo |
Earliest Known Use | October 23, 2003 |
USPS Order Numbers | Vending Booklet of 20 - $7.40 - 672340 |
Availability | Stamp Fulfillment Services, Kansas City and most post offices that have vending equipment. |
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 |
Distribution: Items 672300 and 672311, Holiday Music Makers Folded Vending Book of 20 (PSA) (Vending Use Only)
Initial Supply to Post Offices
Additional Supply
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