37˘ Madonna Convertible Booklet Stamp Details

37˘ Gossaert, Madonna and Child
Flat Double Sided Convertible Booklet of 20
Scott# 3820a	Plate P1111, P2222, P3333, P4444
*Series*	Christmas
*Issue Date & City*	October 23, 2003, New York, NY 10099
*Nationwide Sale*	October 24, 2003
*Artist*	Jan Gossaert, painting from the Charles H. and Mary F.S. Worcester collection at The Art Institute of Chicago
*Designer*	Richard Sheaff, Scottsdale, AZ 85258
*Art Director*	Richard Sheaff, Scottsdale, AZ 85258
*Typographer*	Richard Sheaff, Scottsdale, AZ 85258
*Modeler*	Joseph Sheeran
*To Press / Initial Impressions*	Summer, 2003 / 700 Million
*Process*	Offset
*Printer*	Ashton Potter USA Ltd. (APU)
*Printed At*	Williamsville, NY
*Press*	Stevens, Varisize Security
*Processed At*	Ashton Potter USA Ltd. (APU)
*Plate Size*	540 stamps per revolution
*Paper & Gum*	Pressure Sensitive Adhesive
*Tagging Type*	Prephosphored Type II
*Die Cut Gauge*	11.2 x 11.2
*Colors*	Black, Cyan, Magenta, Yellow
*Image Area*	(w x h): 0.77 x 1.050 in. / 19.558 x 26.67 mm
*Overall Size*	(w x h): 0.91 x 1.19 in. / 23.114 x 30.226 mm
*Full Booklet Size*	(w x h) : 2.38 x 5.76 in. / 60.452 x 146.304 mm
*Marginal Markings*	"Š1999 USPS" • Plate numbers • "Peel here to fold" • Price • Barcode • "Season's Greetings" • Photo
*Earliest Known Use*	October 23, 2003
*USPS Order Numbers*	Double Sided Convertible Booklet of 20 - $7.40 - 672440
*USPS Order Numbers*	First Day Cover - $0.75 - 672461
*Availability*	Stamp Fulfillment Services, Kansas City and most post offices
*Official Announcement*	The Postal Service will issue a 37-cent Madonna and Child stamp (Item 672400) in a pressure-sensitive adhesive (PSA) pane of 20 stamps on October 23, 2003, in New York, New York. The stamp, designed by Richard Sheaff, Scottsdale, Arizona, and based on the artwork of Jan Gossaert, goes on sale nationwide October 24, 2003. The Madonna and Child stamp (formerly known as Holiday Traditional) has attracted a devoted following. This Christmas series stamp is a detail of Jan Gossaert's oil-on-panel painting of the Madonna and Child, circa 1520, from the Charles H. and Mary F. S. Worcester Collection at The Art Institute of Chicago. The Madonna and Child stamp was previously issued on October 10, 2002, in a convertible booklet of 20 stamps (670200).
*Note*
*Varieties*	Plate P1111 was printed with the wrong Bar Code and then overprinted with the correct Bar Code. Click on the scan of the Bar Code at the top to see a detailed scan showing an incorrect number of 0-870200-9 underneath the correct Bar Code. Plate P1111 exists with both versions, the overprint and the correct Bar Code. The overprint seems to be scarcer.
*End Card*	Black ink on cream card. Click here for a scan.

Philatelic Products:

There are no philatelic products for this stamp issue.

Distribution: Item 672400, $7.40 Madonna and Child Double-sided Booklet of 20 Stamps

Stamp distribution offices (SDOs) will receive approximately one-half of their 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 of approximately one-half of their standard automatic distribution quantities using PS Form 17, Stamp Requisition/Stamp Return. SDOs must not distribute stamps to Post Offices before October 17, 2003.

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 accountable paper depository (APD) using PS Form 17. For fulfilling supplemental orders from SDOs, the Chicago, Memphis, and New York APDs will each receive 420,000 additional booklets; the San Francisco APD will receive 360,000 additional booklets; and the Denver APD will receive 180,000 additional booklets.

Philatelic Requirement

Authorized philatelic centers requiring the $7.40 Madonna and Child convertible booklets of 20 must order Item 672400 from their designated SDO using a separate PS Form 17.

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Plate P1111 pane with overprinted Bar Code		Plate P1111 pane with overprinted Bar Code erased showing incorrect code

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