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| Scott# 3886a | Plate S1111, S2222 |
| # 3883 # 3884 # 3885 # 3886 |
Purple Santa Claus Green Santa Claus Blue Santa Claus Red Santa Claus |
| Series | Holiday |
| Issue Date & City | November 16, 2004, New York, NY 10199 |
| Nationwide Sale | November 17, 2004 |
| 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 Graphics Systems |
| Modeler | Donald H. Woo |
| To Press / Initial Impressions | Summer, 2004 / 1.67 Billion |
| 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 | Prephosphored |
| Die Cut Gauge | 11.7 x 10.9 on 2 or 3 sides |
| Colors | Magenta, Yellow, Cyan, Black |
| 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 | "© 2003 USPS" • Plate Numbers - On cover: "Holiday Ornaments" • "Twenty 37c Self-adhesive Stamps" • "4 different designs" • Price • Barcode |
| Earliest Known Use | November 17, 2004 |
| USPS Order Numbers | Convertible Double Sided
Booklet of 20 - $7.40 - 673240 First Day Cover, Set of 4 - $3.00 - 673263 |
| Availability | Stamp Fulfillment Services, Kansas City / Providence / Tucson and most Post Offices nationwide |
| Official Announcement | The Postal Service™ will issue 37-cent, Holiday Ornaments special stamps in four designs in a pressure-sensitive adhesive (PSA) pane of 20 stamps (Item 566400), on November 16, 2004, in New York, New York. The stamps, designed by Derry Noyes of Washington, DC, go on sale nationwide November 17, 2004. The stamps feature photographs by Sally Andersen- Bruce of painted glass Santa ornaments. The ornaments were made in 1999 in Lauscha, Germany, for D. Blümchen & Company of Ridgewood, New Jersey, and were hand- painted by designer Diane S. Boyce. Nestled in tissue paper, these shiny Santas evoke happy memories of lights, tinsel, and other favorite Christmas tree decorations. The stamps will also be issued in a double-sided booklet of 20 (Item 673200), a folded vending book of 20 (Item 673300), and an ATM sheetlet of 18 stamps (Item 566900). |
| Note | |
| Varieties | None |
| End Card | Black Ink on cream card. Click HERE for a scan. |
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).
SDOs will make a subsequent automatic distribution to Post Offices for their full standard automatic distribution quantity for a PSA booklet using PS Form 17, Stamp Requisition/Stamp Return. SDOs must not distribute stamps to Post Offices before November 10, 2004.
Authorized philatelic centers requiring the Holiday Ornaments PSA double-sided booklet of 20 must order Item 673200 from their designated SDO using a separate PS Form 17.
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 Chicago, Memphis 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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