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23¢ Wilma Rudolph
Folded Vending Booklet of 10
Scott# 3436a,b BK279A No Plate Number
Series Distinguished Americans
Issue Date & City July 14, 2004, Sacramento, CA 95813
Nationwide Sale July 15, 2004
Artist / Illustrator Mark Summers, Waterdown, Canada
Designer Richard Sheaff, Scottsdale, AZ
Art Director Richard Sheaff, Scottsdale, AZ
Typographer Richard Sheaff, Scottsdale, AZ
Modeler Joseph Sheeran, Williamsville, NY
To Press / Initial Impressions Spring 2004 / 40,495,000 stamps
Process Offset
Printer Ashton Potter USA Ltd. (APU)
Printed At Williamsville, NY
Press Mueller Martini, A76 Modified
Processed At Ashton Potter USA Ltd. (APU)
Plate Size 390 stamps per revolution
Paper & Gum Pressure Sensitive Adhesive
Tagging Type Prephosphored Type 1
Die Cut Gauge 11.4 x 10.9 on 3 sides
Colors Black, Special Match Pink
Image Area (w x h): 0.73 x 0.84 in. / 18.542 x 21.336 mm
Overall Size (w x h): 0.87 x 0.982 in. / 22.098 x 24.942 mm
Full Booklet Size (w x h): 1.74 x 6.5 in. / 44.196 x 165.1 mm
Marginal Markings ©2003 USPS · Plate Numbers · USPS logo · "Peel here to fold"
Earliest Known Use July 14, 2004
USPS Order Numbers Vending Book of 10 - $2.30 - 672940
First Day Cover - $0.84 - 673062
Availability Stamp Fulfillment Services, Kansas City
Official Announcement

The Postal Service™ will issue a 23-cent, Wilma Rudolph definitive stamp on July 14, 2004, in Sacramento, California. The stamp, designed by Richard Sheaff of Scottsdale, Arizona, goes on sale nationwide July 15, 2004.

With this fifth issuance in the Distinguished Americans series, the Postal Service honors Wilma Rudolph, who overcame a childhood plagued by serious illness to become one of the nation's greatest athletes. Artist Mark Summers created the portrait for the stamp using as a reference a photograph of Rudolph taken after she won three gold medals at the 1960 Olympic Games in Rome. Summers also created the stamp art for the first four issuances in the Distinguished Americans series: Joseph W. Stilwell (2000), Claude Pepper (2000), Hattie W. Caraway (2001), and Edna Ferber (2002).

The Wilma Rudolph stamp will be issued in a pressure-sensitive adhesive (PSA) pane of 20 stamps (Item 108400), a PSA vending booklet of 10 stamps (Item 672900), and a PSA convertible booklet of 10 stamps (Item 673000).

Note The UPC code is 673000 on the Convertible Booklet and 672900 on the Vending Booklet.  The vertical die cut is 11.0 on the Convertible Booklet stamp and 10.9 on the Vending Booklet stamp.  The vending booklet has a clear circular sticker at the bottom.
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Distribution: $2.30 Wilma Rudolph, PSA Folded Vending Books of 10 (PSA) (Vending Use Only), Item 672900 (Straight Book), and Item 672911 (Crisscross Book)

SDOs will receive automatic distributions of the $2.30 Wilma Rudolph folded vending books of 10, including straight books (Item 672900) and crisscross books (Item 672911). Distributions are rounded up to the nearest master carton size (4,500 for the straight book and 3,000 for the crisscross book).

Initial Supply to Post Offices

SDOs will not make a subsequent automatic distribution to Post Offices. Only Post Offices equipped with the appropriate self-service vending machines may order these items from their designated SDO using a separate PS Form 17, Stamp Requisition/Stamp Return. SDOs must not distribute stamps to Post Offices before July 6, 2003.

Additional Supply

Authorized Post Offices, requiring additional books for restocking of the appropriate self-service vending machines, must requisition them from their designated SDO using PS Form 17. SDOs requiring additional books must order them from the appropriate accountable paper depository (APD) using PS Form 17.

For fulfilling supplemental orders from SDOs, APDs will receive additional quantities of the vendible straight book (Item 672900) and crisscross book (Item 672911).

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