37¢ Love Bouquet Convertible Booklet Stamp Details

37¢ Holiday Cookies
(Sennett Security Products)
Folded Vending Booklet of 20
Scott# 3960b, c, d BK299	Plate S1111
*Series*	Holiday
*Issue Date & City*	October 20, 2005, Minneapolis, MN 55401 and New York, NY 10199
*Nationwide Sale*	October 21, 2005
*Designer*	Derry Noyes, Washington, DC
*Art Director*	Derry Noyes, Washington, DC
*Typographer*	Derry Noyes, Washington, DC
*Engraver*	Southern Graphics
*Photographer*	Sally Andersen-Bruce, New Milford, CT
*Modeler*	Donald Woo
*To Press / Initial Impressions*	Summer, 2005 / 100 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*	Pressure Sensitive Adhesive
*Tagging Type*	Prephosphored Type II, Mottled Tagging
*Die Cut Gauge*	10.4 x 10.8 on 2 or 3 sides
*Colors*	Magenta, Yellow, Cyan, (PMS 2728) Blue
*Image Area*	(w x h): 0.7198 x 0.832 in. / 18.28 x 21.13 mm
*Overall Size*	(w x h): 0.8698 x 0.982 in. / 22.09 x 24.94 mm
*Full Booklet Size*	(w x h): 1.7396 x 10.375 in / 44.18 x 263.52 mm
*Marginal Markings*	Stamp image • "© 2004 USPS" • Plate Numbers • "Holiday Cookies" • "Twenty 37-cent Self-adhesive Stamps" • "four different designs" • Price • Barcode • Web site address • Promotional text • USPS Logo
*Earliest Known Use*	October 20, 2005
*USPS Order Numbers*	Vending Booklet of 20 - $7.40 - 674140
*USPS Order Numbers*	First Day Cover - $0.75 - 674161
*Availability*	Stamp Fulfillment Services, Kansas City and most post offices
*Official Announcement*	The Postal Service™ will issue 37-cent, Holiday Cookies special stamps in four designs, on October 20, 2005, in Minneapolis, Minnesota, and New York, New York (Mega Stamp Show). The stamps designed by Derry Noyes of Washington, DC, go on sale nationwide on October 21, 2005. In celebration of the winter holiday season, the stamps feature festively decorated cookies. Two snowmen, two elves (one sugar cookie and one gingerbread), an angel, and Santa Claus are all part of the delicious fun, adding homemade warmth to seasonal correspondence. The stamps will be issued in a pressure-sensitive adhesive (PSA) pane of 20 stamps (Item 567500), a double- sided booklet of 20 stamps (Item 674000), and a folded vending booklet of 20 stamps (Item 674100).
*Press Release*	Click here
*Varieties*

How to Order the First Day of Issue Postmark

Customers have 30 days to obtain the first day of issue postmark by mail. They may purchase new stamps at their local Post OfficeTM, by telephone at 800-STAMP-24, and at the Postal Store Web site at www.usps.com/shop. They should affix the stamps to envelopes of their choice, address the envelopes (to themselves or others), and place them in a larger envelope addressed to:

HOLIDAY COOKIES STAMPS
POSTMASTER
100 S FIRST ST
MINNEAPOLIS MN 55401-9998

HOLIDAY COOKIES STAMPS
POSTMASTER
421 EIGHTH AVE RM 2029B
NEW YORK NY 10199-9998

After applying the first day of issue postmark, the Postal Service will return the envelopes through the mail. There is no charge for the postmark. All orders must be postmarked by November 19, 2005.

How to Order First Day Covers

Stamp Fulfillment Services also offers first day covers for new stamp issues and Postal Service stationery items postmarked with the official first day of issue cancellation. Each item has an individual catalog number and is offered in the quarterly USA Philatelic catalog. Customers may request a free catalog by calling 800-STAMP-24 or writing to:

INFORMATION FULFILLMENT
DEPT 6270
US POSTAL SERVICE
PO BOX 219014
KANSAS CITY MO 64121-9014

Philatelic Products

There are five philatelic products available for this stamp issue:

• First Day Cover (Set of 4) $3.00 (Item 567563).

• Digital Color Postmark Random Single Cover $1.50 (Item 567565).

• Digital Color Postmark (Set of 4 Covers) $6.00 (Item 567568).

• Holiday Planner w/Stamps, $14.95 (Item 567587).

• Cancellation Keepsake (FP w/CP Cover Set of 4) $13.40 (Item 567599).

These products will be available while supplies last at postal stores, online at www.usps.com, and by telephone at 800-STAMP-24.

Distribution: Items 674100 and 674111, $7.40 Holiday Cookies, PSA Folded Vending Book of 20 (for Vending Use Only)

SDOs will receive automatic distributions of the Holiday Cookies folded vending books of 20, both straight packaging (Item 674100) and crisscross packaging (Item 674111). Distributions are rounded up to the nearest master carton size (4,500 books for straight; 3,000 books for crisscross).

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 Items 674100 and 674111 from their designated SDO using a separate PS Form 17. SDOs must not distribute stamps to Post Offices before October 14, 2005.

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 APD using PS Form 17.

For fulfilling supplemental orders from SDOs, APDs will receive additional quantities of the vendible straight books (Item 674100) and crisscross books (Item 674111).

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