39¢ Lady Liberty Vending Booklet Stamp Details

(39¢) Lady Liberty & U. S. Flag
Folded Vending Booklet of 20
Scott# 3974a, b BK300	Plate S1111
*Series*	USPS - N/A ~ PNC3 - Rate Change
*Issue Date & City*	December 8, 2005, Washington, DC 20066 (No First Day of Issue Ceremony)
*Nationwide Sale*	December 8, 2005
*Designer*	Terrence W. McCaffrey, USPS, Washington, DC
*Art Director*	Terrence W. McCaffrey, USPS, Washington, DC
*Typographer*	Terrence W. McCaffrey, USPS, Washington, DC
*Engraver*	Banknote Corporation of America, Inc. (BCA)/Sennett Security Products (SSP)
*Photograph*	Carl and Ann Purcell, Alexandria, VA
*Modeler*	Donald H. Woo
*To Press / Initial Impressions*	Fall, 2005 / 750 Million
*Process*	Offset
*Printer*	Banknote Corporation of America, Inc. (BCA)/Sennett Security Products (SSP)
*Printed At*	Browns Summit, NC
*Press*	Goebel, Optiforma 26
*Processed At*	Unique Binders, Fredericksburg, VA
*Plate Size*	520 stamps per revolution
*Paper & Gum*	Pressure Sensitive Adhesive
*Tagging Type*	Prephosphored USPS Type II, Mottled Tagging
*Die Cut Gauge*	11.2 x 10.8 on 2 or 3 sides
*Colors*	Black, Cyan, Magenta, Yellow
*Image Area*	(w x h): 0.710 x 0.820 in. / 18.03 x 20.83 mm
*Overall Size*	(w x h): 0.870 x 0.982 in. / 22.01 x 24.94 mm
*Full Booklet Size*	(w x h): 1.74 x 10.275 in. / 44.20 x 260.99 mm
*Marginal Markings*	Booklet Cover: © 2005 USPS • Plate numbers • USPS Logo • "Lady Liberty and U.S. Flag" • "Twenty First-Class Self-adhesive Stamps" • Barcode 674300 • Stamp image • Promotional Information
*Earliest Known Use*	December 8, 2005
*USPS Order Numbers*	Vending Booklet of 20 - $7.80 - 674340
*USPS Order Numbers*
*Availability*	Stamp Fulfillment Services, Kansas City and most post offices
*Official Announcement*	The Postal Service™ will issue a nondenominated First-Class Mail® definitive stamp Lady Liberty and U.S. Flag on December 8, 2005, in Washington, DC. The stamp designed by Terrence W. McCaffrey of the U.S. Postal Service®, Washington, DC, also goes on sale nationwide December 8, 2005. The stamp features two of the most recognized symbols of the United States: the Statue of Liberty and the American flag. Carl and Ann Purcell of Alexandria, Virginia, took separate photographs of the Statue of Liberty and the American flag and combined them to create the montage used in the stamp art. The stamp will be issued in the following nondenominated formats: • Water-activated gum (WAG) pane of 100 (Item 108500). • Pressure-sensitive adhesive (PSA) ATM sheetlet of 18 (Item 567600). • PSA pane of 20 (Item 567700). • PSA vending booklet of 20 (Item 674300). • PSA double-sided booklet of 20 (Item 674400). • PSA coil of 100 (Item 783000). • WAG coil of 3,000 (Item 783400).
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*Varieties*

Distribution: Items 674300 and 674311, Nondenominated ($7.80 Value) Lady Liberty and U.S. Flag, PSA Folded Vending Book of 20 (for Vending Use Only)

SDOs will receive automatic distributions of the Lady Liberty and U.S. Flag folded vending books of 20, both straight packaging (Item 674300) and crisscross packaging (Item 674311). Distributions will be in multiple waves. All shipments that began November 1, 2005, will be complete by December 29, 2005. 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 674300 and 674311 from their designated SDO using a separate PS Form 17. SDOs should not have distributed books to Post Offices before November 30, 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 674300) and crisscross books (Item 674311).

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