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| Scott# 3929b | Plate P1111 | ||||||
| Series | American Treasures | ||||||
| Issue Date & City | July 30, 2005, Santa Fe, NM 87501 | ||||||
| Nationwide Sale | July 31, 2005 | ||||||
| Designer | Derry Noyes, Washington, DC | ||||||
| Art Director | Derry Noyes, Washington, DC | ||||||
| Illustrator | C | ||||||
| Typographer | C | ||||||
| Modeler | Joseph Sheeran | ||||||
| To Press / Initial Impressions | Spring 2005 / 420 million stamps (21 million booklets) | ||||||
| Process | Offset | ||||||
| Printer | Ashton Potter USA Ltd. (APU) | ||||||
| Printed At | Williamsville, NY | ||||||
| Press | Mueller Martini, A74 | ||||||
| Processed At | Ashton Potter USA Ltd. (APU) | ||||||
| Plate Size | 640 stamps per revolution | ||||||
| Paper & Gum | Pressure Sensitive Adhesive, USPS Type I | ||||||
| Tagging Type | Prephosphored, Solid Tagging | ||||||
| Die Cut Gauge | 10.9 x 10.9 on 2 or 3 sides | ||||||
| Colors | Black, Cyan, Magenta, Yellow | ||||||
| Image Area | (w x h): 1.42 x 0.84 in. / 36.068 x 21.336 mm | ||||||
| Overall Size | (w x h): 1.56 x 0.98 in. / 39.624 x 24.892 mm | ||||||
| Full Booklet Size | (w x h): 6.18 x 3.12 in. / 156.972 x 79.248 mm | ||||||
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| Earliest Known Use | July 30, 2005 | ||||||
| USPS Order Numbers | Convertible Booklet of 20 - $7.40 - 673740 | ||||||
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673763 First Day Cover Set of
4 - $3.00 673765 Digital Color Postmark Random Single - $1.50 673768 Digital Color Postmark - Set of 4 - $6.00 673799 Digital Color Postmark Keepsake (BK w/DCPRS) - $8.90 |
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| Availability | Stamp Fulfillment Services, Kansas City and most post offices | ||||||
| Official Announcement | The Postal Service ™ will issue 37-cent, New Mexico Rio Grande Blankets commemorative stamps in four designs (Item 673700) in a pressure-sensitive adhesive (PSA) double-sided convertible booklet of 20 (4 designs) on July 30, 2005, in Santa Fe, New Mexico. The stamps, designed by Derry Noyes of Washington, DC, go on sale nationwide July 31, 2005.For this fifth issuance in the American Treasures series, art director Derry Noyes chose four 19th century New Mexico Rio Grande blankets. The stamps feature photographs of blankets from the collections of the Museum of International Folk Art in Santa Fe, New Mexico; the Museum of Indian Arts & Culture/Laboratory of Anthropology in Santa Fe, New Mexico; and the Taylor Museum, Colorado Springs Fine Arts Center in Colorado Springs, Colorado. The American Treasures series started with the Amish Quilts (2001) followed by John James Audubon (2002), Mary Cassatt (2003), and Martin Johnson Heade (2004). The series is intended to showcase beautiful works of American fine art and crafts. | ||||||
| Press Release | Click here for release information. | ||||||
| End Card | Black Ink on Cream Card. Click here for scan. | ||||||
| Note |
Customers have 30 days to obtain the first day of issue postmark by mail. They may purchase new stamps at their local Post Office, 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:
NEW MEXICO RIO GRANDE BLANKETS
STAMPS
POSTMASTER
120 S FEDERAL PL
SANTA FE NM 87501-9998
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 August 29, 2005.
There are four philatelic products available for this stamp issue:
• First Day Cover (set of four) $3.00 (Item 673763).
• Digital Color Postmark Random Single Cover $1.50 (Item 673765).
• Digital Color Postmark Set of Four Covers $6.00 (Item 673768).
• Cancellation Keepsake (one random CP Cover w/bklt) $8.90 (Item 673799).
These products will be available while supplies last at postal stores, online at www.usps.com, and by telephone at 800-STAMP-24.
Stamp distribution offices (SDOs) will receive approximately one-quarter their 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 of one-quarter their standard automatic booklet distribution quantity using PS Form 17, Stamp Requisition/Stamp Return. SDOs must not distribute these booklets to Post Offices before July 25, 2005.
SDOs will not receive a separate quantity of Item 673700 for their authorized philatelic centers. The philatelic centers must be supplied their quantities from the initial automatic distribution made to the SDOs.
Post Offices requiring additional booklets must requisition Item 673700 from their designated SDO using PS Form 17. SDOs requiring additional booklets must order them from the appropriate accountable paper depository (APD) using PS Form 17.
For fulfilling supplemental orders from SDOs, the Memphis APD will receive 720,000 additional booklets; the Chicago, San Francisco, and New York APDs will each receive 660,000 additional booklets; and the Denver APD will receive 300,000 additional booklets.
All Post Offices must acquire and maintain a supply of each new commemorative stamp as long as customer demand exists, until inventory is depleted, or until the stamp is officially withdrawn from sale. If supplies run low, Post Offices must reorder additional quantities using their normal ordering procedures.
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