Philatelic Products

There is one philatelic product available for the Spring Flowers special stamps; the product is a Cancellation Keepsake (Item 673993), priced at $10.40, that will be available while supplies last at postal stores, online at www.usps.com/shop, and by telephone at 800-STAMP-24.

Distribution: Item 673900, $7.40 Spring Flowers, PSA Double-Sided Booklet of 20

Stamp distribution offices (SDOs) will receive approximately one-half the standard automatic distribution quantity for a PSA booklet. Distributions are rounded up to the nearest master carton size (4,000 booklets).

Initial Supply to Post Offices

SDOs will make a subsequent automatic distribution to Post Offices for one-half of their standard automatic booklet distribution quantity using PS Form 17, Stamp Requisition/Stamp Return. SDOs must not distribute booklets to Post Offices before March 11, 2005.

Philatelic Requirement

SDOs will not receive a separate quantity Item 673900 for their authorized philatelic centers. Philatelic centers must be supplied their required quantities from the initial automatic distribution made to SDOs.

Additional Supply

Post Offices requiring additional booklets must requisition them 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 San Francisco, Chicago, Memphis, and New York APDs will each receive 640,000 additional booklets; and the Denver APD will receive 320,000 additional booklets.

Sales Policy

All Post Offices must acquire and maintain a supply of each new special stamp issue as long as customer demand exists, until inventory is depleted, or until the issue is officially withdrawn from sale. If supplies run low, Post Offices must reorder additional quantities using their normal ordering procedures.