 Front of Closed Booklet |
 |
 Back of Closed Booklet |
|
 |
Click on above photos for a larger image.
| Scott # 4016a, 4017b-d BK302 | Plate # S1111 |
| Series | USPS - NA ~ PNC3 - Flora and Fauna |
| Issue Date & City | March 16, 2006 New York NY 10199 (Mega Stamp Show) |
| Nationwide Sale | March 17, 2006 |
| Designer | Phil Jordan, Falls Church, VA |
| Art Director | Phil Jordan, Falls Church, VA |
| Typographer | Phil Jordan, Falls Church, VA |
| Artist | Steve Buchanan, Winstead, CT |
| Engraver | N/A |
| Modeler | Donald H. Woo |
| To Press / Initial Quantity | Winter 2005 / 100 Million stamps |
| Booklet Size | 20 |
| Printer | Banknote Corporation of America, Inc. for Sennett Security Products (SSP) |
| Press | Goebel Optiforma 26 |
| Process | Offset |
| Where Printed | Browns Summit, NC |
| Where Processed | Unique Binders, Fredericksburg VA |
| Plate Size & Interval | 520 stamps per revolution |
| Paper Type | Prephosphored, USPS Type II |
| Adhesive Type | Pressure Sensitive |
| Tagging Type | Prephosphored, Mottled Tagging |
| Die Cut Gauge | 10.9 x 11.4 (Valley/Peak) on 2 or 3 sides |
| Colors | Cyan, Magenta, Yellow, Black |
| Image Size (w x h) | 0.820 x 0.720 in. / 20.83 x 18.04 mm |
| Overall Size (w x h) | 0.982 x 0.870 in. / 24.95 x 22.10 mm |
| Booklet Size (w x h) | 1.74 x 10.275 x in. / 44.20 x 260.99 mm |
| Margin Markings |
Stamp Side:
©
2005 USPS · Plate numbers Cover Side: "Crops of the Americas" · Crops image · © 2005 USPS · Barcode (675700) · "Twenty 39-cent Self-adhesive Stamps" · "$7.80" · Five Different Designs · Descriptive text · Promotional information · USPS Logo |
| Earliest Known Use | March 16, 2006 |
| USPS Order Numbers | 675740 Vending Booklet of 20 - $7.80 |
| Availability | Most post offices with vending equipment |
| Official Announcement |
The Postal Service will
issue Crops of the Americas definitive stamps in five designs, on
March 16, 2006, in New York City. The First-Day-of-Issue ceremony will
take place at the Mega Stamp Show. The stamps, designed by Phil Jordan,
Falls Church, VA go on sale nationwide March 17, 2006. These stamps will be available in three formats: · PSA vending booklet of 20 (Item 675700). · Pressure-sensitive (PSA) double-sided booklet of 20 (Item 675800). · PSA coil of 100 (Item 784100). Artist Steve Buchanan, Winsted, Connecticut, created each of the five stamp designs. As reference, he used slide photographs made by his wife Rita Buchanan�s research in the late 1970s on indigenous agricultural methods in the southwestern United States. The crops depicted in the stamps: corn, chili peppers, beans, squashes, and sunflowers, had been cultivated in the Americas for centuries when Europeans first arrived in the New World. |
| Note |
Individual Scott numbers are: • 4013 - Chili Peppers • 4014 - Corn • 4015 - Squashes • 4016 - Sunflower and seeds 4016a - Booklet pane of 4, #4013-4016 • 4017 - Beans 4017a - Horizontal strip of 5, #4013-4017 4017b - Booklet pane of 4, #4013-4015, #4017 4017c - Booklet pane of 6, #4013-4016, 2 #4017 4017d - Booklet pane of 6, #4013-4015, 4017, 2 #4016 |
Philatelic Products
There are no philatelic products available for Crops of the Americas vending booklet.
Distribution: Items 675700 and 675711, $6.80 Crops of the Americas, PSA Folded Vending Book of 20 (For Vending Use Only)
SDOs will receive automatic distributions of the Crops of the Americas definitive stamps in PSA folded vending books of 20, both straight packaging (Item 675700) and crisscross packaging (Item 675711). 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 675700 and 675711 from their designated SDO using a
separate PS Form 17, Stamp Requisition/Stamp Return. SDOs must not distribute books to Post Offices before March 10, 2006.
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 books (Item 675700) and crisscross books (Item 675711).
This page was last updated on 07/02/13
Page content copyright © 2001-2009, R.E.M.
Please send corrections and comments to the Webmaster
Permission is granted to quote material in this web site provided that proper credit is given.
