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39¢ and 63¢ Our Wedding
(Ashton Potter)
Flat Convertible Combination Booklet of 40 (20 of each stamp)

Scott# 3999a Plate P11
Series USPS - Love ~ PNC3 - Love
Issue Date & City March 1, 2006, New York, NY 10199
Nationwide Sale March 2, 2006
Designer Michael Osborne, Berkeley, CA
Art Director Ethel Kessler, Bethesda, MD
Typographer Michael Osborne, Berkeley, CA
Modeler Joseph M. Sheeran
Artist Michael Osborne, Berkeley, CA
To Press / Initial Impressions Winter, 2005 / 200 Million
Process Offset
Printer Ashton Potter (USA) Ltd. (APU)
Printed At Ashton Potter (USA) Ltd. (APU), Williamsville, NY
Press Mueller Martini, A76
Processed At Ashton Potter (USA) Ltd. (APU)
Plate Size 480 stamps per revolution
Paper & Tagging Prephosphored USPS Type I, Solid Tagging
Adhesive Pressure Sensitive
Die Cut Gauge 10.9 x 10.9
Colors 39¢ - PMS 2635C (Violet) Modified, 63¢ - PMS 7493C (Green)
Image Area (w x h): 0.77 x 1.050 in. / 19.558 x 26.67 mm
Overall Size (w x h): 0.91 x 1.19 in. / 23.114 x 30.226 mm
Full Booklet Size (w x h): 6.43 x 8.00 in. / 163.322 x 203.2 mm
Markings Stamp Side: "For invitation envelopes" • "For return envelopes" • © 2005 USPS •   Plate numbers
Cover Side: © 2005 USPS • Barcode 674800 • "Our Wedding Stamps" stamp image
• Promotional information • USPS Logo • Price $20.40 "TWENTY 63¢ STAMPS for
invitation envelopes"
"TWENTY 39¢ STAMPS for return envelopes"
Earliest Known Use March 1, 2006
USPS Order Numbers Convertible Booklet of 40 - $20.40 - 675440
Combo First Day Cover - $1.40 - 674862

Availability

Stamp Fulfillment Services, Kansas City and many post offices

Official Announcement

The Postal Service will issue Our Wedding special stamps, on March 1, 2006, in New York, New York. The stamps, designed by Michael Osborne, Berkeley, California, go on sale nationwide March 2, 2006.

These stamps will be available in two formats:

• $20.40 Pressure-sensitive (PSA) combination booklet of 40 stamps: twenty 39-cent (1 ounce) stamps and twenty 63-cent (2 ounces) stamps (Item 674800).

• $7.80 PSA convertible booklet of twenty 39-cent (1 ounce) stamps (Item 675300).

Michael Osborne created the 2006 Our Wedding stamps especially for mailing wedding invitations and RSVPs. Both stamps feature an illustration of a white dove - a time-honored symbol of peace, love, and fidelity - and a heart, surrounded by calligraphic flourishes set against a lavender background (1-ounce denomination) and a light green background (2-ounce denomination). The stamp art is based on elegant calligraphic designs used to embellish correspondence during the 18th and 19th centuries.

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Varieties  
End Card Black ink on Cream card stock. Click here for scan.

Philatelic Products

There are four philatelic products available for Our Wedding booklet of 40 stamps (Item 674800):

• Item 674862: First Day Cover, $1.40.

• Item 568175: Gold Series Prestige Folder (w/2 stamps), $7.95.

• Item 674887: Weddiquette Book, Invitation Mailing Guide (w/20 stamps), $14.95.

• Item 674894: Noteworthy Bridal Set (stationery, mailing kit), $23.95.

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

Distribution: Item 674800, $20.40 Our Wedding, PSA Convertible Booklet of 40

Stamp distribution offices (SDOs) will receive an automatic distribution of this PSA booklet of 40. Distributions are rounded up to the nearest master carton size (2,000 booklets).

Initial Supply to Post Offices

SDOs will not make a subsequent automatic distribution to Post Offices. Post Offices requiring quantities of Item 674800 must order them from their designated SDO using a separate PS Form 17, Stamp Requisition/Stamp Return. SDOs must not distribute booklets to Post Offices before February 24, 2006.

Philatelic Requirement

SDOs will not receive a separate quantity Item 674800 for their authorized philatelic centers. Philatelic centers must be supplied their quantities from the initial automatic distribution made to SDOs.

Additional Supply

Post Offices requiring additional booklets must requisition Item 674800 from their designated SDO using PS Form 17. SDOs requiring additional stamps 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 200,000 additional booklets; and the Denver APD will receive 60,000 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.

 

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