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Scott # 4098a | Horizontal block of 10 |
Scott # 4098b | Booklet of 20 with plate # S1111 |
Series | USPS - American Treasures ~ PNC3 - American Treasures |
Issue Date & City | August 24, 2006, Des Plaines, Illinois 60018 (APS StampShow in Rosemont Convention Center) |
Nationwide Sale | August 25, 2006 |
Designer | Derry Noyes, Washington, DC |
Art Director | Derry Noyes, Washington, DC |
Typographer | Derry Noyes, Washington, DC |
Photographer | Steve Pitkin, Rockford, IL |
Engraver | Southern Graphics Systems |
Modeler | Donald H. Woo |
To Press / Initial Quantity | Spring 2006 / 500 Million stamps |
Booklet Size | 20 |
Printer | Sennett Security Products (SSP) |
Press | Cerutti, 950 |
Process | Gravure |
Where Printed | American Packaging Corporation, Columbus, WI |
Where Processed | Unique Binders, Fredericksburg VA |
Plate Size & Interval | 700 stamps per revolution |
Paper Type | Prephosphored, USPS Type I |
Adhesive Type | Pressure Sensitive |
Tagging Type | Prephosphored, Mottled Tagging |
Die Cut Gauge | 10.8 x 10.8 (Valley/Peak) on 2 or 3 sides |
Colors | Magenta, Yellow, Cyan, Black, Red (PMS-7417) |
Image Size (w x h) | 0.84 x 1.41 in. / 21.33 x 35.81 mm |
Overall Size (w x h) | 0.99 x 1.56 in. / 25.14 x 39.62 mm |
Booklet Size (w x h) | 6.175 x 3.125 in. / 156.84 x 79.37 mm |
Margin Markings |
Stamp Side:
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2005 USPS · Plate numbers Cover Side: "AMERICAN TREASURES" • Stamp image • "QUILTS OF GEE'S BEND" • "Twenty 39 cent Self-adhesive Stamps" • "Ten Different Designs" • "Sixth in a Series" • Price "$7.80" • Barcode "674500" |
Earliest Known Use | August 24, 2006 |
USPS Order Numbers |
674540 Convertible
Booklet of 20 - $7.80
674563
First Day Cover - Set of
10 - $7.70 674565 Digital Color Postmark Random Single - $1.50 674568 Digital Color Postmark - Set of 10 - $15.00 674599 Digital Color Postmark Keepsake - $9.30 |
Availability | Most Post Offices Nationwide |
Official Announcement |
The Postal Service will issue 39-cent Quilts of Gee's Bend commemorative stamps in 10
designs in a pressure-sensitive adhesive (PSA) double-sided booklet of 20
stamps (Item 674500) on August 24, 2006, in Des Plaines, Illinois (APS Stamp
Show). The stamps, designed by Derry Noyes of Washington, DC, go on sale
nationwide on August 25, 2006.
These stamps are the sixth in the American Treasures series that showcases beautiful works of American fine art and crafts. Art director Derry Noyes chose photographs of ten quilts created between circa 1940 and 2001, by African- American women in Gee's Bend, Alabama. Created for the practical purpose of keeping warm, the quilts of Gee's Bend are noted for their unexpected color combinations, bold patterns, and improvised designs. The variety of materials with which they are made - including old dresses and worn-out work clothes - also demonstrate great ingenuity. |
End Card | Black Ink on Cream Card. Click here for a scan. |
Note |
Individual Scott numbers are: • 4089 - 39¢ Housetop Variation, by Mary Lee Bendolph • 4090 - 39¢ Pig in a Pen Medallion, by Minnie Sue Coleman • 4091 - 39¢ Nine Patch, by Ruth P. Moseley • 4092 - 39¢ Housetop Four Block Half Log Cabin Variation, by Lottie Mooney • 4093 - 39¢ Roman Stripes Variation, by Loretta Pettway • 4094 - 39¢ Chinese Coins Variation, by Arlonzia Pettway • 4095 - 39¢ Blocks and Stripes, by Annie Mae Young • 4096 - 39¢ Medallion, by Loretta Pettway • 4097 - 39¢ Bars and String-pieced Columns, by Jessie T. Pettway • 4098 - 39¢ Medallion With Checkerboard Center, by Patty Ann Williams 4098a - Horizontal block of 10, #4089-4098 4098b - Double-sided convertible booklet of 20, 2 each #4089-4098 There are no descriptions on the Gee's Bend Quilt stamps. No. 4098a, from the side of the booklet with 12 stamps, is a block five stamps across by two stamps down. Nos. 4089 and 4094 are at the upper left and lower left sides of this block of ten, and also are the two remaining stamps on that side of the booklet. |
There are four philatelic products available for this stamp issue:
• Item 674563, First Day Covers (Set of 10) - $7.70.
• Item 674565, Digital Color Postmark Random Single - $1.50.
• Item 674568, Digital Color Postmark (Set of 10) - $15.00.
• Item 674599, Digital Color Postmark Keepsake - $9.30.
Stamp distribution offices (SDOs) will receive approximately one-third 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 August 18, 2006.
SDOs will not receive a separate quantity of Item 674500 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 674500 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 and Chicago APDs will each receive 720,000 additional booklets; the San Francisco and New York APDs will each receive 600,000 additional booklets; and the Denver APD will receive 200,000 additional booklets.
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