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39¢ Quilts of Gee's Bend
(Sennett Security Products)
Flat Double Sided Convertible Booklet of 20 (10 designs)
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: © 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.

Philatelic Products

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.

Distribution: Item 674500, $7.80 Quilts of Gee's Bend, PSA Double-Sided Booklet of 20 Stamps

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).

Initial Supply to Post Offices

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.

Philatelic Requirement

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.

Additional Supply

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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