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| Scott # 4112a | Block of 4 |
| Scott # 4112b,c,d BK303 | Booklet of 20 with plate # S1111 on cover |
| Series | USPS - Holiday ~ PNC3 - Holiday |
| Issue Date & City | October 5, 2006, New York, NY 10199 (Mega Stamp Show) |
| Nationwide Sale | October 6, 2006 |
| Designer | Richard Sheaff, Scottsdale, AZ |
| Art Director | Richard Sheaff, Scottsdale, AZ |
| Typographer | Richard Sheaff, Scottsdale, AZ |
| Photographer | Kenneth Libbrecht, Pasadena, CA |
| Engraver | N/A |
| Modeler | Donald H. Woo |
| To Press / Initial Quantity | Summer 2006 / 100 million stamps |
| Booklet Size | 20 |
| Printer | Banknote Corporation of America, Inc. /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 I |
| Adhesive Type | Pressure Sensitive |
| Tagging Type | Prephosphored, Mottled Tagging |
| Die Cut Gauge | 11.3 x 10.8 (Valley/Peak) on 2 or 3 sides |
| Colors | Blue, Red (PMS-710), Green (PMS-7482), Black) |
| Image Size (w x h) | 0.710 x 0.820 in. / 18.03 x 20.83 mm |
| Overall Size (w x h) | 0.870 x 0.980 in. / 22.10 x 24.89 mm |
| Booklet Size (w x h) | 1.74 x 10.38 in. / 44.20 x 263.65 mm |
| Margin Markings | Cover Side: Stamp Image • "© 2005 USPS • Plate Numbers • "Snowflakes" • "Twenty 39 cent Self-adhesive Stamps" • "Four Different Designs" • Price "$7.80" • Barcode "675500" • Website address • Promotional text • USPS Logo |
| Earliest Known Use | October 5, 2006 |
| USPS Order Numbers |
675640 Vending
Booklet of 20 - $7.80 568663 First Day Cover - Set of 4 (from pane) - $3.08 568699 Cancellation Keepsake - (Pane w/4 FDC) $10.88 |
| Availability | Most Post Offices Nationwide |
| Official Announcement |
The Postal Service will issue 39-cent Holiday Snowflakes special stamps in four designs,
on October 5, 2006, in New York, New York (Mega Stamp Show). The stamps,
designed by Richard Sheaff of Scottsdale, Arizona, go on sale nationwide October
6, 2006.
In celebration of the winter holiday season, the Postal Service will produce these four stamps featuring photographs of snowflakes. The stamps are photographs of two basic snowflake patterns by physicist Kenneth Libbrecht of Pasadena, California. The patterns are stellar dendrites, which form branching treelike arms and sectored plates, which form platelike arms. Because fallen snowflakes start to melt and lose their shape in mere minutes, Libbrecht quickly transferred the snowflakes from cardboard to a glass slide using a paintbrush. He then snapped the photos inside a temperature-regulated enclosure using a digital camera attached to a high-resolution microscope. The stamps will be issued in a pressure-sensitive adhesive (PSA) pane of 20 stamps (Item 568600), a double- sided booklet of 20 stamps (Item 675600), a folded vending booklet of 20 stamps (Item 675500), and an ATM sheetlet of 18 stamps (Item 569400). |
| Press Release | Click here for the press release. |
| Note |
Individual Scott numbers are: • 4109 - thin pointed arms • 4110 - leafy arms • 4111 - large center • 4112 - wide pointed arms 4112a - block of 4, #4109-4112 4112b - booklet pane of 4, #4109-4112 4112c - booklet pane of 6, #4111-4112, two each 4109-4110 4112d - booklet pane of 6, #4109-4110, two each 4111-4112 |
Philatelic Products
There are two philatelic products available for this stamp issue:
• Item 568663, First Day Cover (Set of 4 from pane) - $3.08
• Item 568693, Cancellation Keepsake (Pane w/4 FDC) - $10.88.
Distribution: Items 675500 and 675511, $7.80 Holiday Snowflakes, PSA Folded Vending Book of 20 (For Vending Use Only)
SDOs will receive automatic distributions of the Holiday Snowflakes folded vending books of 20, both straight packaging (Item 675500) and crisscross packaging (Item 675511). 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 675500 and 675511 from their designated SDO using a separate PS Form 17, Stamp Requisition/Stamp Return. SDOs must not distribute stamps to Post Offices before September 29, 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 APD using PS Form 17.
For fulfilling supplemental orders from SDOs, APDs will receive additional quantities of the vendible straight books (Item 675500) and crisscross books (Item 675511).
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