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41¢ American Flag
(Sennett Security Products)
Double Sided Convertible Booklet of 20
Scott # 4191a Plate # S11111
Series USPS - NA ~ PNC3 - Flag / Patriotic
Issue Date & City August 15, 2007, Washington, DC 20066 (No First Day of Issue Ceremony)
Nationwide Sale August 15, 2007                                         
Designer Richard Sheaff, Scottsdale, AZ
Art Director Richard Sheaff, Scottsdale, AZ
Typographer Richard Sheaff, Scottsdale, AZ
Modeler Donald Woo
Engraver N/A
To Press / Initial Quantity Spring 2007 / 750 Million stamps
Booklet Size 20 stamps
Printer Sennett Security Products / Banknote Corporation of America, Inc.
Press Muller Martini, Alprinta, 74
Process Offset / Microprinting - USPS at top left side of flagpole
Where Printed Browns Summit, NC
Where Processed Unique Binders, Fredericksburg, VA
Plate Size & Interval 504 stamps per revolution
Paper Type Prephosphored, type II
Adhesive Type Pressure Sensitive
Tagging Type Prephosphored, Mottled Tagging
Die Cut Gauge Serpentine Die Cuts - 11.2 x 10.9 on two or three sides
Colors PMS 468 (Beige), Black, PMS 280 (Blue), PMS 193 (Red), PMS 542 (Light Blue)
Image Size (w x h) 0.71 x 0.82 in. / 18.03 x 20.83 mm
Overall Size (w x h) 0.87 x 0.98 in. / 22.10 x 24.89 mm
Booklet Size (w x h) 1.74 x 6.21 in. / 44.20 x 157.73 mm
Margin Markings Stamp Side: © 2007 USPS  • Plate numbers S11111
Cover Side: Barcode (677500) • Stamp image • “Twenty 41¢ American Flag Self-Adhesive Stamps $8.20”

Earliest Known Use August 15, 2007
USPS Order Numbers 677540 Full Booklet of 20 - $8.20
677561 First Day Cover - $0.79
Availability  
Official Announcement

On August 15, 2007, in Washington, DC, the Postal Service™ will issue a 41-cent, definitive stamp, American Flag (2007).The stamp will be available in the following formats:

  • Pressure-sensitive adhesive (PSA) double sided booklet of 20 (Item 677500).
  • PSA booklet of 10 (Item 677000).
  • PSA coil of 100 (Item 784800).
  • PSA coil of 3,000 (Item 784900).
  • PSA coil of 10,000 (Item 785800).

The stamp, designed by Richard Sheaff of Scottsdale, Arizona, goes on sale nationwide August 15, 2007.

Varieties  
Note  2007 date is at the bottom inside of the flagpole.
Note  

How to Order First Day of Issue Postmark

Customers have 60 days to obtain the first day of issue postmark by mail. They may purchase new stamps at their local Post Office™, or at The Postal Store® Web site at www.usps.com/shop, or by calling 800-STAMP-24. They should affix the stamps to envelopes of their choice, address the envelopes (to themselves or others), and place them in a larger envelope addressed to:

AMERICAN FLAG 2007 STAMP
POSTMASTER
SPECIAL CANCELLATIONS
PO BOX 92282
WASHINGTON DC 20090-9998

After applying the first day of issue postmark, the Postal Service will return the envelopes through the mail. There is no charge for the postmark. All orders must be postmarked by October 14, 2007.

How to Order First Day Covers

Stamp Fulfillment Services also offers first day covers for new stamp issues and Postal Service stationery items postmarked with the official first day of issue cancellation. Each item has an individual catalog number and is offered in the quarterly USA Philatelic catalog. Customers may request a free catalog by calling 800-STAMP-24 or writing to:

INFORMATION FULFILLMENT
DEPT 6270
US POSTAL SERVICE
PO BOX 219014
KANSAS CITY MO 64121-9014

Philatelic Products

There are three philatelic products available for this stamp issue:

  • Item 677061, First Day Cover, $0.79.

  • Item 784861, First Day Cover, $0.79.

  • Item 784961, First Day Cover, $0.79

Distribution: Item 677500, $8.20 American Flag, PSA Double-Sided Booklet of 20

Initially, SDOs will receive approximately 54 percent of their standard automatic distribution quantity for a PSA booklet. Distributions will be in multiple waves. Wave 1 shipments, which began July 16, 2007, will be completed by August 16, 2007. Wave 2 shipments, which begin September 3, 2007, will be completed by September 21, 2007. Distributions are rounded up to nearest master carton size (4,000 booklets).

Initial Supply to Post Offices

From the Wave 1 shipments received by SDOs, a subsequent automatic distribution will be made to Post Offices for one-fourth their standard automatic distribution quantities using PS Form 17. SDOs must not distribute booklets to Post Offices before August 9, 2007.

Additional Supply

Post Offices requiring additional booklets must requisition Item 677500 from their designated SDO using PS Form 17. SDOs requiring additional booklets must order them from the appropriate APD using PS Form 17.

Following the completion of the Wave 2 shipments to SDOs, the Memphis, Chicago, New York, and San Francisco APDs will each receive 384,000 additional booklets; and the Denver APD will receive 192,000 additional booklets for fulfilling supplemental orders from SDOs.

Additional quantities of this definitive stamp booklet will also be made available to SDOs via future automatic distributions, shipped directly from the supplier to the SDOs.

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