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| Scott # 4122a | Plate # V1111 | ||||||
| Series | USPS - Love ~ PNC3 - Love | ||||||
| Issue Date & City | January 13, 2007, Hershey, PA 17033 | ||||||
| Nationwide Sale | January 13, 2007 | ||||||
| Designer | Derry Noyes, Washington, DC | ||||||
| Art Director | Derry Noyes, Washington, DC | ||||||
| Typographer | Derry Noyes, Washington, DC | ||||||
| Artist | José Ortega, Ontario, Canada | ||||||
| Engraver | WRE / ColorTech | ||||||
| Modeler | Avery Dennison, Security Printing Division | ||||||
| To Press / Initial Quantity | Winter 2006 / 300 Million stamps | ||||||
| Booklet Size | 20 | ||||||
| Printer | Avery Dennison, (AVR) | ||||||
| Press | Dia Nippon Kiko (DNK) | ||||||
| Process | Gravure | ||||||
| Where Printed | AVR, Clinton, SC | ||||||
| Where Processed | AVR, Clinton, SC | ||||||
| Plate Size & Interval | 420 stamps per revolution | ||||||
| Paper Type | Nonphosphored, USPS Type III | ||||||
| Adhesive Type | Pressure Sensitive | ||||||
| Tagging Type | Solid Tagging | ||||||
| Die Cut Gauge | 10.7 x 10.9 Peak/Valley or Valley/Peak on 2, 3 or 4 sides | ||||||
| Colors | Yellow, Magenta, Cyan, Black | ||||||
| Image Size (w x h) | 0.770 x 1.050 in. / 19.558 x 26.67 mm | ||||||
| Overall Size (w x h) | 0.910 x 1.190 in. / 23.114 x 30.226 mm | ||||||
| Booklet Size (w x h) | 4.55 x 5.00 in. / 115.57 x 127.00 mm | ||||||
| Margin Markings | Cover Side: ©2006 USPS • Plate numbers • $7.80 • USPS logo • Promotional text • "HERSHEY'S, KISSES, the plume and the product configuration are registered trademarks used with permission from The Hershey Company" • Barcode 676700 • "Love KISSES" • Stamp image • "Twenty 39 Self-adhesive Stamps" | ||||||
| Earliest Known Use | January 13, 2007 | ||||||
| USPS Order Numbers |
676740 Convertible
Booklet of 20 - $7.80
676761
First Day Cover - $0.77 676765 Digital Color Postmark - $1.50 676793 First Day Cover Keepsake - $8.57 676799 Digital Color Postmark Keepsake - $9.30 |
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| Availability | Most Post Offices | ||||||
| Official Announcement |
The Postal ServiceTM will issue a 39-cent With Love and Kisses special stamp in one design in a pressure-sensitive adhesive (PSA) convertible booklet of 20 (Item 676700), on January 13, 2007, in Hershey, Pennsylvania. The stamp, designed by Derry Noyes of Washington, DC, also goes on sale nationwide January 13, 2007. The stamp features a silver Hershey's Kisses chocolate on a deep red background. The shape of the Kisses chocolate mirrors the form of the passionate red heart that rises behind it. Written on the heart is "Love" while "Kisses" appears on the plume that extends from the top of the chocolate treat. The stamp also commemorates the 100th anniversary of Hershey's Kisses in 2007. Note |
Horizontal Die cuts on the top block of ten stamps are peak/valley, while
the die cuts on the bottom block of ten stamps are valley/peak. Click
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Press Release |
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End Card |
Black ink on Cream colored card. Click
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Philatelic Products
There are five philatelic products available for this stamp issue.
• Item 676740: Booklet Pane of 20 - $7.80.
• Item 676761: First Day Cover - $.0.77.
• Item 676765: Digital Color Postmark CNC Cover - $1.50.
• Item 676793: First Day Cover Keepsake - $8.57.
• Item 676799: Digital Color Postmark Keepsake - $9.30.
Distribution: Item 676700, 39-cent With Love and Kisses, PSA Convertible Booklet of 20
Stamp distribution offices (SDOs) will receive approximately 25 percent of 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 January 4, 2007.
Additional Supply
Post Offices requiring additional booklets must requisition Item 676700 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 New York APDs will each receive 440,000 additional booklets; the San Francisco and Chicago APDs will each receive 400,000 additional booklets; and the Denver APD will receive 140,000 additional booklets.
Sales Policy
All Post Offices must acquire and maintain a supply of each new commemorative stamp as long as customer demand exists, until inventory is depleted, or until the stamp is officially withdrawn from sale. If supplies run low, Post Offices must reorder additional quantities using their normal ordering procedures.
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