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Scott # 4156d | Plate # P1111 | ||
Series | USPS - N/A ~ PNC3 - Flora and Fauna | ||
Issue Date & City | June 29, 2007, Washington, DC 20066 | ||
Nationwide Sale | June 29, 2007 | ||
Designer | Steve Buchanan, Winsted, CT | ||
Art Director | Richard Sheaff, Scottsdale, AZ | ||
Typographer | Richard Sheaff, Scottsdale, AZ | ||
Photographer | Richard Sheaff, Scottsdale, AZ | ||
Modeler | Joseph Sheeran | ||
To Press / Initial Quantity | Spring 2007 / 700 Million stamps | ||
Booklet Size | 20 | ||
Printer | Ashton Potter (USA) Ltd. (APU) | ||
Press | Muller Martini, A76 | ||
Process | Offset | ||
Where Printed | Williamsville, NY | ||
Where Processed | Ashton Potter (USA) Ltd. | ||
Plate Size & Interval | 384 stamps per revolution / | ||
Paper Type | Prephosphored, USPS Type I | ||
Adhesive Type | Pressure Sensitive | ||
Tagging Type | Prephosphored, Solid Tagging | ||
Die Cut Gauge | Serpentine Die Cuts - 10.8 on 2 or 3 sides | ||
Colors | Cyan, Magenta, Yellow, Black, PMS 485 (Red) | ||
Image Size (w x h) | 1.42 x 0.84 in. / 36.068 x 21.336 mm | ||
Overall Size (w x h) | 1.56 x 0.98 in. / 39.624 x 24.892 mm | ||
Booklet Size (w x h) | 3.12 x 6.18 in. / 79.248 x 156.972 mm | ||
Margin Markings | Cover Side: © 2006 USPS • Plate numbers • Barcode “676800” • “Pollination • Partial stamp image • “Four different designs” • “Twenty 41¢ Self-adhesive Stamps” • Price “$8.20” | ||
Earliest Known Use | June 29, 2007 | ||
USPS Order Numbers | 676840
Convertible Booklet of 20 -
$8.20 676863 First Day Cover - Set of 4 - $3.16 |
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Availability | |||
Official Announcement |
On June 29, 2007, in Washington, DC, the Postal Service™ will issue 41-cent Pollination commemorative stamps in four designs (Item 676800), in a pressure-sensitive adhesive (PSA) double-sided booklet of 20 stamps. Designed by Steve Buchanan of Winsted, Connecticut, the stamps go on sale nationwide June 29, 2007. Buchanan created an intricate graphic scheme that emphasizes the ecological relationship between pollinators and plants, and also hints at the biodiversity necessary to ensure the future viability of that relationship. To that end, the four different stamp designs are arranged in two alternate blocks that fit together like interlocking puzzles. In one block, the pollinators form a central starburst; in the other block, the flowers are arranged in the center. |
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Variety | |||
End Card |
Black ink on
cream card. Click here for a scan.Note on Scott Numbers |
4153
- 41¢ Pollination booklet stamp – Purple nightshade and Morrison's bumblebee,
Type I, straight edge at left
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a. Type II, straight edge at right 4154 - 41¢ Pollination booklet stamp – Hummingbird trumpet and Calliope hummingbird, Type I, straight edge at right a. Type II, straight edge at left 4155 - 41¢ Pollination booklet stamp – Saguaro and Lesser long-nosed bat, Type I, straight edge at left a. Type II, straight edge at right 4156 - 41¢ Pollination booklet stamp – Prairie ironweed and Southern dogface butterfly, Type I, straight edge at right a. Type II, straight edge at left b. Block of 4, #4153-4156 c. Block of 4, #4153a-4156a d. Booklet pane of 20, 3 each #4153-4156, 2 each #4153a-4156a On Nos. 4153-4156, there are slight design differences between Types I and II noted in the listing, but the simplest way to distinguish the stamps is by the placement of the straight edge. |
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:
POLLINATION STAMPS
POSTMASTER
SPECIAL CANCELLATIONS
WASHINGTON DC 20066-9998
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 August 28, 2007.
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
There are six philatelic products available for this stamp issue:
Stamp distribution offices (SDOs) will receive approximately 50 percent of their standard automatic distribution quantity for a PSA booklet. Distributions will be in multiple waves. Wave one shipments, which began April 10, 2007, were completed May 17, 2007. Wave two shipments, which begin June 6, 2007, will be completed by June 28, 2007. Distributions are rounded up to nearest master carton size (4,000 booklets).
From the initial shipments of Item 676800 received by SDOs, subsequent automatic distribution will be made to Post Offices for a minimum of one-fourth their standard automatic distribution quantities using PS Form 17, Stamp Requisition/Stamp Return. SDOs must not distribute booklets to Post Offices before June 22, 2007.
Post Offices requiring additional Item 676800 must requisition them 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.
Following the completion of the Wave two shipments to SDOs, the Memphis, Chicago, New York, and San Francisco APDs will each receive 448,000 additional booklets. The Denver APD will receive 160,000 additional booklets for fulfilling supplemental orders from SDOs.
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