On April 28, 2009, in Washington, DC, the Postal Service™ will reissue the Purple Heart definitive stamp with a 44-cent denomination. The stamp, designed by Carl T. Herrman of Carlsbad, California, goes on sale nationwide April 28, 2009.
This stamp was previously issued in the following formats:
n 2008, 42-cent pressure-sensitive adhesive (PSA) pane of 20 (Item 110100).
n 2008, 42-cent water-activated gum (WAG) sheet of 100 (Item 108800)
(Available only at Stamp Fulfillment Services, Kansas City, MO).
n 2007, 41-cent PSA pane of 20 (107400).
n 2006, 39-cent PSA pane of 20 (103900).
n 2003, 37-cent PSA pane of 20 (108900).
Customers have 60 days to obtain the first day of issue postmark by mail. They may purchase new stamps at their local Post Office™, at The Postal Store® website at www.usps.com/shop, or by calling 800-STAMP-24. They should affix the stamps to envelopes of their choice,
Issue:
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Purple Heart
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Item Number:
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113700
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Denomination &
Type of Issue:
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44-cent definitive
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Format:
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Pane of 20 (1 design)
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Series:
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N/A
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Issue Date & City:
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April 28, 2009,
Washington, DC 20066
(No Ceremony)
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Designer:
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Carl T. Herrman, Carlsbad, CA
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Art Director:
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Carl T. Herrman, Carlsbad, CA
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Typographer:
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Carl T. Herrman, Carlsbad, CA
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Photographer:
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Ira Wexler, Braddock, MD
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Modeler:
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Joseph Sheeran
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Manufacturing Process:
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Offset/Microprint “USPS”
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Printer:
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Ashton Potter (USA) Ltd. (APU)
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Printed at:
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Williamsville, NY
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Press Type:
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Stevens, Vari-size Security Press
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Stamps per Pane:
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20
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Print Quantity:
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500 million stamps
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Paper Type:
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Prephosphored, Type II
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Adhesive Type:
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Pressure-sensitive
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Processed at:
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Ashton Potter (USA) Ltd.
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Colors:
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Black, Cyan, Magenta, Yellow
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Stamp Orientation:
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Vertical
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Image Area (w x h):
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0.73 x 0.84 in./18.54 x 21.34 mm
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Overall Size (w x h):
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0.87 x 0.98 in./22.10 x 24.89 mm
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Full Pane Size (w x h):
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5.35 x 4.93 in./135.89 x 125.22 mm
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Plate Size:
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240 stamps per revolution
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Plate Numbers:
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P followed by four (4) single digits
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Marginal Markings:
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Front:
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© 2003 USPS • Price • Plate
numbers • Header: “Purple
Heart The Medal for the Combat
Wounded” • Plate position
diagram
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Back:
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USPS logo • Barcodes (113700) in
four positions
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address the envelopes (to themselves or others), and place them in a larger envelope addressed to:
Purple Heart Stamp
Special Cancellations
PO Box 92282
Washington, DC 20090-2282
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 June 30, 2009.
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
U.S. Postal Service
PO Box 219014
Kansas City, MO 64121-9014
There are two philatelic products available for this stamp issue:
n 123761 *First Day Cover, $0.82.
n 123793 *Cancellation Keepsake (First Day Cover With Full Pane), $9.62.
Items with an asterisk (*) will use the 128 barcode from Stamp Fulfillment Services. All other philatelic products will continue to use barcode series A, with the exception of the Yearbook and the Guide Book.
Stamp distribution offices (SDOs) will receive approximately 250 percent of their standard automatic distribution quantity for a PSA sheet stamp. Distributions will be in multiple waves.
Wave 1 shipments, which began February 24, 2009, will be complete by April 23, 2009. The Wave 2 shipment will be determined at a later date. Distributions are rounded up to the nearest master carton size (40,000 stamps).
SDOs will make a subsequent automatic distribution to Post Offices of their full standard automatic distribution quantity using PS Form 17, Stamp Requisition/Stamp Return. SDOs must not distribute stamps to Post Offices before April 21, 2009.
Post Offices requiring additional stamps must requisition Item 113700 from their designated SDO using PS Form 17. SDOs requiring additional stamps must order them from the appropriate accountable paper depository (APD) using PS Form 17.
Following the automatic distribution to SDOs, New York, Chicago, San Francisco, and Memphis APDs will each receive additional stamps for fulfilling supplemental orders from the SDOs. The Kansas City Stamp Services Center will receive additional stamps for fulfilling supplemental orders from APDs.
— Stamp Services,
Government Relations, 3-26-09
