On August 21, 2009, in Honolulu, Hawai’i, the Postal Service™ will issue a 44-cent, Hawai’i Statehood commemorative stamp in one design in a pressure-sensitive adhesive (PSA) pane of 20 stamps (Item 464200). The stamp, designed by Phil Jordan of Falls Church, Virginia, will go on sale nationwide August 21, 2009.
The U.S. Postal Service® commemorates the 50th anniversary of Hawai’i’s statehood with the release of this 2009 stamp. Artist and historian Herb Kawainui Kane of Captain Cook, Hawai’i, who has dedicated much of his life to studying Hawaiian culture and history, created the painting on the stamp. In the art, a surfer rides a wave on a longboard, a popular choice among surfers for centuries. Next to him, two people paddle an outrigger canoe to shore.
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, address the envelopes (to themselves or others), and place them in a larger envelope addressed to:
Hawai’i Statehood Stamp
Special Cancellations
Marketing Department
3600 Aolele Street
Honolulu, HI 96829-9661
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 22, 2009.
Issue:
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Hawai’i Statehood
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Item Number:
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464200
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Denomination & Type of Issue:
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44-cent Commemorative
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Format:
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Pane of 20 (1 design)
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Series:
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Statehood
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Issue Date & City:
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August 21, 2009, Honolulu, HI 96820
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Designer:
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Phil Jordan, Falls Church, VA
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Art Director:
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Phil Jordan, Falls Church, VA
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Typographer:
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Phil Jordan, Falls Church, VA
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Artist:
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Herb Kawainui Kane, Captain Cook, HI
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Engraver:
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Keating Gravure
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Modeler:
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Avery Dennison, SPD
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Manufacturing Process:
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Gravure
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Printer:
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Avery Dennison (AVR)
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Printed at:
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Clinton, SC
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Press Type:
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Dia Nippon Kiko (DNK)
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Stamps per Pane:
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20
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Print Quantity:
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40 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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AVR, Clinton, SC
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Colors:
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Cyan, Magenta, Yellow, Black
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Stamp Orientation:
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Horizontal
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Image Area (w x h):
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1.420 x .84 in./36.07 x 21.34 mm
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Overall Size (w x h):
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1.56 x .99 in./39.62 x 25.15 mm
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Full Pane Size (w x h):
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7.25 x 5.85 in./184.15 x 148.59 mm
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Plate Size:
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200 stamps per revolution
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Plate Numbers:
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“V” followed by four (4) single digits
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Marginal Markings
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Front:
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© 2008 USPS • Price • Plate position diagram • Plate numbers in four corners of pane
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Back:
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USPS logo • Barcode “464200” in two corners of pane
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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 four philatelic products available for this stamp issue:
n 464261*, First Day Cover, $0.82.
n 464265*, Digital Color Postmark, $1.50.
n 464291*, Ceremony Program, $6.95.
n 464299*, First Day Cover Keepsake Full Pane w/Digital Color Postmark, $10.30.
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 30–35 percent of their standard automatic distribution quantity for a PSA pane stamp. Distributions are rounded up to the nearest master carton size of 40,000 stamps.
SDOs will make a subsequent automatic distribution to Post Offices of 25 percent of their standard automatic distribution quantity using PS Form 17, Stamp Requisition/Stamp Return. SDOs must not distribute this commemorative pane to Post Offices before August 14, 2009.
Post Offices requiring additional commemorative panes must requisition them from their designated SDO using PS Form 17. SDOs requiring additional commemorative panes must order them from the appropriate accountable paper depository (APD) using PS Form 17.
For fulfilling supplemental orders from SDOs, the San Francisco, Memphis, New York, and Chicago APDs will receive additional commemorative panes. The Kansas City Stamp Services Center will receive additional commemorative panes to support APDs.
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.
— Stamp Services,
Government Relations and Public Policy, 7-16-09
