On September 10, 2009, in Los Angeles, California, the Postal Service™ will issue a 44-cent, Gary Cooper commemorative stamp in one design in a pressure-sensitive adhesive (PSA) pane of 20 stamps (Item 463900). The stamp, designed by Phil Jordan, Falls Church, Virginia, goes on sale nationwide September 10, 2009.
With the 15th stamp in its Legends of Hollywood series, the U.S. Postal Service® honors Gary Cooper (1901–1961), a popular leading man from Hollywood’s “Golden Age.” For decades, Cooper was the all-American hero whose believable performances and strong, silent appeal brought him a lifetime of fame. Phil Jordan designed the stamp using a portrait by artist Kazuhiko Sano, Mill Valley, California, which was based on a black and white photograph of Gary Cooper taken by George Hurrell circa 1940. The selvage art, based on a still from High Noon © Melange Pictures LLC. All Rights Reserved., depicts Gary Cooper in his Academy Award–winning role as the courageous Marshall Will Kane.
Issue:
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Gary Cooper
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Item Number:
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463900
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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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Legends of Hollywood
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Issue Date & City:
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September 10, 2009,
Los Angeles, CA 90052
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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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Kazuhiko Sano, Mill Valley, CA
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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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Vertical
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Image Area (w x h):
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0.84 x 1.42 in./21.34 x 36.07 mm
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Overall Size (w x h):
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0.98 x 1.56 in./24.89 x 39.62 mm
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Full Pane Size (w x h):
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7.0 x 8.0 in./177.8 x 203.2 mm
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Plate Size:
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160 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 • Header: “LEGENDS
OF HOLLYWOOD” • Paragraph:
“Actor Gary Cooper…High Noon
(1952)” • Gary Cooper’s
signature • High Noon © 2008
Melange Pictures, LLC. All
Rights Reserved. Gary Cooper
licensed by 7 Bar 9 LLC, New
York, New York in salvage area
under stamp • Price • Plate
position diagram • Plate
numbers in two corners of pane
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Back:
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USPS logo • Barcode “463900”
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How to Order the 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™, 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:
The Gary Cooper Stamp
7001 South Central, Room 338
Los Angeles, CA 90052-9998
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 November 11, 2009.
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
U.S. Postal Service
PO Box 219014
Kansas City, MO 64121-9014
Philatelic Products
There are six philatelic products available for this stamp issue:
n 463961*, First Day Cover, $0.82.
n 463962*, First Day Cover Cancelled (Full Pane) $11.30.
n 463965*, Digital Color Postmark, $1.50.
n 463984*, Uncut Press Sheet, $70.40.
n 463991*, Ceremony Program, $6.95.
n 463999*, First Day Cover Digital Color Postmark and Pane of 20, $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.
Distribution: Item 463900, 44-cent Gary Cooper, PSA Pane of 20 Stamps
Stamp distribution offices (SDOs) will receive approximately 40–45 percent of their standard automatic distribution quantity for a PSA sheet stamp. Distributions are rounded up to the nearest master carton size of 40,000 stamps.
Initial Supply to Post Offices
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 sheet to Post Offices before September 2, 2009.
Additional Supply
Post Offices requiring additional stamps must requisition them 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.
For fulfilling supplemental orders from SDOs, the San Francisco, Memphis, New York, and Chicago APDs will receive additional stamps.
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 stamps using their normal ordering procedures.
— Stamp Services,
Government Relations and Public Policy, 7-30-09
