© 2009 USPS
On May 12, 2010, in Old Saybrook, Connecticut, the Postal Service™ will issue a 44-cent, Katharine Hepburn commemorative stamp in one design in a pressure-sensitive (PSA) pane of 20 stamps (Item 465000). The stamp, designed by Derry Noyes, Washington, DC, goes on sale nationwide May 12, 2010.
This issuance in the Legends of Hollywood series honors Katharine Hepburn, one of America’s most fascinating and enduring film stars. The stamp portrait is a publicity still from the film Woman of the Year (MGM, 1942). The photograper was Clarence S. Bull. The selvage image shows Hepburn as she appeared in the play West Side Waltz (photo by Steve Schapiro).
Customers have 60 days to obtain the first day of issue postmark by mail. They may purchase new stamps at their local Post Office™ facility, 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:
Katharine Hepburn Stamp
Postmaster
36 Main Street
Old Saybrook, CT 06475-9998
Issue:
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Katharine Hepburn
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Item Number:
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465000
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Denomination & Type of Issue:
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44-cent Commemoratve
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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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May 12, 2010, Old Saybrook, CT 06475
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Designer:
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Derry Noyes, Washington, DC
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Art Director:
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Derry Noyes, Washington, DC
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Typographer:
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Derry Noyes, Washington, DC
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Existing Photo:
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Clarence S. Bull
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Engraver:
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Trident
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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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50 million stamps
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Paper Type:
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Nonphosphored, Type III
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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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Black, PMS 444 (Gray)
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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./21.33 x 36.06 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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7.169 x 8.474 in./182.09 x 215.23 mm
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Plate Size:
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80 stamps per revolution
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Plate Numbers:
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“V” followed by two (2) single digits
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Marginal Markings
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Front:
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Header: “LEGENDS OF HOLLYWOOD” • “16TH IN A SERIES” top left hand corner of pane • Paragraph on Hepburn’s life • Plate numbers in four corners of pane
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Back:
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© 2009 USPS • USPS logo • Barcode “465000” in one corner of pane
• Price • Plate position diagram
• Three short paragraphs about Katharine Hepburn • Licensing and copyright information
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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 July 12, 2010.
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 six philatelic products available for this stamp issue:
n 465061*, First Day Cover, $0.82.
n 465062*, First Day Cover Full Pane, $11.30.
n 465065*, Digital Color Postmark, $1.50.
n 465084, Uncut Press Sheet, $35.20.
n 465091*, Ceremony Program, $6.95.
n 465099, Cancellation Keepsake, $10.95
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) and stamp distribution centers (SDCs) will receive approximately 25 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.
SDOs/SDCs 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 April 29, 2010.
Post Offices requiring additional quantities of Item 465000 must requisition them from their designated SDO/SDC using PS Form 17. SDOs requiring additional commemorative sheets must order them from the appropriate SDC using PS Form 17. For fulfilling supplemental orders from SDOs, the Kansas City, Dulles, Atlanta, and Binghamton SDCs will receive additional commemorative sheets.
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, 4-8-10
