© 2009 USPS
On April 11, 2011, in Washington, DC, the Postal Service™ will issue a 64-cent Wedding Cake definitive stamp in one design in a pressure-sensitive adhesive (PSA) pane of 20 stamps (Item 575800). The stamp, designed by Ethel Kessler, Bethesda, Maryland, will go on sale nationwide April 11, 2011.
The U.S. Postal Service® will reissue the Wedding Cake stamp, first introduced in 2009, as part of its Weddings series. This 2-ounce stamp features a photograph of a wedding cake taken by Renee Comet of Washington, DC. The photograph depicts a three-tier wedding cake topped with white flowers, their green stems and leaves a delightful contrast to the cake’s creamy white frosting. Pastry chef Peter Brett of Alexandria, Virginia, created and designed the cake.
Issue:
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Wedding Cake
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Item Number:
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575800
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Denomination & Type of Issue:
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64-cent Definitive (2-ounce)
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Format:
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Pane of 20 (1 design)
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Series:
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Weddings
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Issue Date & City:
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April 11, 2011, Washington, DC 20066 (No Ceremony)
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Designer:
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Ethel Kessler, Bethesda, MD
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Art Director:
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Ethel Kessler, Bethesda, MD
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Typographer:
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Ethel Kessler, Bethesda, MD
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Photographer:
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Renee Comet, Washington, DC
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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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75 million stamps
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Paper Type:
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Prephosphored, Type I
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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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Yellow, Magenta, Cyan, Black, PMS 874 (Bronze)
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Stamp Orientation:
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Vertical
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Image Area (w x h):
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0.77 x 1.05 in./19.56 x 26.67 mm
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Overall Size (w x h):
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0.91 x 1.19 in./23.11 x 30.23 mm
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Full Pane Size (w x h):
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5.5 x 5.75 in./139.7 x 146.05 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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“V” followed by five (5) single digits
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Marginal Markings:
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Front:
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© 2009 USPS • Price • Plate numbers in four corners of pane
• Plate position diagram
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Back:
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USPS logo • Barcode (575800) in 2 positions
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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:
Wedding Cake 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 11, 2011.
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 three philatelic products available for this stamp issue:
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 an automatic distribution quantity of Item 575800. Distributions are rounded up to the nearest master carton size of 40,000 stamps.
SDOs/SDCs will not make a subsequent automatic distribution to Post Offices for this item. Post Offices requiring quantities of Item 575800 must requisition them from their designated SDO/SDC using PS Form 17, Stamp Requisition/Stamp Return. SDOs/SDCs must not distribute this stamp to Post Offices before March 28, 2011.
— Stamp Services,
Government Relations and Public Policy, 3-10-11
