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On January 2, 2014, in Kansas City, Missouri, the U.S. Postal Service® will reissue the Chippendale Chair 4-cent definitive stamp in one design in a water-activated gum (WAG) coil of 10,000 stamps (Item 785600).
The stamps will go on sale nationwide January 2, 2014.
Chippendale Chair, the fourth stamp in the American Design series, will be reissued by the U.S. Postal Service in 2014. First issued on March 5, 2004, this 4-cent definitive stamp features a stylized treatment of a Chippendale chair made in Philadelphia between 1760 and 1765. The artist, the late Lou Nolan, based his design on a Chippendale side chair, or chair without arms. The colors he used for the wood and seat cover give the stamp design a contemporary feel. Derry Noyes was the art director.
To learn more about the stories behind the stamps, visit http://uspsstamps.com
Stamp distribution centers (SDCs) will receive their normal automatic distribution quantity of Chippendale Chair stamps. Distributions are rounded up to the nearest master carton size of 10 coils.
SDOs/SDCs will NOT make an automatic distribution to Post Offices™. Post Offices requiring these items must requisition them from the eBuy2 SEAM Catalog or via Touchtone ordering. Post Offices should not sell the stamp prior to first-day-of-issue.
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 http://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:
Chippendale Chair Stamp
Cancellation Services
8300 NE Underground Drive, Pillar 210
Kansas City, MO 64144-0001
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 up to a quantity of 50. For more than 50, customers have to pay five cents each. All orders must be postmarked by March 2, 2014.
The Postal Service 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, online at http://usps.com/shop, or by calling 800-782-6724. Customers may request a free catalog by calling 800-782-6724 or writing to:
U.S. Postal Service
Catalog Request
PO Box 219014
Kansas City, MO 64121-9014
There is one philatelic product available for this stamp issue:
n 705616*, First-Day Cover (Chair & Patriotic Star), $0.94.
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.
Issue:
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Chippendale Chair Stamp
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Item Number:
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785600
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Denomination & Type of Issue:
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4-cent Definitive
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Format:
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Coil of 10,000 (1 design)
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Series:
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American Design
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Issue Date & City:
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January 2, 2014, Kansas City, MO 64108 (No Ceremony)
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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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Artist:
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Lou Nolan
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Modeler:
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Joseph Sheeran
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Manufacturing Process:
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Gravure
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Engraver:
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N/A
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Printer:
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Ashton Potter/Guilford Gravure
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Printed at:
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Williamsville, NY
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Press Type:
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Cerutti, 118
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Stamps per Coil:
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10,000
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Print Quantity:
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100 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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Water-activated
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Processed at:
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Ashton Potter/Guilford Gravure, Williamsville, NY
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Stamp Orientation:
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Vertical
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Image Area (w x h):
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0.708 x 0.84 in./17.98 x 21.37 mm
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Overall Size (w x h):
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0.87x 0.98 in./22.10 x 24.89 mm
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Colors:
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PMS 476 (Brown), PMS 477 (Brown), PMS 7407 (Yellow), PMS 172 (Orange)
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Plate Size:
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432 stamps per revolution
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Plate Numbers:
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“P” followed by four (4) single digits
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Plate Number Frequency:
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Plate block number on 1st stamp of the form below stamp
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Coil Back Number Frequency:
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N/A
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Marginal Markings:
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N/A
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— Stamp Services,
Marketing and Sales, 12-26-13
