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On February 12, 2014, in Springfield, Illinois, the U.S. Postal Service® will issue a 21-cent Abraham Lincoln (second-ounce rate) definitive stamp, in one design in a pressure-sensitive adhesive (PSA) pane of 20 stamps (Item 116800) and a coil of 100 (Item 774400) produced by CCL Label Inc.
The stamp will go on sale nationwide February 12, 2014.
The Postal Service™ honors Abraham Lincoln with this new stamp issued at the second-ounce rate for envelopes and mailings that require additional postage. The stamp features a black-and-white photograph with a close-up view of the statue of Abraham Lincoln by sculptor Daniel Chester French that is housed inside the Lincoln Memorial in Washington, DC. The image is slightly cropped to showcase the President’s rugged facial features. Carol M. Highsmith took the original photograph. Art director Derry Noyes designed the stamp.
To learn more about the stories behind the stamps, visit http://uspsstamps.com.
Stamp Distribution Offices (SDOs) and Stamp Distribution Centers (SDCs) will receive their standard automatic distribution quantity for a PSA pane of 20 stamps. Distributions for panes are rounded up to the nearest master carton size of 40,000 stamps.
SDOs and SDCs will receive their standard automatic distribution quantity for coils of 100 stamps. Distributions for coils are rounded up to the nearest master carton size of 800 coils.
There will be no automatic distribution of these items to Post Offices™. Offices will be notified when these stamps are available to order through eBuy2.
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:
Abraham Lincoln Stamp
Postmaster
FDOI Postmark
2105 East Cook Street
Springfield, IL 62703-9998
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 up to a quantity of 50. For more than 50, customers have to pay five cents each. All orders must be postmarked by April 15, 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 are seven philatelic products available for the pane of 20:
n 116806, Press Sheet w/Die Cuts, $12.60 (print quantity of 1,000).
n 116808, Press Sheet w/o Die Cuts, $12.60 (print quantity of 1,000).
n 116810*, Keepsake (Pane and DCP Set), $6.95.
n 116816*, First-Day Cover (Lincoln and Patriotic Star), $1.14.
n 116821*, Digital Color Postmark (Lincoln and Patriotic Star), $1.85.
n 116831*, Stamp Deck Card, $0.95.
n 116832*, Stamp Deck Card w/DCP, $2.20.
There are two philatelic products available for the coil of 100:
n 774416*, First-Day Cover (Lincoln and Patriotic Star), $1.14.
n 774421*, Digital Color Postmark (Lincoln and Patriotic Star), $1.85.
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.
(Note: Technical details table will appear in the next Postal Bulletin.)
— Stamp Services,
Marketing and Sales, 1-23-14
