© 2013 USPS
On February 14, 2014, in Little Rock, Arkansas, at the American Philatelic Society AmeriStamp Expo 2014, Statehouse Convention Center, the U.S. Postal Service® will issue Winter Flowers First-Class Mail® stamps (Forever® priced at 49 cents), in four designs in a pressure-sensitive adhesive (PSA) booklet of 20 stamps (Item 689100).
The stamps will go on sale nationwide February 14, 2014.
Winter Flowers celebrates plants that brighten our dark winter days. Each of these four stamps depicts a close-up view of one plant — Christmas cactus, amaryllis, cyclamen, and paper white — with detailed and colorful renderings of its blossom and foliage. Art director Ethel Kessler designed the Winter Flowers stamps, which feature art by William Low.
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 double-sided booklet of 20 stamps. Distributions for panes are rounded up to the nearest master carton size of 4,000 stamps.
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:
Winter Flowers Stamp
Little Rock Main Post Office
ATTN: Station Manager
600 East Capital Avenue
Little Rock, AR 72202-9998
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 19, 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 six philatelic products available for this stamp issue:
n 689106, Press Sheet w/Die Cuts, $78.40 (Print Quantity of 2,500).
n 689108, Press Sheet w/o Die Cuts, $78.40 (Print Quantity of 2,500).
n 689110*, Keepsake (Booklet and DCP Set of 4), $16.95.
n 689116*, First-Day Cover Set of 4, $3.72.
n 689121*, Digital Color Postmark Set of 4, $6.56.
n 689131*, Stamp Deck Card, $0.95.
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.
Issue:
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Winter Flowers Stamp
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Item Number:
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689100
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Denomination & Type of Issue:
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First-Class Mail Forever
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Format:
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Double-sided Booklet of 20 (4 designs)
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Series:
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N/A
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Issue Date & City:
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February 14, 2014, Little Rock, AR 72202 (APS AmeriStamp Expo 2014) (Field Event)
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Art Director:
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Ethel Kessler, Bethesda, MD
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Designer:
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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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Artist:
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William Low, Huntington, NY
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Modeler:
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Donald Woo
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Manufacturing Process:
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Offset/Microprint “USPS”
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Engraver:
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N/A
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Printer:
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Banknote Corporation of America
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Printed at:
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Browns Summit, NC
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Press Type:
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Alprinta, 74
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Stamps per Booklet:
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20
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Print Quantity:
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500 million stamps
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Paper Type:
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Phosphor Tagged, Overall
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Adhesive Type:
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Pressure-sensitive
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Processed at:
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Banknote Corporation of America, Browns Summit, NC
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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./19.55 x 26.67 mm
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Stamp Size (w x h):
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0.91 x 1.19 in./23.11 x 30.22 mm
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Full Booklet Size (w x h):
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5.74 x 2.38 in./145.80 x 60.45 mm
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Colors:
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Cyan, Magenta, Yellow, Black, Blue
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Plate Size:
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480 stamps per revolution
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Plate Numbers:
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“S” followed by five (5) single digits
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Marginal Markings:
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Front:
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Header: “WINTER FLOWERS” “Twenty First-Class Forever® Stamps” • Plate numbers in peel strip area
• © 2013 • USPS in peel strip area
• Barcode (015645689107)
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