© 2013 USPS
On March 17, 2014, in Liberty, Missouri, the U.S. Postal Service® will issue A Flag for All Seasons First-Class Mail® stamps (Forever® priced at 49 cents), in four designs, in a pressure-sensitive adhesive (PSA) booklet of 20 stamps (Item 688400).
A Flag for All Seasons, first introduced in 2013, features four different stamp designs. Each stamp shows an American flag, viewed from below, flying from a pole at full staff against a background of trees that evoke one of the four seasons of the year. Artist Laura Stutzman worked with art director and stamp designer Phil Jordan on this stamp art.
To learn more about the stories behind the stamps, visit http://uspsstamps.com.
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:
A Flag for All Seasons Stamp
Cancellation Unit
PO Box 449992
Kansas City, MO 64144-9992
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 May 16, 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 for this stamp issue:
n 688418*, First-Day Cover set of 4, $3.72
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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A Flag for All Seasons Stamp
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Item Number:
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688400
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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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March 17, 2014, Liberty, MO 64068
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Art Director:
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Phil Jordan
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Designer:
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Phil Jordan
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Typographer:
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Phil Jordan
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Artist:
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Laura Stutzman
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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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2.2 billion stamps
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Paper Type:
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Phosphor Type II
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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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0.71 x 0.82 in./18.03 x 20.82 mm
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Stamp Size (w x h):
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0.87 x 0.98 in./22.10 x 24.89 mm
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Full Booklet Size (w x h):
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5.52 x 1.96 in./140.21 x 49.78 mm
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Colors:
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Cyan, Magenta, Yellow, Black
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Plate Size:
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576 stamps per revolution
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Plate Numbers:
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“S” followed by four (4) single digits
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Marginal Markings:
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© 2013 • USPS in peel strip area
• Plate numbers in peel strip area
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— Stamp Services,
Marketing and Sales, 3-20-14
