On June 1, 2007, in McLean, Virginia (NAPEX Show), the Postal Service™ will issue an Okefenokee Swamp, Georgia/Florida 69-cent International Canada and Mexico letter rate stamp in one design in a pressure-sensitive adhesive (PSA) pane of 20 stamps (Item 570200). Designed by Ethel Kessler of Bethesda, Maryland, the stamp goes on sale nationwide June 1, 2007.
This international rate stamp in the Scenic American Landscapes series features a photograph of a pond in the Okefenokee Swamp, taken by José Azel of Lovell, Maine. Text on the stamp reads, “Okefenokee Swamp, Georgia/Florida.”
Issue:
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Okefenokee Swamp, Georgia/
Florida
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Item Number:
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570200
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Denomination &
Type of Issue:
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69-cent International Canada and
Mexico letter rate
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Format:
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Pane of 20 (1 design)
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Series:
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Scenic American Landscapes
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Issue Date & City:
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June 1, 2007, McLean, VA 22101
(NAPEX Show)
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Photographer:
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José Azel, Portland, ME
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Designer:
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Ethel Kessler, Bethesda, MD
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Engraver:
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N/A
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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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Modeler:
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Joseph Sheeran
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Manufacturing Process:
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Offset, Microprinting, “USPS”
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Printer:
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Ashton Potter (USA) Ltd. (APU)
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Printed at:
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Williamsville, NY
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Press Type:
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Mueller Martini, A 76
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Stamps per Pane:
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20
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Print Quantity:
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100 million stamps
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Paper Type:
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Prephosphored, Type II
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Adhesive Type:
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Pressure-sensitive
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Processed at:
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Ashton Potter (USA) Ltd.
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Colors:
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Black, Cyan, Magenta, Yellow,
PMS 877 (Silver)
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Stamp Orientation:
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Horizontal
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Image Area (w x h):
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1.42 x 0.84 in./36.068 x 21.336 mm
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Overall Size (w x h):
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1.56 x 0.98 in./39.624 x 24.892 mm
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Full Pane Size (w x h):
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7.24 x 5.95 in./183.896 x
151.13 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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“P” followed by five (5) single digits
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Marginal Markings:
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© 2007 USPS • Plate position
diagram • Price • 4 Plate
Numbers on front of pane
• 4 Barcodes “570200” on back
of pane
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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™, at The Postal Store® Web site 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:
Okefenokee Swamp, Georgia/Florida STAMP
POSTMASTER
6841 ELM ST
MCLEAN VA 22101-9998
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. All orders must be postmarked by July 31, 2007.
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
US POSTAL SERVICE
PO BOX 219014
KANSAS CITY MO 64121-9014
There is one philatelic product available for this stamp issue: Item 570261, First Day Cover, $1.07.
Stamp distribution offices (SDOs) will receive approximately 55 percent of their standard automatic distribution quantity for a PSA sheet stamp. Distributions are rounded up to the nearest master carton size (40,000 stamps).
SDOs will not make a subsequent automatic distribution to Post Offices. Post Offices requiring quantities of Item 570200 must order them from their designated SDO using a separate PS Form 17, Stamp Requisition/Stamp Return. SDOs must not distribute stamps to Post Offices before May 25, 2007.
Post Offices requiring additional stamps must requisition Item 570200 from their designated SDO using PS Form 17. SDOs requiring additional stamps must order them from the appropriate accountable paper depository (APD) using PS Form 17.
For fulfilling supplemental orders from SDOs, the Memphis, Chicago, New York, and San Francisco APDs will each receive 7,200,000 additional stamps; and the Denver APD will receive 2,400,000 additional stamps. The Kansas City Stamp Services Center will receive 24,000,000 additional stamps for fulfilling supplemental orders from APDs.
— Stamp Services,
Government Relations, 4-26-07
