On June 21, 2007, in Westport, Washington, the Postal Service™ will issue 41-cent, Pacific Lighthouses commemorative stamps in five designs. Designed by Howard E. Paine of Delaplane, Virginia, the stamps go on sale nationwide June 21, 2007.
The Postal Service will issue the Pacific Lighthouses stamps in a pressure-sensitive adhesive (PSA) pane of 20 (Item 461200) and a booklet of 20 stamped postal cards (Item 895900).
The 2007 issuance of the Pacific Lighthouses stamps features artwork by artist Howard Koslow of Toms River, New Jersey, of the following five Pacific lighthouses:
Each stamp features an original acrylic painting by Koslow based on recent photographs of the lighthouses.
Customers have 60 days to obtain the first day of issue postmark by mail. They may purchase new stamps at their local Post Office™, or 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:
(Information not available at press time.)
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 August 20, 2007.
Issue:
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Pacific Lighthouses
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Item Number:
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461200
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Denomination &
Type of Issue:
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41-cent Commemorative
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Format:
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Pane of 20 (5 designs)
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Series:
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N/A
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Issue Date & City:
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June 21, 2007, Westport, WA 98595
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Designer:
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Howard E. Paine, Delaplane, VA
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Artist:
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Howard Koslow, Toms River, NJ
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Art Director:
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Howard E. Paine, Delaplane, VA
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Typographer:
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John MacDonald, Silver Spring, MD
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Engraver:
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WRE ColorTech
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Modeler:
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Avery Dennison, SPD
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Manufacturing Process:
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Gravure
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Printer:
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Avery Dennison (AVR)
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Printed at:
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AVR, Clinton, SC
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Press Type:
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Dia Nippon Kiko (DNK)
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Stamps per Pane:
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20
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Print Quantity:
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175 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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Pressure-sensitive
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Processed at:
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AVR, Clinton, SC
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Colors:
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Yellow, Magenta, Cyan, Black,
PMS 3155 (Aqua)
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Stamp Orientation:
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Vertical
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Image Area (w x h):
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0.85 x 1.420 in./21.590 x 36.068 mm
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Overall Size (w x h):
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0.99 x 1.56 in./25.146 x 39.624 mm
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Full Pane Size (w x h):
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7.5 x 5.85 in./190.50 x 148.59 mm
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Plate Size:
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200 stamps per revolution
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Plate Numbers:
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“V” followed by five (5) single digits
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Marginal Markings:
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Front:
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“© 2006 USPS” • Price “.41 x
20=$8.20” • Plate position
diagram • “Pacific Lighthouses
FOURTH IN A SERIES” • Plate
numbers in four corners of pane.
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Back:
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Barcodes “461200” in two corners
of pane • five descriptive
paragraphs of five different
lighthouses that appear on the
stamps • USPS Logo
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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 are 7 philatelic products available for this stamp issue:
- Item 461266 (895900 and 01), Stamped Postal Cards, $12.95.
- Item 461299, Cancellation Keepsake (Five Digital Color Postmarks with pane), $15.70.
- Item 461288, Souvenir Booklet and Print Set, $18.95.
- Item 461268, Digital Color Postmark Set of Five, $7.50.
- Item 461263, First Day Cover Set of five Black Cancellations $3.95.
- Item 461293, Cancellation Keepsake (Five First Day Covers with pane) $12.15.
- Item 461291, Ceremony Program, $6.95.
Stamp distribution offices (SDOs) will receive approximately 200 percent of their full standard automatic distribution quantity for a PSA sheet stamp. Distributions are rounded up to the nearest master carton size (40,000 stamps).
SDOs will make a subsequent automatic distribution to Post Offices of their full standard automatic distribution quantity using PS Form 17, Stamp Requisition/Stamp Return. SDOs must not distribute stamps to Post Offices before June 15, 2007.
Post Offices requiring additional stamps must requisition Item 461200 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 San Francisco APD will receive 4,800,000 additional stamps; the Chicago, Memphis, and New York APDs will each receive 3,760,000 additional stamps; and the Denver APD will receive 1,280,000 additional stamps.
Issue:
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Pacific Lighthouses
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Item Number:
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895900
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Denomination &
Type of Issue:
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26-cent stamped postal cards
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Format:
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$12.95 stamped postal card booklet
of 20 (5 designs)
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Series:
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N/A
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Issue Date & City:
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June 21, 2007, Westport, WA 98595
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Designer:
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Howard E. Paine, Delaplane, VA
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Artist:
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Howard Koslow, Toms River, NJ
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Art Director:
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Howard E. Paine, Delaplane, VA
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Typographer:
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John MacDonald, Silver Spring, MD
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Modeler:
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Donald Woo
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Manufacturing Process:
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Offset
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Printer:
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Sennett Security Products/
Banknote Corporation of
America, Inc. (SSP/BCA)
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Printed at:
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Browns Summit, NC
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Press Type:
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Man Roland, 300
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Sheets per Booklet:
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20
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Print Quantity:
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600,000 cards
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Paper Type:
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CS1 (phosphor tagged)
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Stamp Orientation:
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Vertical
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Card Size (w x h):
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4.25 x 6.75 in./107.95 x 171.45 mm
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Plate Size:
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18 cards per revolution
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Plate Numbers:
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N/A
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Marginal/Backside Markings:
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Front:
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N/A
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Back:
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© 2007 USPS • Descriptive
paragraph • Image of individual
lighthouse with map location
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Booklet Covers:
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Front:
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Header “Pacific LIGHTHOUSES”
• Background stamp image art
• Stamp image • “STAMPED
POSTAL CARDS” • “STAMPED
CARDS/20” • Price “$12.95”
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Back:
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Card images • “20 stamped
POSTAL CARDS” • ”2007 USPS
• USPS Logo • Barcode
“895900” • Informative
paragraph • “Item No. 895900”
• Price “$12.95” AIC 092
• Package Not Suitable for
Philatelic Archiving”
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All Post Offices must acquire and maintain a supply of each new commemorative stamp as long as customer demand exists, until inventory is depleted, or until the stamp is officially withdrawn from sale. If supplies run low, Post Offices must reorder additional quantities using their normal ordering procedures.
— Stamp Services,
Government Relations, 5-24-07
