On August 9, 2007, in Portland, Oregon, the Postal Service™ will issue a 41-cent, Louis Comfort Tiffany commemorative stamp in one design in a pressure-sensitive adhesive (PSA) double-sided booklet of 20 (Item 676900). Designed by Derry Noyes of Washington, DC, the stamp goes on sale nationwide August 9, 2007.
For this seventh issuance in the American Treasures stamp series, art director Derry Noyes of Washington, DC, chose the image of a memorial window designed by Louis Comfort Tiffany (American, 1848–1933). The window is Magnolias and Irises, ca. 1908, made by Tiffany Studios (1902–1938). The leaded Favrile-glass window, 60-1/4 x 42 in. (153 x 106.7 cm), was presented to the Metropolitan Museum of Art in 1981 as an anonymous gift in memory of Mr. and Mrs. A. B. Frank. (Photograph (c) 1981, the Metropolitan Museum of Art.)
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:
LOUIS COMFORT TIFFANY stamp
POSTMASTER
PO BOX 33480
PORTLAND, OR 97208-3480
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 October 8, 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 are three philatelic products available for this stamp issue:
Stamp distribution offices (SDOs) will receive approximately 34 percent of their standard automatic distribution quantity for a PSA booklet. Distributions are rounded up to the nearest master carton size (4,000 booklets).
SDOs will make a subsequent automatic distribution to Post Offices of one-quarter their standard automatic distribution quantity for booklets using PS Form 17, Stamp Requisition/Stamp Return. SDOs must not distribute these booklets to Post Offices before August 3, 2007.
Post Offices requiring additional booklets must requisition Item 676900 from their designated SDO using PS Form 17. SDOs requiring additional booklets must order them from the appropriate accountable paper depository (APD) using PS Form 17.
For fulfilling supplemental orders from SDOs, the San Francisco, Chicago, Memphis, and New York APDs will each receive 640,000 additional booklets; and the Denver APD will receive 240,000 additional booklets.
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.
Issue:
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Louis Comfort Tiffany
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Item Number:
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676900
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Denomination &
Type of Issue:
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41-cent Commemorative
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Format:
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Doublesided Booklet of 20
(1 design)
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Series:
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American Treasures
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Issue Date & City:
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August 9, 2007, Portland, OR 97208
(APS Stamp Show)
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Existing Art By:
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Louis Comfort Tiffany
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Designer:
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Derry Noyes, Washington, DC
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Engraver:
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N/A
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Art Director:
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Derry Noyes, Washington, DC
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Typographer:
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Derry Noyes, Washington, DC
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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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Print Quantity:
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500 million stamps
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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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Press Type:
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Mueller Martini, A76
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Stamps per Booklet:
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20
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Paper Type:
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Prephosphored, Type I
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Adhesive Type:
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Pressure-sensitive
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Colors:
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Cover Side:
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Special Match Cream, Cyan,
Magenta, Yellow, Black
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Stamp Side:
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Special Match Cream, Cyan,
Magenta, Yellow, Black
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Stamp Orientation:
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Vertical
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Image Area (w x h):
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0.84 x 1.42 in./21.336 x 36.068 mm
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Overall Size (w x h):
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0.98 x 1.56 in./24.892 x 39.624 mm
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Flat Booklet Size (w x h):
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6.18 x 3.12 in./156.972 x 79.248 mm
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Plate Size:
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384 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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Stamps Side:
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N/A
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Cover Side:
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© 2006 USPS • Plate numbers
• Header “AMERICAN
TREASURES” • Barcode
“676900” • “LOUIS COMFORT
TIFFANY” Stamp image
• “Seventh in a Series” • “Twenty
41¢ Self-adhesive Stamps”
• Price “$8.20”
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— Stamp Services,
Government Relations, 7-5-07
