On August 10, 2007, in Portland, Oregon, the Postal Service™ will issue 41-cent, Beautiful Blooms definitive stamps in 10 designs. The stamps, designed by Carl T. Herrman of Carlsbad, California, go on sale nationwide August 10, 2007.
The Beautiful Blooms stamps will be available in a pressure-sensitive adhesive (PSA) doublesided booklet of 20 (Item 677200) and a PSA coil of 100 (Item 785100).
Photographer Mark Laita of Culver City, California, created the artistic images of the beautiful blooms featured on these stamps. These magnificent flowers may be seen coast to coast—not only in gardens, but floating on ponds, and adorning trees.
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:
beautiful blooms stamps
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 9, 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
Issue:
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Beautiful Blooms
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Item Number:
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677200
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Denomination &
Type of Issue:
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41-cent Definitive
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Format:
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Double Sided Convertible
Booklet of 20 (10 designs)
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Series:
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N/A
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Issue Date & City:
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August 10, 2007,
Portland, OR 97208
(APS Stamp Show–No
ceremony)
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Designer:
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Carl T. Herrman, Carlsbad, CA
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Art Director:
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Carl T. Herrman, Carlsbad, CA
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Typographer:
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Carl T. Herrman, Carlsbad, CA
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Photographer:
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Mark Laita, Culver City, CA
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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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Engraver:
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WRE/Color Tech
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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 Booklet:
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20
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Print Quantity:
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750 million stamps
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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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Processed at:
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AVR, Clinton, SC
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Colors:
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Stamp Side:
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Yellow, Magenta, Cyan, Black
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Cover Side:
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Yellow, Magenta, Cyan, Black,
PMS 349 (Green)
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Stamp Orientation:
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Vertical
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Image Area (w x h):
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0.730 x 0.840 in./18.541 x
21.336 mm
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Overall Size (w x h):
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0.870 x 0.980 in./22.098 x
24.892 mm
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Booklet Size (w x h):
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5.50 x 1.96 in./139.7 x
49.784 mm
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Plate Size:
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840 stamps per revolution
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Plate Numbers:
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“V” followed by four (4) single
digits
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Marginal Markings:
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Stamp Side:
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© 2007 USPS in peel strip area
• Plate numbers in peel strip
area
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Cover Side:
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Barcode (677200) • “Beautiful
Blooms” • Stamp image • Price
“$8.20” • “Twenty 41¢ Self-
adhesive Stamps” • “10
DIFFERENT DESIGNS”
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There are four philatelic products available for this stamp issue:
Stamp distribution offices (SDOs) will receive approximately 55 percent of their standard automatic distribution quantity for a PSA booklet. Distributions will be in multiple waves. Wave 1 shipments, which began June 25, 2007, will be complete by July 24, 2007. Wave 2 shipments, which begin September 24, 2007, will be complete by October 17, 2007. Distributions are rounded up to nearest master carton size (4,000 booklets).
From the initial shipments of Item 677200 received by SDOs, a subsequent automatic distribution will be made to Post Offices for one-fourth their standard automatic distribution quantities using PS Form 17, Stamp Requisition/Stamp Return. SDOs must not distribute booklets to Post Offices before August 3, 2007.
Post Offices requiring additional Item 677200 must requisition them 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.
Following the completion of the Wave 2 shipments to SDOs, the Memphis, Chicago, New York, and San Francisco APDs will each receive 584,000 additional booklets; and the Denver APD will receive 200,000 additional booklets for fulfilling supplemental orders from SDOs.
Additional quantities of this definitive stamp booklet will also be made available to SDOs via future automatic distributions, shipped directly from the supplier to the SDOs.
All SDOs will receive an automatic distribution of the Beautiful Blooms, PSA coil of 100. Shipments, which begin July 10, 2007, will be complete by August 8, 2007. Distributions are rounded up to nearest master carton size (800 coils).
Issue:
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Beautiful Blooms
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Item Number:
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785100
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Denomination &
Type of Issue:
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41-cent Definitive
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Format:
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Coil of 100 (10 designs)
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Series:
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N/A
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Issue Date & City:
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August 10, 2007,
Portland, OR 97208 (APS
Stamp Show–No ceremony)
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Designer:
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Carl T. Herrman, Carlsbad, CA
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Art Director:
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Carl T. Herrman, Carlsbad, CA
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Typographer:
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Carl T. Herrman, Carlsbad, CA
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Photographer:
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Mark Laita, Culver City, CA
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Modeler:
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Joseph Sheeran
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Manufacturing Process:
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Offset
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Engraver:
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N/A
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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, A76
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Stamps per Coil:
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100
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Print Quantity:
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750 million stamps
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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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Processed at:
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Ashton Potter (USA) Ltd. (APU)
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Stamp Orientation:
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Vertical
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Image Area (w x h):
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0.73 x 0.84 in./18.542 x 21.336 mm
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Overall Size (w x h):
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0.87 x 0.98 in./22.098 x 24.892 mm
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Colors:
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Black, Cyan, Magenta, Yellow
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Full Pane Size (w x h):
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N/A
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Plate Size:
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744 stamps per revolution
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Plate Numbers:
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“P” followed by four (4) single digits
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Marginal Markings:
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Plate numbers on every 30th stamp
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SDOs will not make a subsequent automatic distribution to Post Offices. All Post Offices requiring quantities of Item 785100 must order them from their designated SDO using a separate PS Form 17. SDOs must not distribute coils to Post Offices before August 3, 2007.
Post Offices requiring additional coils must requisition Item 785100 from their designated SDO using PS Form 17. SDOs requiring additional coils must order them from the appropriate accountable paper depository (APD) using PS Form 17.
Following the automatic distribution to SDOs the Memphis, Chicago, New York, and San Francisco APDs will each receive 307,200 additional coils; the Denver APD will receive 102,400 additional coils for fulfilling supplemental orders from SDOs.
The Kansas City SSC will receive 563,200 additional coils for fulfilling supplemental orders from APDs.
Additional quantities of this definitive stamp coil will also be made available to SDOs via future automatic distributions, shipped directly from the supplier to the SDOs.
— Stamp Services,
Government Relations, 7-5-07
