On August 17, 2007, in Stamford, Connecticut, the Postal Service™ will issue a 41-cent, Celebrate! special stamp in one design in a pressure-sensitive adhesive (PSA) pane of 20 (Item 570500). Designed by Ethel Kessler of Bethesda, Maryland, the stamp goes on sale nationwide August 17, 2007.
The stamp design consists of 12 colorful blocks arranged in four horizontal rows, with three blocks in each row. Each block in the top three horizontal rows contains a single letter of the alphabet, and together the blocks spell out the word “Celebrate.” The three blocks in the bottom row contain an exclamation point, a star, and the denomination.
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:
CELEBRATE stamp
POSTMASTER
24 CAMP AVE
STAMFORD CT 06907-3908
Issue:
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Celebrate!
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Item Number:
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570500
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Denomination &
Type of Issue:
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41-cent Special
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Format:
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Pane of 20 (1 design)
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Series:
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N/A
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Issue Date and City:
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August 17, 2007,
Stamford, CT 06907
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Designer:
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Ethel Kessler, Bethesda, MD
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Art Director:
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Ethel Kessler, Bethesda, MD
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Artist:
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Nicholas Wilton, San Geronimo, CA
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Typographer:
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Nicholas Wilton, San Geronimo, CA
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Engraver:
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N/A
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Modeler:
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Donald Woo
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Manufacturing Process:
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Offset/Microprinting “USPS”
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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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Alprinta, 74
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Stamps per Pane:
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20
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Print Quantity:
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60 million stamps
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Paper Type:
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Phosphored tagged, Overall
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Adhesive Type:
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Pressure-sensitive
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Processed at:
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Browns Summit, NC
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Colors:
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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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0.75 x 1.03 in./19.05 x 26.16 mm
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Overall Size (w x h):
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0.91 x 1.19 in./23.11 x 30.23 mm
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Full Pane Size (w x h):
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5.55 x 5.76 in./140.97 x 146.30 mm
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Plate Size:
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320 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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\u2665 2007 USPS • Price • Plate
numbers on four corners of pane
• Plate position diagram • USPS
logo and four barcodes (570500)
on back of pane
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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 16, 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 two philatelic products available for this stamp issue:
Stamp distribution offices (SDOs) will receive approximately 55 to 60 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 one-half their full standard automatic distribution quantity using PS Form 17, Stamp Requisition/Stamp Return. SDOs must not distribute stamps to Post Offices before August 10, 2007.
Post Offices requiring additional stamps must requisition Item 570500 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, New York, Chicago, and Memphis APDs will each receive 2,080,000 additional stamps; and the Denver APD will receive 720,000 additional stamps.
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, 7-19-07
