On August 16, 2007, at the American Gardens Theater, Epcot Center, Walt Disney World, in Orlando, Florida, the Postal Service™ will issue 41-cent, The Art of Disney: Magic commemorative stamps in four designs. Designed by David Pacheco of Burbank, California, the stamps go on sale nationwide August 16, 2007.
The Art of Disney: Magic stamps will be available in a pressure-sensitive adhesive (PSA) pane of 20 (Item 569700) and a $12.95 stamped postal card booklet of 20 (Item 896100).
With this stamp pane, the U.S. Postal Service® honors the art of magic as imagined by Walt Disney and his studio animators. With help from some of Walt Disney’s famous animated characters, Postal Service art director Terrence McCaffrey joined with a Disney team including artist Peter Emmerich and creative director David Pacheco to create four stamps that feature the following characters:
Issue:
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The Art of Disney: Magic
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Item Number:
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569700
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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 (4 designs)
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Series:
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N/A
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Issue Date & City:
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August 16, 2007, Orlando FL 32862
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Designer:
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David Pacheco, Burbank, CA
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Illustrator:
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Peter Emmerich, New York, NY
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Art Director:
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Terrence McCaffrey, USPS,
Washington, DC
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Typographer:
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Terrence McCaffrey, USPS,
Washington, DC
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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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200 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 5305 (Grey), PMS 660
(Blue)
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Stamp Orientation:
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Vertical
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Image Area (w x h):
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1.085 x 1.420 in./27.599 x
36.068 mm
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Overall Size (w x h):
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1.225 x 1.56 in./31.115 x 39.624 mm
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Full Pane Size (w x h):
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7.10 x 8.25 in./180.34 x 209.55 mm
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Plate Size:
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160 stamps per revolution
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Plate Numbers:
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“V” followed by six (6) 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 • Header “The Art of
Disney” Magic • Tinker Bell
image • Plate numbers in
4 corners of pane • “Disney
Materials @ Disney”
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Back:
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Header “THE ART OF DISNEY:
MAGIC” • Descriptive paragraph
• Barcodes (569700) in four
corners of pane • Descriptive
paragraph on back of each
stamp • USPS logo • Proprietary
notice
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This is the fourth stamp pane honoring the art of Disney that the Postal Service has issued. The first, issued in 2004, was on the theme of friendship. The second, issued in 2005, focused on celebrations, and the third, issued in 2006, was on romance.
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:
THE art of disney Magic stamps
POSTMASTER
10401 POST OFFICE BLVD
ORLANDO FL 32862-9998
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 October 15, 2007.
Due to copyright agreements with the Walt Disney Company, only the following pictorial postmarks are permitted. Post Offices planning events are prohibited from designing their own special pictorial postmark. The word “Station” or the abbreviation “STA” is required somewhere in the design, because it will be a temporary station.
To finalize The Art of Disney: Magic stamp pictorial postmark art, insert the date, city, state, and ZIP Code™ of the physical location of your event adjacent to the stamp image. Overall dimensions of the pictorial postmark must not exceed 4 inches horizontally by 2 inches vertically. Collectors prefer the dimensions 3 1/2 inches by 1 inch.
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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The Art of Disney: Magic
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Item Number:
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896100
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Denomination &
Type of Issue:
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26-cent Stamped Postal Card
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Format:
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$12.95 Stamped Postal Card
Booklet of 20 (4 designs)
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Series:
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N/A
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Issue Date & City:
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August 16, 2007, Orlando, FL 32862
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Series:
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N/A
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Designer:
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David Pacheco, Burbank, CA
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Illustrator:
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Peter Emmerich, New York, NY
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Art Director:
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Terrence McCaffrey, USPS,
Washington, DC
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Typographer:
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Terrence McCaffrey, USPS,
Washington, DC
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Engraver:
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N/A
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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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Finished at:
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Ashton Potter Security Printers
(APU)
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Printed at:
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Sterling Sommer (Tonawanda NY)
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Press Type:
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Heidelberg, Speedmaster
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Cards per booklet:
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20
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Print Quantity:
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30,000 books (600,000 cards)
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Paper Type:
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Nonphosphored, Type III
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Adhesive Type:
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N/A
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Processed at:
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Ashton Potter (USA) Ltd.
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Colors:
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Indicia Side:
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Black, Cyan, Magenta, Yellow
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Card Side:
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Black, Cyan, Magenta, Yellow
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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 6.00 in./107.95 x 152.40 mm
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Booklet 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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Stamp design image
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Back:
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“© 2007 USPS” • Proprietary notice
• Descriptive paragraph
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Booklet Covers:
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Front:
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Stamps images • Tinker Bell image
• “THE ART OF DISNEY
MAGIC” • “20 stamped postal
cards” • “4 designs” • “$12.95”
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Back:
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“THE ART OF DISNEY MAGIC”
• “$12.95” • Promotional
information • USPS logo
• Proprietary notices • “© 2007
USPS” • “Item No.896100”
• “Price $12.95” • “AIC 092”
• “Package Not Suitable for
Philatelic Archiving”
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There are seven philatelic products available for this stamp issue:
- Item 569763, First Day Cover Set of 4, $3.16.
- Item 569766, 896100 and 01 Postal Stamped Cards, $12.95.
- Item 569768, DCP Set of 4, $6.00.
- Item 569787, Magic: Mail Message Kit, TBD.
- Item 569788, Prints 8 x 11 (set of 4), $14.95.
- Item 569791, Ceremony Program, $6.95.
- Item 569799, Cancellation Keepsake (4 DCP w/pane), $14.20.
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 August 10, 2007.
Post Offices requiring additional stamps must requisition Item 569700 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, Chicago, Memphis, and New York APDs will each receive 7,680,000 additional stamps; and the Denver APD will receive 1,920,000 additional stamps.
The Kansas City Stamp Services Center will receive 3,840,000 additional stamps for fulfilling supplemental orders from the APDs.
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
