Philately

Stamp Announcement 07-41: Eid

On September 28, 2007, in Washington, DC, the Postal Service™ will issue a 41-cent, Eid special stamp in one design in a pressure-sensitive adhesive (PSA) pane of 20 (Item 570800).

Designed/calligraphed by Mohamed Zakariya of Arlington, Virginia, the stamp goes on sale nationwide September 28, 2007.

This stamp was previously issued with the same design and with a 34-cent denomination in 2001, with a 37-cent denomination in 2002, and with a 39-cent denomination in 2006.

How to Order First Day of Issue Postmark

Customers have 60 days to obtain the first day of issue postmark by mail. They may purchase new stamps at their local Post Office™, 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:

EID STAMP
POSTMASTER
SPECIAL CANCELLATIONS
PO BOX 92282
WASHINGTON DC 20090-9998

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 November 27, 2007.

How to Order First Day Covers

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

Philatelic Products

There are two philatelic products available for this stamp issue:

• 570861* First Day Cover, $0.79.
• 570893* Cancellation Keepsake (FDC w/Pane), $8.99.

These items with an asterisk (*) use the 128 barcode from Stamp Fulfillment Services. All other philatelic prod­ucts will continue to use barcode series A, with the excep­tion of the Yearbook and the Guide Book.

Distribution: Item 570800, 41-cent Eid, PSA Pane of 20 Stamps

Stamp distribution offices (SDOs) will receive approxi­mately 25 to 30 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).

Initial Supply to Post Offices

SDOs will make a subsequent automatic distribution to Post Offices of one-fourth their full standard automatic dis­tribution quantity using PS Form 17, Stamp Requisition/Stamp Return. SDOs must not distribute stamps to Post Offices before September 21, 2007.

Additional Supply

Post Offices requiring additional stamps must requisi­tion Item 570800 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 New York and Chicago APDs will each receive 5,760,000 addi­tional stamps; the San Francisco and Memphis APDs will each receive 1,920,000 additional stamps; and the Denver APD will receive 400,000 additional stamps.

— Stamp Services,
Government Relations, 8-30-07