On October 25, 2007, in New York, New York, the Postal Service™ will issue 41-cent Holiday Knits special stamps in four designs. Designed by Carl T. Herrman of Carlsbad, California, the stamps go on sale nationwide October 25, 2007.
In celebration of the winter holiday season, the Postal Service will produce these four stamps featuring classic Christmas-time imagery designed and machine knitted by nationally known illustrator Nancy Stahl of New York, New York.
Inspired by traditional Norwegian sweaters and knitted Christmas stockings, Stahl decided on “something cozy” for this year’s holiday stamp issuance. There’s a dignified stag, a snow-dappled evergreen tree, a perky snowman sporting a top hat, and a whimsical teddy bear, each of which is sure to add an extra touch of warmth to seasonal correspondence.
The stamps will be issued in the following formats:
- Pressure-sensitive adhesive (PSA) pane of 20 stamps (Item 569600).
- PSA double-sided convertible booklet of 20 stamps (Item 676400).
- PSA vending booklet of 20 stamps (Item 676300).
Issue:
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Holiday Knits
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Item Number:
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569600
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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 (4 designs)
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Series:
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Holiday
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Issue Date and City:
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October 25, 2007,
New York, NY 10199
(Mega Stamp Show)
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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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Artist:
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Nancy Stahl, New York, NY
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Modeler:
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Donald Woo
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Manufacturing Process:
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Offset
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Printer:
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Banknote Corporation of America/
Sennett Security Products (SSP)
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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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200,000,000 stamps
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Paper Type:
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Pre-phosphored, Type II
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Adhesive Type:
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Pressure-sensitive
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Processed at:
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Unique Binders, Fredericksburg, VA
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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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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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Front:
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© 2006 USPS • Plate block numbers (4 per pane) • Price “$8.20” • Plate position diagram
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Back:
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USPS Logo • 4 barcodes “569600”
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- ATM convertible sheetlet of 18 stamps (Item 569500).
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:
hOLIDAY KNITS STAMPS
POSTMASTER
421 EIGHTH AVE RM 2029B
NEW YORK NY 10199-9998
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 December 24, 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 seven philatelic products available for this stamp issue:
- 569663*, First Day Cover Set of 4, $3.16.
- 569668*, Digital Color Postmark Set of 4, $6.00.
- 569691*, Ceremony Program, $6.95.
- 569693*, First Day Cover Keepsake, $11.36.
- 569699*, Digital Color Postmark Keepsake, $14.20.
- 676463*, First Day Cover Set of 4, $3.16.
- 569563*, First Day Cover Set of 4, $3.16.
Items with an asterisk (*) will 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.
Stamp distribution offices (SDOs) will receive approximately 210 to 215 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 for their full standard automatic distribution quantity for a PSA sheet stamp using PS Form 17, Stamp Requisition/Stamp Return. SDOs must not distribute stamps to Post Offices before October 19, 2007.
Post Offices requiring additional stamps must requisition Item 569600 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 Chicago, Memphis, and New York APDs will each receive 6,800,000 additional stamps; the San Francisco APD will receive 6,400,000 additional stamps; and the Denver APD will receive 2,000,000 additional stamps.
Issue:
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Holiday Knits
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Item Number:
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676400
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Denomination &
Type of Issue:
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41-cent Special
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Format:
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Double-sided Convertible Booklet
of 20 (4 designs)
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Series:
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Holiday
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Issue Date and City:
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October 25, 2007,
New York, NY 10199
(Mega Stamp Show)
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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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Artist:
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Nancy Stahl, New York, NY
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Modeler:
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Donald Woo
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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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Banknote Corporation of America/
Sennett Security Products (SSP)
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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 Booket:
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20
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Print Quantity:
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1,500,000,000 stamps
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Paper Type:
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Pre-phosphored, Type II
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Adhesive Type:
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Pressure-sensitive
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Processed at:
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Unique Binders, Fredericksburg, VA
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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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Booklet Size (w x h):
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2.38 x 5.74 in./60.45 x 145.80 mm
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Plate Size:
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800 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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Stamp Side:
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“© 2006 USPS” • Plate numbers
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Cover:
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Partial stamp image • “Holiday
Knits” • “Twenty 41¢ Self-
adhesive Stamps” • “Four
different designs” • Price
“$8.20” • Barcode “676400”
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SDOs will receive approximately 90 percent of their full 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 for their full standard automatic distribution quantity for a PSA booklet using PS Form 17. SDOs must not distribute stamps to Post Offices before October 19, 2007.
Post Offices requiring additional booklets must requisition Item 676400 from their designated SDO using PS Form 17. SDOs requiring additional stamps must order them from the appropriate APD using PS Form 17.
For fulfilling supplemental orders from SDOs, the Chicago, Memphis, and New York APDs will each receive 1,640,000 additional booklets; the San Francisco APD will receive 1,600,000 additional booklets; and the Denver APD will receive 560,000 additional booklets.
SDOs will receive automatic distributions of the Holiday Knits folded vending books of 20, both straight packaging (Item 676300) and crisscross packaging (Item 676311). Distributions are rounded up to the nearest master carton size (4,500 books for straight; 3,000 books for crisscross).
SDOs will not make a subsequent automatic distribution to Post Offices. Only Post Offices equipped with the appropriate self-service vending machines may order Items 676300 and 676311 from their designated SDO using a separate PS Form 17. SDOs must not distribute stamps to Post Offices before October 19, 2007.
Authorized Post Offices requiring additional books for restocking of the appropriate self-service vending machines must requisition them from their designated SDO using PS Form 17. SDOs requiring additional books must order them from the appropriate accountable paper depository (APD) using PS Form 17.
For fulfilling supplemental orders from SDOs, APDs will receive additional quantities of the vendible straight books (Item 676300) and crisscross books (Item 676311).
SDOs will receive automatic distributions of the Holiday Knits ATM sheetlets of 18. Distributions are rounded up to the nearest master carton size (2,000 sheetlets).
SDOs will not make a subsequent automatic distribution to Post Offices. Only Post Offices equipped with Automated Postal Centers (APCs) may order Item 569500 from their designated SDO using a separate PS Form 17. SDOs must not distribute stamps to Post Offices before October 19, 2007.
Authorized Post Offices requiring additional sheetlets for restocking of APCs must requisition them from their designated SDO using PS Form 17.
Issue:
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Holiday Knits
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Item Number:
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676300
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Denomination &
Type of Issue:
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41-cent Special
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Format:
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Vending Booklet of 20 (4 designs)
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Series:
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Holiday
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Issue Date and City:
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October 25, 2007,
New York, NY 10199
(Mega Stamp Show)
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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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Artist:
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Nancy Stahl, New York, NY
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Modeler:
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Donald Woo
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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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Banknote Corporation of America/
Sennett Security Products (SSP)
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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 Booket:
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20
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Print Quantity:
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80.9 million stamps
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Paper Type:
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Prephosphored, Type II
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Adhesive Type:
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Pressure-sensitive
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Processed at:
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Unique Binders, Fredericksburg, VA
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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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0.71 x 0.82 in./18.03 x 20.83 mm
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Overall Size (w x h):
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0.87 x 0.98 in./22.10 x 24.89 mm
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Flat Booklet Size (w x h):
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1.74 x 10.38 in./44.20 x 263.65 mm
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Plate Size:
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560 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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© 2006 USPS • Plate numbers
• USPS logo • Barcode
“676300” • Partial stamp image
• Promotional material • Web
site • Header “Holiday Knits”
• Price “$8.20” • “Twenty 41¢
Self-adhesive Stamps Four
Different Designs”
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Issue:
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Holiday Knits
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Item Number:
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569500
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Denomination &
Type of Issue:
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41-cent Special
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Format:
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ATM Sheetlet, Covertible Booklet
of 18 (4 designs)
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Series:
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Holiday
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Issue Date and City:
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October 25, 2007,
New York, NY 10199
(Mega Stamp Show)
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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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Artist:
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Nancy Stahl, New York, NY
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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/ColorTech
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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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18
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Print Quantity:
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88.2 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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Stamp Side:
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Magenta, Yellow, Cyan, Black
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Cover Side:
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PMS 341 (Green), PMS 200 (Red),
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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0.740 x 0.830 in./18.796 x
21.082 mm
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Overall Size (w x h):
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0.870 x 0.982 in./20.098 x
24.942 mm
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Full Booklet Size (w x h):
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2.61 x 6.125 in./66.29 x 155.58 mm
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Plate Size:
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5 books across x 6 books around
(30 per press sheet)
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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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Plate numbers
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Cover side:
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© 2006 USPS • Header “Holiday
Knits” • “Four Different Designs”
• Price “$7.38” • “Eighteen 41¢
Self-adhesive Stamps”
• Promotional text • Barcode
“569500” • USPS logo
• Enlargement of portion of
stamp image
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— Stamp Services,
Government Relations, 9-27-07
