On October 25, 2007, in New York, New York, the Postal Service™ will issue a 41-cent Christmas: The Madonna of the Carnation by Bernardino Luini special stamp in one design in a pressure-sensitive adhesive (PSA) double-sided book of 20 stamps (Item 676200). Designed by Richard Sheaff of Sottsdale, Arizona, the stamp goes on sale nationwide October 25, 2007.
The stamp features an oil-on-panel painting entitled The Madonna of the Carnation by Milanese painter Bernardino Luini (circa 1480–1532). Dating to around 1515, the painting is now part of the Samuel H. Kress Collection at the National Gallery of Art in Washington, DC. The stamp art is considered a detail of the painting, as the original photograph was slightly cropped on all four sides to fit the stamp format.
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,
Issue:
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Christmas: The Madonna of the
Carnation by Bernardino Luini
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Item Number:
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676200
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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 (1 design)
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Series:
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Holiday
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Issue Date & City:
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October 25, 2007,
New York, NY 10199
(Mega Stamp Show)
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Existing Art By:
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Bernardino Luini, painting from the
Samuel H. Kress Collection, at
the National Gallery of Art in
Washington, DC.
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Designer:
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Richard Sheaff, Scottsdale, AZ
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Art Director:
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Richard Sheaff, Scottsdale, AZ
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Typographer:
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Richard Sheaff, Scottsdale, AZ
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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/Microprint “USPS”
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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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Muller Martini, A 76
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Stamps per Booklet:
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20
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Print Quantity:
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700 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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Ashton Potter USA Ltd. (APU)
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Colors:
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PMS 871 (Gold), Black, Cyan,
Magenta, Yellow
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Stamp Orientation:
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Vertical
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Image Area (w x h):
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0.77 x 1.085 in./19.558 x
27.559 mm
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Overall Size (w x h):
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0.91 x 1.19 in./23.114 x 30.226 mm
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Booklet Size (w x h):
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5.76 x 2.38 in./146.304 x
60.452 mm
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Plate Size:
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528 stamps per revolution
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Plate Numbers:
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“P” followed by five (5) single digits
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Marginal Markings:
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Stamp Side:
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N/A
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Cover Side:
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“© 2006 USPS” • Plate numbers
• Header “CHRISTMAS”
• Stamp image • Price “$8.20”
• “Twenty Self-adhesive 41-¢
Stamps” • Barcode “676200”
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address the envelopes (to themselves or others), and place them in a larger envelope addressed to:
Christmas The Madonna of the Carnation by
Bernardino Luini
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 three philatelic products available for this stamp issue:
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 40 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 of one-fourth their full standard automatic distribution quantity for a PSA booklet using PS Form 17, Stamp Requisition/Stamp Return. SDOs must not distribute stamps to Post Offices before October 19, 2007.
Post Offices requiring additional booklets must requisition Item 676200 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 1,800,000 additional booklets; the San Francisco APD will receive 1,680,000 additional booklets; and the Denver APD will receive 560,000 additional booklets.
— Stamp Services,
Government Relations, 9-27-07
