On April 30, 2008, in Washington, DC, the Postal Service™ will reissue the Purple Heart definitive stamp with a 42-cent denomination. The stamp, designed by Carl T. Herrman of Bethany Beach, Delaware, goes on sale nationwide April 30, 2008.
The stamp will be available in the following formats:
The Purple Heart stamp was previously issued with the same design and with a 41-cent denomination in 2007, with a 39-cent denomination in 2006, and with a 37-cent denomination in 2003.
Issue:
|
Purple Heart
|
Item Number:
|
110100
|
Denomination &
Type of Issue:
|
42-cent Definitive
|
Format:
|
Pane of 20 (1 design)
|
Series:
|
N/A
|
Issue Date & City:
|
April 30, 2008,
Washington, DC 20066
(No Ceremony)
|
Designer:
|
Carl T. Herrman,
Bethany Beach, MD
|
Engraver:
|
N/A
|
Photographer:
|
Ira Wexler, Bethesda, MD
|
Art Director:
|
Carl T. Herrman,
Bethany Beach, MD
|
Typographer:
|
Carl T. Herrman,
Bethany Beach, MD
|
Modeler:
|
Joseph Sheeran
|
Manufacturing Process:
|
Offset/Microprint “USPS”
|
Printer:
|
Ashton Potter (USA) Ltd. (APU)
|
Printed at:
|
Williamsville, NY
|
Press Type:
|
Stevens, Vari-size Security Press
|
Stamps per Pane:
|
20
|
Print Quantity:
|
300 million stamps
|
Paper Type:
|
Prephosphored, Type II
|
Adhesive Type:
|
Pressure-sensitive
|
Processed at:
|
Ashton Potter (USA) Ltd.
|
Colors:
|
Black, Cyan, Magenta, Yellow
|
Stamp Orientation:
|
Vertical
|
Image Area (w x h):
|
0.73 x 0.84 in./18.542 x 21.336mm
|
Overall Size (w x h):
|
0.87 x 0.98 in./22.098 x 24.892 mm
|
Full Pane Size (w x h):
|
5.35 x 4.93 in./135.890 x
125.222 mm
|
Plate Size:
|
240 stamps per revolution
|
Plate Numbers:
|
“P” followed by four (4) “1” digits
(100 Million Stamps)
|
|
“P” followed by four (4) “2” digits
(200 Million Stamps)
|
Marginal Markings:
|
|
Front:
|
© 2003 USPS • Price • Plate
numbers • Header “Purple Heart
The Medal for the Combat
Wounded” • Plate position
diagram
|
Back:
|
Barcodes “100100” in four
positions • USPS logo
|
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:
PURPLE HEART 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 June 28, 2008.
SFS 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 SFS. 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 340 percent of their standard automatic distribution quantity for a PSA sheet stamp. Distributions will be in multiple waves.
Wave 1 shipments, which began March 18, 2008, will be completed by March 20, 2008. Wave 2 shipments, which begin April 15, 2008, will be completed by April 29, 2008. Distributions are rounded up to the nearest master carton size (40,000 stamps).
Issue:
|
Purple Heart
|
Item Number:
|
108800
|
Denomination &
Type of Issue:
|
42-cent Definitive
|
Format:
|
Pane of 100 (1 design)
|
Series:
|
N/A
|
Issue Date & City:
|
April 30, 2008,
Washington, DC 20066
(No Ceremony)
|
Designer:
|
Carl T. Herrman,
Bethany Beach, MD
|
Engraver:
|
N/A
|
Photographer:
|
Ira Wexler, Bethesda, MD
|
Art Director:
|
Carl T. Herrman,
Bethany Beach, MD
|
Typographer:
|
Carl T. Herrman,
Bethany Beach, MD
|
Modeler:
|
Joseph Sheeran
|
Manufacturing Process:
|
Offset/Microprint “USPS”
|
Printer:
|
Ashton Potter (USA) Ltd. (APU)
|
Printed at:
|
Williamsville, NY
|
Press Type:
|
Heidelberg, Speedmaster
|
Stamps per Pane:
|
100
|
Print Quantity:
|
10 million stamps
|
Paper Type:
|
Prephosphored, Type II
|
Adhesive Type:
|
Water Activated Gum
|
Processed at:
|
Ashton Potter (USA) Ltd.
|
Colors:
|
Black, Cyan, Magenta, Yellow
|
Stamp Orientation:
|
Vertical
|
Image Area (w x h):
|
0.71 x 0.82 in./18.034 x 20.828 mm
|
Overall Size (w x h):
|
0.84 x 0.99 in./21.336 x 25.146 mm
|
Full Pane Size (w x h):
|
10.18 x 9.00 in./258.572 x
228.60 mm
|
Plate Size:
|
400 stamps per revolution
|
Plate Numbers:
|
“P” followed by four single digits
|
Marginal Markings:
|
© 2003 USPS • Plate numbers (on
upper right corner of pane)
• Price • Barcode “108800”
• Plate position diagram
• “Purple Heart The Medal for
the Combat Wounded”
|
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 April 23, 2008.
Post Offices requiring additional stamps must requisition Item 110100 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.
Following the second automatic distribution to SDOs, the New York, Chicago, San Francisco, and Memphis, APDs will each receive 8,640,000 additional stamps; and the Denver APD will receive 2,880,000 additional stamps \\for fulfilling supplemental orders from the SDOs.
The Kansas City Stamp Services Center (SSC) will receive 5,760,000 additional stamps for fulfilling supplemental orders from APDs.
Additional quantities of this definitive stamp will also be made available to SDOs via future automatic distributions, shipped directly from the supplier to the SDOs.
The Purple Heart water-activated gum (WAG) pane of 100 stamps will only be distributed to, and sold at, the first day of issue city, and through the SSC in Kansas City, Missouri. SDOs will not receive an automatic distribution of Item 108800 for subsequent distribution to Post Offices.
The Purple Heart WAG pane of 100 stamps will not be distributed to or sold at Post Offices. Customer orders may be placed via the Postal Store Web site at www.usps.com/shop or by calling 800-STAMP-24.
The Purple Heart WAG pane of 100 stamps will not be distributed to or sold at philatelic centers. Orders from philatelic customers may be placed via the Postal Store Web site at www.usps.com/shop or by calling 800-STAMP-24.
— Stamp Services,
Government Relations, 4-10-08
