On May 13, 2008, in Las Vegas, Nevada, and New York, New York, the Postal Service™ will issue a 42-cent, Frank Sinatra commemorative stamp in one design in a pressure-sensitive adhesive (PSA) pane of 20 stamps (Item 463200). The stamp, designed by Richard Sheaff of Scottsdale, Arizona, goes on sale nationwide May 13, 2008.
With this stamp, the Postal Service honors Frank Sinatra, an Oscar-winning actor and a supreme interpreter of American popular song. Art director Richard Sheaff and stamp artist Kazuhiko Sano of Mill Valley, California, have chosen to present this iconic figure in a portrait based on a photograph by an unknown photographer.
Due to a contractual agreement with the Frank Sinatra™ Sheffield Enterprises of Los Angeles, California, only the pictorial postmark shown here is permitted. Post Offices planning events are prohibited from designing their own special pictorial postmark. The word “station” or the
Issue:
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Frank Sinatra
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Item Number:
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463200
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Denomination &
Type of Issue:
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42-cent Commemorative
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Format:
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Pane of 20 (1 design)
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Series:
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N/A
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Issue Date:
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May 13, 2008
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Cities:
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Las Vegas, NV 89199
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New York, NY 10199
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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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Artist:
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Kazuhiko Sano, Mill Valley, CA
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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, Microprinting, “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 Pane:
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20
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Print Quantity:
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120 million stamps
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Paper Type:
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Nonphosphored, Type III, Block Tag
applied
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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.
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Colors:
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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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0.84 x 1.42 in./21.336 x 36.068 mm
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Overall Size (w x h):
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0.98 x 1.56 in./24.892 x 39.624 mm
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Full Pane Size (w x h):
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5.95 x 7.24 in./151.13 x 183.896 mm
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Plate Size:
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240 stamps per revolution
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Plate Numbers:
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“P” followed by four (4) single digits
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Marginal Markings:
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Front:
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© 2007 USPS • Plate position
diagram • Price • Four plate
numbers
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Back:
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Proprietary notice • Barcodes
“463200” in two positions
• USPS logo • Verso-text
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abbreviation “STA” is required somewhere in the design, because it will be a temporary station.
To finalize the Frank Sinatra 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.
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:
FRANK SINATRA STAMP
POSTMASTER
1001 E Sunset RD RM 1006B
lAS vEGAS nv 89199-9998
FRANK SINATRA STAMP
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 July 12, 2008.
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 eight philatelic products available for this stamp issue:
- Item 463299*, Cancellation Keepsake w/2 Digital Color Postmarks, (10K Retail), $11.40.
- Item 463284*, Uncut Press Sheets (6 up), $50.40.
- Item 463261*, First Day Cover — New York, $0.80.
- Item 63269*, First Day Cover — Las Vegas, $0.80.
- Item 463265*, Digital Color Postmark — New York, $1.50.
- Item 463279*, Digital Color Postmark — Las Vegas, $1.50.
- Item 463289*, Compact Disc w/Insert, $16.99.
- Item 463291*, Ceremony Program, $6.95.
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.
Hallmark will send the first keepsake to postal units using the retail item number 23190094. Stamp Products and Exhibitions will provide a quantity for SDO distribution through Minnesota Diversified Industries (MDI) using Item Number 463299. Postal units will be instructed to order additional quantities of the keepsakes through their servicing SDO using Item Number 463299. SDOs will be instructed to fill orders based on request in lieu of an automatic distribution. First day of issue information, including product information, should be published in the Postal Bulletin.
Stamp distribution offices (SDOs) will receive approximately 100 to 110 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 May 6, 2008.
Post Offices requiring additional stamps must requisition Item 463200 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 San Francisco APDs will each receive 7,200,000 additional stamps; the Memphis and Chicago APDs will each receive 6,560,000 additional stamps; and the Denver APD will receive 2,040,000 additional stamps. The Kansas City Stamp Services Center will receive 2,400,000 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, 4-10-08
