On May 12, 2008, in Washington, DC, the Postal Service™ will re-issue the nondenominated First-Class Mail definitive Forever Stamp™ (Liberty Bell) in one design in a pressure-sensitive adhesive (PSA) double-sided booklet of 20 stamps (Item 677700). The stamp, designed by Carl T. Herrman of Carlsbad, California, goes on sale nationwide May 12, 2008.
The stamp was first issued in 2007 as a double-sided convertible booklet of 20 (Item 676600), vending booklet of 20 (Item 676500), and ATM booklet of 18 (Item 569900).
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:
FOREVER STAMP
POSTMASTER
special cancellations
PO BOX 92282
WASHINGTON DC 20090-9998
Issue:
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Forever Stamp
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Item Number:
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677700
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Denomination &
Type of Issue:
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Nondenominated First-Class Rate
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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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N/A
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Issue Date & City:
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May 12, 2008,
Washington, DC 20066
(No Ceremony)
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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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Tom Engeman, Bethany Beach, DE
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Modeler:
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Donald Woo
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Manufacturing Process:
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Offset/Microprinting “FOREVER”
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Printer:
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Banknote Corporation of
America, Inc./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 Booklet:
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20
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Print Quantity:
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1.5 billion stamps
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Paper Type:
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Prephosphored, Type I
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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,
PMS 876 (Gold)
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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 6.21 in./44.20 x 157.73 mm
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Plate Size:
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504 stamps per revolution
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Plate Numbers:
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“S” followed by five (5) single digits
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Marginal Markings:
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Stamp Side:
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© USPS 2007 • Plate numbers
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Cover:
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Barcode “677700” • “FOREVER”
stamp image • “Twenty
First-Class Stamps”
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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 11, 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 is one philatelic product available for this stamp issue:
An item 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 an automatic distribution quantity of this nondenominated Forever Stamp booklet. Initial distributions will be in two waves. Wave 1 shipments, which began April 8, 2008, will be complete by May 1, 2008. Wave 2 shipments, which begin May 6, 2008, will be complete by June 5, 2008. Distributions are rounded up to the nearest master carton size (4,000 booklets).
SDOs will not make a subsequent automatic distribution to Post Offices. Post Offices requiring quantities of the Forever Stamp booklet of 20 should continue to order Item 676600 from their designated SDO using PS Form 17, Stamp Requisition/Stamp Return. SDOs will continue to ship Item 676600 in place of Item 677700 until existing supplies of Item 676600 are depleted.
SDOs must supply philatelic centers quantities of Item 677700 from the initial automatic distribution made to them. SDOs must not distribute Item 677700 to philatelic centers before May 6, 2008.
Post Offices requiring quantities of the Forever Stamp booklet of 20 should continue to order Item 676600 from their designated SDO using a separate PS Form 17. SDOs will continue to ship Item 676600 in place of Item 677700 until existing supplies of Item 676600 are depleted.
SDOs requiring quantities of the Forever Stamp booklet of 20 should continue to order Item 676600 from their designated accountable paper depository (APD) using PS Form 17. APDs will receive additional quantities of Item 677700, but these additional APD quantities will not be made available to SDOs until existing supplies of Item 676600 are depleted.
When needed, additional quantities of Item 677700 nondenominated ($8.40 Value) Forever Stamp (Liberty Bell), PSA Double-sided booklet of 20 will also be made available to SDOs via future automatic distributions, shipped directly from the supplier to the SDOs.
— Stamp Services,
Government Relations, 4-24-08
