On May 16, 2008, in Rochester, NY, the Postal Service™ will issue a 72-cent, definitive stamp, 13 Mile Woods, New Hampshire, in one design in a pressure-sensitive adhesive (PSA) pane of 20 stamps (Item 571900). The stamp, designed by Ethel Kessler of Bethesda, Maryland, goes on sale nationwide May 16, 2008.
This stamp, part of the Scenic American Landscapes series, features a photograph by Jerry and Marcy Monkman of Portsmouth, New Hampshire, of sunrise on the Androscoggin River in the 13 Mile Woods in Errol, New Hampshire. 13 Mile Woods is dedicated to wildlife conservation, outdoor recreation, and sustainable logging.
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:
13 MILE WOODS NEW HAMPSHIRE
POSTMASTER
1335 JEFFERSON RD
rochester ny 14692-9998
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 16, 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
Issue:
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13 Mile Woods, New Hampshire
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Item Number:
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571900
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Denomination &
Type of Issue:
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72-cent Definitive
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Format:
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Pane of 20 (1 design)
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Series:
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Scenic American Landscapes
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Issue Date and City:
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May 16, 2007, Rochester, NY 14692
(ROPEX Stamp Show)
(No Ceremony)
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Designer:
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Ethel Kessler, Bethesda, MD
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Art Director:
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Ethel Kessler, Bethesda, MD
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Typographer:
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Ethel Kessler, Bethesda, MD
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Existing Photograph:
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Jerry & Marcy Monkman,
Portsmouth, NH
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Modeler:
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Donald Woo
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Manufacturing Process:
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Offset/Microprint “USPS”
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Printer:
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Sennett Security Products/
Banknote Corporation of
America, Inc. (SSP/BCA)
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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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70 million stamps
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Paper Type:
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Phosphored tagged paper
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Adhesive Type:
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Pressure-sensitive
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Processed at:
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Browns Summit, NC
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Colors:
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Cyan, Magenta, Yellow, Black,
PMS 877 (Silver)
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Stamp Orientation:
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Horizontal
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Image Area (w x h):
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1.40 x 0.82 in./35.56 x 20.83 mm
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Overall Size (w x h):
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1.56 x 0.98 in./39.62 x 24.89 mm
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Full Pane Size (w x h):
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7.14 x 5.75 in./181.36 x 146.05 mm
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Plate Size:
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180 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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Front:
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© 2008 USPS • Price • Plate
numbers in four corners of pane
• Plate position diagram
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Back:
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Four barcodes (571900) in four
corners of pane • USPS logo
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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 approximately 45 percent to 50 percent of their standard automatic distribution quantity for a PSA sheet stamp. Distributions are rounded up to the nearest master carton size (40,000 stamps).
SDOs will not make a subsequent automatic distribution to Post Offices. Post Offices requiring quantities of Item 571900 must order them from their designated SDO using a separate PS Form 17, Stamp Requisition/Stamp Return. SDOs must not distribute stamps to Post Offices before May 12, 2008.
Post Offices requiring additional stamps must requisition Item 571900 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 Memphis, Chicago, New York, and San Francisco APDs will each receive 3,840,000 additional stamps. The Denver APD will receive 1,920,000 additional stamps.
The Kansas City SSC will receive 11,520,000 additional stamps for fulfilling supplemental orders from APDs.
— Stamp Services,
Government Relations, 4-24-08
