On June 14, 2008, in Washington, DC, the Postal Service™ will issue 42-cent stamps Flags of Our Nation in 10 designs in a pressure-sensitive adhesive (PSA) coil of 50 (Item 786500). Designed by Howard E. Paine of Delaplane, Virginia, the stamps go on sale nationwide June 14, 2008.
This is a new format for mail use in a multi-stamp series featuring the Stars and Stripes, the fifty state flags, five territorial flags, and the District of Columbia flag. Two sets of ten stamps will be issued each year through 2010 for a total of sixty stamp designs.
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:
FLAGS OF OUR NATION
POSTMASTER
SPECIAL CANCELLATIONS
PO BOX 92282
WASHINGTON DC 20066-9998
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 August 15, 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 four 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.
All stamp distribution offices (SDOs) will receive an automatic distribution of the $21.00 Flags of Our Nation PSA coil of 50. Distributions are rounded up to the nearest master carton size (800 coils).
SDOs will not make a subsequent automatic distribution of Item 786500 to Post Offices. All Post Offices requiring quantities of Item 786500 must order them from their designated SDO using a separate PS Form 17, Stamp Requisition/Stamp Return. SDOs must not distribute coils to Post Offices before June 9, 2008.
Post Offices requiring additional stamps must requisition Item 786500 from their designated SDO using PS Form 17. SDOs requiring additional coils 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 422,400 additional coils. The Denver APD will receive 192,000 additional coils. The Kansas City SSC will receive 422,400 additional coils for fulfilling supplemental orders from APDs.
Issue:
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Flags of Our Nation
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Item Number:
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786500
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Denomination &
Type of Issue:
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42-cent Definitive
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Format:
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Coil of 50 (10 designs)
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Series:
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N/A
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Issue Date & City:
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June 14, 2008,
Washington, DC 20066
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Designer:
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Howard E. Paine, Delaplane, VA
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Art Director:
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Howard E. Paine, Delaplane, VA
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Typographer:
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Howard E. Paine, Delaplane, VA
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Artist:
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Tom Engeman, Brunswick, MD
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Modeler:
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Donald Woo
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Manufacturing Process:
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Gravure
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Engraver:
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Southern Graphics, Richmond, VA
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Printer:
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American Packaging Corporation/Sennett Security Products (SSP)
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Printed at:
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Columbus, WI
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Press Type:
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Cerrutti, 950
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Stamps per Coil:
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50
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Print Quantity:
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500 million 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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Stamp Orientation:
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Horizontal
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Image Area (w x h):
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1.74 x 0.96 in./44.20 x 24.38 mm
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Overall Size (w x h):
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1.59 x 0.81 in./40.41 x 20.57 mm
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Colors:
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Magenta, Yellow, Cyan, Black, PMS
187 (Red), PMS 4625 (Brown),
PMS 3425 (Green), PMS 2945
(Blue), PMS 5415 (Grey)
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Full Pane Size (w x h):
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N/A
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Plate Size:
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760 stamps per revolution
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Plate Numbers:
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“S” followed by nine (9) single digits
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Marginal Markings:
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© 2008 • Plate block numbers every
10 stamps
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— Stamp Services,
Government Relations, 5-22-08
