On June 20, 2008, in Washington, DC, the Postal Service™ will issue a $16.50 Hoover Dam Express Mail stamp in one design in a pressure-sensitive adhesive (PSA) pane of 20 (Item 112700). Designed by Carl T. Herrman of Carlsbad, California, the stamp goes on sale nationwide June 20, 2008.
Named after President Herbert Hoover, the Hoover Dam is a national historic landmark located on the Colorado River on the Arizona-Nevada border. The stamp artwork, by Dan Cosgrove, Chicago, Illinois, depicts a view looking upstream. Nevada is on the left, and Arizona is on the right.
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:
hoover dam express mail STAMP
POSTMASTER
SPECIAL CANCELLATIONS
PO BOX 92282
WASHINGTON DC 20090-2282
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 19, 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
Issue:
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Hoover Dam (Express Mail)
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Item Number:
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112700
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Denomination &
Type of Issue:
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$16.50 Definitive
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Format:
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Pane of 20 (1 design)
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Series:
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Express Mail
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Issue Date & City:
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June 20, 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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Dan Cosgrove, Chicago, IL
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Engraver:
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N/A
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Modeler:
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Donald Woo
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Manufacturing Process:
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Offset/Microprinting “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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15 million stamps
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Paper Type:
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Phosphored tagged, Overall
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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 1355 (yellow)
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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 1.07 in./35.56 x 27.18 mm
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Overall Size (w x h):
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1.56 x 1.23 in./39.62 x 31.24 mm
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Full Pane Size (w x h):
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7.13 x 7.00 in./181.10 x 177.80 mm
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Plate Size:
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120 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 on four corners of pane
• Plate position diagram
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Back:
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Barcodes (112700) on four corners
of pane • USPS logo
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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 two 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.
Stamp distribution offices (SDOs) will receive approximately 5 percent to 10 percent of their standard automatic distribution quantity for a PSA sheet stamp. SDO distributions began shipment May 29, 2008, and will complete shipment June 26, 2008. 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 112700 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 June 13, 2008.
Post Offices requiring additional stamps must requisition Item 112700 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 APD will receive 880,000 additional stamps; the Memphis, Chicago, and San Francisco APDs will each receive 800,000 additional stamps; and the Denver APD will receive 240,000 additional stamps. The Kansas City Stamp Services Center (SSC) will receive 3,840,000 additional stamps for fulfilling supplemental orders from APDs.
— Stamp Services,
Government Relations, 6-5-08
