Stamp Announcement 08-39: Sea Coast

On September 5, 2008, in Washington, DC, the Postal Service™ will issue a nondenominated, definitive non­profit Sea Coast (5-cent value) stamp in a water-activated gum (WAG) coil of 500 (Item 781800). The stamp, designed by Phil Jordan of Falls Church, Virginia, goes on sale nationwide September 5, 2008.

The stamp was previously issued in the following formats:

• 781400 — October 21, 2002, pressure-sensitive adhesive (PSA), coil of 10,000 stamps.
• 781800 — March 20, 2003, WAG, coil of 500 stamps.
• 782000 — March 20, 2003, WAG, coil of 10,000 stamps.
• 782700 – April 7, 2004, PSA, coil of 3,000 stamps.

How to Order the First Day of Issue Postmark

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:

SEA COAST NONPROFIT STAMP
POSTMASTER
SPECIAL CANCELLATIONS
PO BOX 92282
WASHINGTON DC 20090-2282

 

Issue:	Sea Coast
Item Number:	781800
Denomination & Type of Issue:	Nondenominated Definitive Nonprofit (5-cent value)
Format:	Coil of 500 (1 design)
Series:	American Scenes
Issue Date & City:	September 5, 2008, Washington, DC 20066 (No Ceremony)
Designer:	Tom Engeman, Bethany Beach, DE
Art Director:	Phil Jordan, Falls Church, VA
Typographer:	Tom Engeman, Bethany Beach, DE
Artist:	Tom Engeman, Bethany Beach, DE
Modeler:	Donald H. Woo
Manufacturing Process:	Offset, Microprint
Engraver:	N/A
Printer:	Banknote Corporation of America, Inc./Sennett Security Products (SSP/BCA)
Printed at:	Browns Summitt, NC
Press Type:	Alprinta, 74
Stamps per coil:	500
Print Quantity:	15 million coils
Paper Type:	Nonphosphored, Type III
Adhesive Type:	Water-activated
Processed at:	Unique Binders, Fredericksburg, VA
Colors:	Red, Light Blue, Yellow, Black, Dark Blue
Stamp Orientation:	Vertical
Image Area (w x h):	0.87 x 0.96 in./22.10 x 24.38 mm
Overall Size (w x h):	0.72 x 0.81 in./18.29.10 x 20.57 mm
Full Pane Size (w x h):	N/A
Plate Size:	682 stamps per revolution
Plate Numbers:	“S” followed by five (5) single digits (every 31th stamp)
Marginal Markings:	N/A

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 November 7, 2008.

How to Order First Day Covers

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 telephoning 800-STAMP-24 or writing to:

INFORMATION FULFILLMENT
DEPT 6270
US POSTAL SERVICE
PO BOX 219014
Kansas City Mo 64121-9014

Philatelic Products

There is one philatelic product available with this stamp issue:

• 781862*, First Day Cover, $0.84.

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.

Distribution: Item 781800, Nondenominated, Nonprofit Rate, Sea Coast, Water Activated Gum (WAG) Coil of 500 ($25 Value),

The $25.00 nonprofit rate Sea Coast, WAG Coil of 500 (Reprint Variety) will not be automatically distributed to Stamp Distribution Offices (SDOs). SDOs requiring quanti­ties of this reprint variety of Item 781800 must order them from the appropriate accountable paper depository (APD) using a separate PS Form 17, Stamp Requisition/Stamp Return.

Initial Supply to Post Offices

SDOs will not make a subsequent automatic distribu­tion of this reprint variety of Item 781800 to Post Offices. All Post Offices requiring quantities of this nonprofit rate, WAG Coil of 500 must order them from their designated SDO using PS Form 17. SDOs must not distribute this reprint variety coil to Post Offices before August 29, 2008.

Additional Supply

Post Offices requiring additional Item 781800 must req­uisition them from their designated SDO using a PS Form 17. SDOs requiring additional coils must order them from the appropriate APD using PS Form 17. For fulfilling sup­plemental orders from SDOs, the New York and San Francisco APDs will each receive 4,800 coils; the Chicago and Memphis APDs will each receive 4,000 coils. For fulfill­ing supplemental orders from APDs, the Kansas City SSC will receive 7,600 coils.

— Stamp Services,
Government Relations, 7-31-08