On September 18, 2008, at Boston University in Boston, Massachusetts, the Postal Service™ will issue a 42-cent Bette Davis commemorative stamp in one design in a pressure-sensitive adhesive (PSA) pane of 20 stamps (Item 462600). The stamp, designed by Richard Sheaff of Scottsdale, Arizona, goes on sale nationwide September 18, 2008.
With the issuance of this 14th stamp in the Legends of Hollywood series, artist Michael J. Deas of New Orleans, Louisiana, based his painting for the stamp on a black and white still of Bette Davis made during the filming of “All About Eve” (1950), in which Davis brilliantly portrayed aging Broadway star Margo Channing.
Issue:
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Bette Davis
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Item Number:
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462600
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Denomination &
Type of Issue:
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42-cent Commemorative
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Format:
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Pane of 20 (1 design)
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Series:
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Legends of Hollywood
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Issue Date:
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September 18, 2008,
Boston, MA 02205
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Designer:
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Richard Sheaff, Scottsdale, AZ
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Art Director:
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Richard Sheaff, Scottsdale, AZ
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Typographer:
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Richard Sheaff, Scottsdale, AZ
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Artist:
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Michael J. Deas, New Orleans, LA
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Engraver:
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N/A
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Modeler:
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Joseph Sheeran
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Manufacturing Process:
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Offset, Microprinting, “USPS”
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Printer:
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Ashton Potter (USA) Ltd. (APU)
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Printed at:
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Williamsville, NY
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Press Type:
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Mueller Martini, A 76
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Stamps per Pane:
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20
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Print Quantity:
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60 million stamps
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Paper Type:
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Nonphosphored, Type III
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Adhesive Type:
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Pressure-sensitive
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Processed at:
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Ashton Potter (USA) Ltd. (APU)
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Colors:
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Black, Cyan, Magenta, Yellow
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Stamp Orientation:
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Vertical
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Image Area (w x h):
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0.84 x 1.42 in./21.34x 36.07 mm
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Overall Size (w x h):
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0.98 x 1.56 in./24.89 x 39.62 mm
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Full Pane Size (w x h):
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8.474 x 7.169 in./215.24 x
182.09 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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“P” followed by four (4) single digits
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Marginal Markings:
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Front:
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© 2007 USPS • Plate block • Price
• Plate numbers in four positions
• Header “14th IN A SERIES,
Legends of Hollywood”
• Biographical information
• Proprietary notice
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Back:
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USPS logo • Barcode “462600” in
four positions
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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:
Bette Davis Stamp
First Day of Issue
USPS Boston Retail Team
25 Dorchester Ave., Rm. 3011
Boston, MA 02205-9600
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 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 request a free catalog by calling 800-STAMP-24 or writing to:
Information Fulfillment
Dept. 6270
U.S. Postal Service
PO Box 219014
Kansas City, MO 64121-9014
There are six philatelic products available for this stamp issue:
- 462661,* First Day Cover, $0.80.
- 462662,* First Day Cover w/Full Pane, $10.90.
- 462665,* Digital Color Postmark, $1.50.
- 462684,* Uncut Press Sheet, $75.60.
- 462691,* Ceremony Program, $6.95.
- 462699, Cancellation Keepsake Digital Color Postmark w/Pane, $9.90.
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 55 to 60 percent of their full standard automatic distribution quantity for a PSA sheet stamp. Distributions are rounded up to the nearest master carton size (40,000 stamps).
SDOs will make a subsequent automatic distribution to Post Offices of 50 percent their full standard automatic distribution quantity using PS Form 17, Stamp Requisition/Stamp Return. SDOs must not distribute stamps to Post Offices before September 12, 2008.
Post Offices requiring additional stamps must requisition Item 462600 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 Chicago APD will receive 3,200,000 additional stamps; the New York and San Francisco APDs will each receive 2,880,000 additional stamps; and the Memphis APD will receive 2,400,000 additional stamps.
All Post Offices must acquire and maintain a supply of each new commemorative stamp as long as customer demand exists, until inventory is depleted, or until the stamp is officially withdrawn from sale. If supplies run low, Post Offices must reorder additional quantities using their normal ordering procedures.
— Stamp Services,
Government Relations, 8-14-08
