On September 23, 2008, in Washington, DC, the Postal Service™ will issue a 42-cent, Eid special stamp in one design in a pressure-sensitive adhesive (PSA) pane of 20 (Item 573000). Designed/calligraphed by Mohamed Zakariya of Arlington, Virginia, the stamp goes on sale nationwide September 23, 2008. This stamp was previously issued with the same design and with a 34-cent denomination in 2001, a 37-cent denomination in 2002, a 39-cent denomination in 2006, and 41-cent denomination in 2007.
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:
Eid Stamp
Postmaster
Special Cancellations
PO Box 92282
Washington, DC 20090-2282
Issue:
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Eid
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Item Number:
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573000
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Denomination &
Type of Issue:
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42-cent Special
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Format:
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Pane of 20 (1 design)
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Series:
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Holiday
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Issue Date & City:
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September 23, 2008,
Washington, DC 20066
(No Ceremony)
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Designer/Calligrapher:
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Mohamed Zakariya, Arlington, VA
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Art Director:
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Phil Jordan, Falls Church, VA
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Engraver:
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Parmarco/Armotek Industries
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Modeler:
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Avery Dennison, SPD
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Manufacturing Process:
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Gravure
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Printer:
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Avery Dennison (AVR)
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Printed at:
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AVR, Clinton, SC
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Press Type:
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Dia Nippon Kiko (DNK)
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Stamps per Pane:
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20
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Print Quantity:
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25 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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Avery Dennison, Clinton, SC
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Colors:
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PMS 300 (Gray), (PMS 424) (Blue),
PMS 871 (Gold)
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Stamp Orientation:
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Vertical
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Image Area (w x h):
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0.770 x 1.05 in./19.56 x 26.67 mm
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Overall Size (w x h):
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0.910 x 1.19 in./23.11 x 30.23 mm
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Full Pane Size (w x h):
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5.375 x 5.875 in./136.53 x 149.23 mm
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Plate Size:
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240 stamps per revolution
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Plate Numbers:
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“V” followed by three (3) single digits
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Marginal Markings:
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“© 2000 USPS” • Price • Plate position
diagram • Plate numbers in four
corners of pane • Two barcodes
“573000”
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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 24, 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 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 15 to 20 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 15 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 17, 2008.
Post Offices requiring additional stamps must requisition Item 573000 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 and New York APDs will each receive 3,000,000 additional stamps and the Memphis and San Francisco APDs will each receive 960,000 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
