On October 23, 2008, in New York, New York, the Postal Service™ will issue a 42-cent, Holiday Nutcrackers special stamp in four designs. Designed by Derry Noyes of Washington, DC, the stamp goes on sale nationwide October 23, 2008.
The stamp will be issued in the following formats:
Nutcrackers have been around for centuries. They range from simple utilitarian devices to elaborate collectibles, with a host of creations that fall somewhere in between. During the winter holiday season, nutcrackers of all shapes and sizes are familiar sights in toy stores, on Christmas trees, on mantel pieces, on book and magazine covers, and in performance venues.
Four eye-catching nutcracker designs — Santa (or “Father Christmas”), a king, a captain, and a drummer — add colorful, humourous touches to winter holiday correspondence in 2008.
Issue:
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Holiday Nutcrackers
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Item Number:
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678000
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Denomination &
Type of Issue:
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42-cent Special
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Format:
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Double-sided Booklet of 20
(4 designs)
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Series:
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Holiday
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Issue Date & City:
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October 23, 2008, New York, NY
(Mega Stamp Show)
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Designer:
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Derry Noyes, Washington, DC
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Art Director:
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Derry Noyes, Washington, DC
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Typographer:
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Derry Noyes, Washington, DC
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Photographers:
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Sally Andersen-Bruce,
New Milford, CT
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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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Banknote Corporation of America,
Inc./SSP
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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 Booklet:
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20
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Print Quantity:
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1.3 billion stamps
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Paper Type:
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Prephosphored, Type II
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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 485 (Red)
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Stamp Orientation:
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Vertical
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Image Area (w x h):
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0.75 x 1.03 in./19.05 x 26.16 mm
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Overall Size (w x h):
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0.90 x 1.19 in./23.11 x 30.22 mm
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Flat Booklet Size (w x h):
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2.38 x 5.74 in./60.45 x 145.80 mm
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Plate Size:
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480 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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Cover:
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Stamp image • Header, “Holiday
Nutcrackers” • “Twenty 42¢
Stamps” • “Four Different
Designs” • “$8.40”
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Other:
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© 2007 USPS • Plate number
• Barcode “678000”
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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® website 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:
Holiday Nutcrackers Stamps
Postmaster
421 Eighth Ave., Rm. 2029B
New York, NY 10199-9998
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 December 27, 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
P.O. Box 219014
Kansas City, MO 64121-9014
There are six philatelic products available for this stamp issue:
- 571763*, First Day Cover Set of 4, $3.20.
- 678063*, First Day Cover Set of 4, $3.20.
- 678068*, Digital Color Postmark Set of 4, $6.00.
- 678077, Nutcrackers Secret Puzzle Post Cards, $7.95.
- 678091*, Ceremony Program w/4 Stamps, $6.95.
- 678099* Digital Color Postmark Keepsake, $14.40.
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 68 percent of their full standard automatic distribution quantity for a PSA booklet. Distributions are rounded up to the nearest master carton size (4,000 booklets).
SDOs will make a subsequent automatic distribution to Post Offices for 50 percent of their full standard automatic distribution quantity for a PSA booklet using PS Form 17, Stamp Requisition/Stamp Return. SDOs must not distribute stamps to Post Offices before October 17, 2008.
Post Offices requiring additional booklets must requisition Item 678000 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 San Francisco, Chicago, Memphis, and New York APDs will each receive 1,920,000 additional booklets.
Issue:
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Holiday Nutcrackers
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Item Number:
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678100
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Denomination &
Type of Issue:
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42-cent Special
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Format:
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Folded Vending Booklet of 20
(4 designs)
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Series:
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Holiday
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Issue Date and City:
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October 23, 2008, New York,
NY 10199 (Mega Stamp Show)
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Designer:
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Derry Noyes, Washington, DC
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Art Director:
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Derry Noyes, Washington, DC
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Typographer:
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Derry Noyes, Washington, DC
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Photographer:
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Sally Andersen-Bruce,
New Milford, CT
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Modeler:
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Donald Woo
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Manufacturing Process:
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Offset, Microprint “USPS”
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Engraver:
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N/A
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Printer:
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Banknote Corporation of America/
Sennett Security Products
(SSP)
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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 Booket:
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20
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Print Quantity:
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60,900 million stamps
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Paper Type:
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Prephosphored, Type II
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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,
PMS 485 (Red), Black
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Stamp Orientation:
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Vertical
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Image Area (w x h):
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0.71 x 0.82 in./18.03 x 20.83 mm
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Overall Size (w x h):
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0.87 x 0.98 in./22.10 x 24.89 mm
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Flat Booklet Size (w x h):
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1.74 x 10.38 in./44.20 x 263.65 mm
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Plate Size:
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560 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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Cover
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Stamp image • Header, “Holiday
Nutcrackers” • Twenty 42¢
stamps • “Four Different
Designs” • “$8.40”
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Other
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© 2007 USPS • Plate number
• USPS logo • Barcode
“678100” • Promotional text
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SDOs will receive automatic distributions of the Holiday Nutcrackers folded vending booklets of 20, in straight packaging (Item 678100). Distributions are rounded up to the nearest master carton size (4,500 books).
The Holiday Nutcrackers folded vending booklets of 20 will not be available in crisscross packaging (Item 678111).
SDOs will not make a subsequent automatic distribution of Item 678100 to Post Offices. Only Post Offices equipped with the appropriate self-service vending machines may order Items 678100 from their designated SDO using a separate PS Form 17. SDOs must not distribute stamps to Post Offices before October 17, 2008.
Authorized Post Offices requiring additional booklets for restocking of the appropriate self-service vending machines must requisition them from their designated SDO using PS Form 17. SDOs requiring additional booklets must order them from the appropriate APD using PS Form 17.
For fulfilling supplemental orders from SDOs, APDs will receive additional quantities of the vendible straight booklets (Item 678100).
SDOs will receive automatic distributions of the Holiday Nutcrackers ATM sheetlets of 18 (Item 571700). Distributions are rounded up to the nearest master carton size (2,000 sheetlets).
SDOs will not make a subsequent automatic distribution to Post Offices. Only Post Offices equipped with Automated Postal Centers® (APCs®) may order Item 571700 from their designated SDO using a separate PS Form 17. SDOs must not distribute stamps to Post Offices before October 17, 2008.
Authorized Post Offices requiring additional sheetlets for restocking of APCs must requisition them from their designated SDO using PS Form 17.
For fulfilling supplemental orders from SDOs, APDs will receive additional quantities of the Holiday Nutcrackers ATM sheetlets of 18 (Item 571700).
Issue:
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Holiday Nutcrackers
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Item Number:
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571700
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Denomination &
Type of Issue:
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42-cent Special
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Format:
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Automatic Teller Machine (ATM)
Sheetlet of 18 (4 designs)
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Series:
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Holiday
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Issue Date & City:
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October 23, 2008, New York,
NY 10199 (Mega Stamp Show)
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Designer:
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Derry Noyes, Washington, DC
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Art Director:
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Derry Noyes, Washington, DC
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Typographer:
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Derry Noyes, Washington, DC
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Photographer
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Sally Andersen-Bruce,
New Milford, CT
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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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Engraver:
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WRE/ColorTech
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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 Booklet:
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18
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Print Quantity:
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126,324 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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AVR, Clinton, SC
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Colors:
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Magenta, Yellow, Cyan, Black
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Stamp Orientation:
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Vertical
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Image Area (w x h):
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0.730 x 0.840 in./18.54 x 21.34 mm
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Overall Size (w x h):
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0.870 x 0.982 in./22.10 x 24.94 mm
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Full Booklet Size (w x h):
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2.61 x 6.125 in./66.29 x 155.58 mm
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Plate Size:
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540 stamps per revolution
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Plate Numbers:
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“V” followed by four (4) single digits
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Marginal Markings:
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Stamp side:
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© 2007 USPS in peel strip area
• Plate number
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Non-stamp side:
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Promotional text • Barcode 571700
• USPS logo • Holiday
Nutcrackers image • “Holiday
Nutcrackers” • “Eighteen 42¢
Stamps” • “Four Different
Designs” • $7.56
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— Stamp Services,
Government Relations, 9-25-08
