On January 16, 2009, in Richmond, Virginia, the Postal Service™ will issue a 42-cent, Edgar Allan Poe commemorative stamp in one design in a pressure-sensitive adhesive (PSA) pane of 20 stamps (Item 464400). Designed by Carl T. Herrman, Carlsbad, California, the stamp goes on sale nationwide January 16, 2009.
In 2009, the U.S. Postal Service® commemorates the 200th anniversary of the birth of Edgar Allan Poe, one of America’s most extraordinary poets and fiction writers. For more than a century and a half, Poe and his works have been praised by admirers around the world.
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,
Issue:
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Edgar Allan Poe
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Item Number:
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464400
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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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Issue Date & City:
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January 16, 2009, Richmond, VA
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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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Michael J. Deas, New Orleans, LA
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Engraver:
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Keating
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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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30 million stamps
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Paper Type:
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Non-phosphored, 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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Cyan, Magenta, Yellow, Black,
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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0.84 x 1.42 in./21.34 x 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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8.0 x 7.0 in./203.2 x 177.8 mm
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Plate Size:
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160 stamps per revolution
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Plate Numbers:
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“V” followed by five (5) single digits
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Marginal Markings:
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Front:
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© 2008 USPS • Price “.42 x 20 =
$8.40” • Header: “EDGAR
ALLAN POE” • Paragraph: ”was
one of…published in 1845”
• Plate position diagram • Plate
numbers in two corners on left
side of pane • Quote: “Leave my
loneliness unbroken” – The
Raven
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Back:
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USPS logo • Barcodes “464400” in
one corner on left side of pane
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address the envelopes (to themselves or others), and place them in a larger envelope addressed to:
Edgar Allan Poe Stamp
Postmaster
Attn: Customer Relations Coordinator
1801 Brook Road
Richmond, VA 23232-9993
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 March 17, 2009.
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 five philatelic products available for this stamp issue:
- 464461*, First Day Cover, $0.80.
- 464465*, Digital Color Postmark First Day Cover, $1.50.
- 464473, Limited Edition, Raven Book w/Block of four stamps, $12.95.
- 464491*, Ceremony Program, $6.95.
- 464499*, Digital Color Postmark Keepsake w/Full 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 25 percent to 30 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 25 percent of their full standard automatic distribution quantity using PS Form 17, Stamp Requisition/Stamp Return. SDOs must not distribute stamps to Post Offices before January 8, 2009.
Post Offices requiring additional stamps must requisition Item 464400 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, New York, Memphis, and San Francisco APDs will each receive 1,040,000 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, 12-4-08
