On February 24, 2009, in Washington, DC, the Postal Service™ will issue a non-denominated, presorted standard rate (10-cent value), Patriotic Banner stamp in one design in a water-activated gum (WAG) coil of 500 stamps (Item 787400). Designed by Michael Osborne of Berkeley, California, the stamp goes on sale nationwide February 24, 2009.
This stamp was previously issued in the following formats:
n July 4, 2007, Pressure-sensitive adhesive (PSA) coil of 3,000 stamps (Item 784600).
n July 4, 2007, PSA coil of 10,000 stamps (Item 784700).
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:
Patriotic Banner Stamp
Special Cancellations
PO Box 92282
Washington, DC 20090-2282
Issue:
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Patriotic Banner
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Item Number:
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787400
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Denomination &
Type of Issue:
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Presorted Standard
Nondenominated Definitive
(10-cent value)
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Format:
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Coil of 500 (1 design)
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Series:
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N/A
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Issue Date & City:
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February 24, 2009,
Washington, DC 20066
(No Ceremony)
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Designer:
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Michael Osborne, Berkeley, CA
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Art Director:
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Ethel Kessler, Bethesda, MD
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Typographer:
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Michael Osborne, Berkeley, CA
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Artist:
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Michael Osborne, Berkeley, CA
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Modeler:
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Donald Woo
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Manufacturing Process:
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Offset
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Printer:
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Banknote Corporation of America/
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 coil:
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500
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Print Quantity:
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30 million coils
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Paper Type:
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Nonphosphored, Type III
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Adhesive Type:
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Water-activated
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Processed at:
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Unique Binders, Fredericksburg, VA
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Colors:
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PMS 200 (Red), PMS 280 (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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0.73 x 0.84 in./18.54 x 21.34 mm
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Overall Size (w x h):
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0.87x 0.98 in./22.10 x 24.89 mm
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Full Pane Size (w x h):
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N/A
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Plate Size:
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682 stamps per revolution
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Plate Numbers:
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“S” followed by three (3) single
digits (every 31 stamps)
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Marginal Markings:
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Plate numbers every 31st stamp on
coil
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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 April 27, 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
PO Box 219014
Kansas City, MO 64121-9014
There is one philatelic product available for this stamp issue:
n 787462*, First Day Cover, $0.90
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 not receive an automatic distribution of Item 787400. SDOs requiring quantities of Item 787400 must order them from their designated accountable paper depository (APD) using PS Form 17, Stamp Requisition/Stamp Return.
Post Offices requiring quantities of Item 787400, must order them from their designated SDO using PS Form 17. SDOs must not distribute these stamps to Post Offices before February 17, 2009.
Philatelic centers requiring quantities of Item 787400 must order them from their designated SDO using PS Form 17.
Post Offices requiring additional coils must requisition them from their designated SDO using PS Form 17. SDOs requiring additional coils must order them from the appropriate APD using PS Form 17.
For fulfilling orders from SDOs, the San Francisco, Chicago, Memphis, and New York APDs will each receive coils. For fulfilling supplemental orders from APDs, the Kansas City Stamp Services Center will receive additional coils.
— Stamp Services,
Government Relations, 1-29-09
