On May 15, 2009, in Washington, DC, the Postal Service™ will re-issue the nondenominated First-Class Mail® definitive, Forever Stamp™ (Liberty Bell) in one design in a pressure-sensitive adhesive (PSA) double-sided booklet of 20 (Item 678900). The stamp, designed by Carl T. Herrman, North Las Vegas, Nevada, goes on sale nationwide May 15, 2009.
The stamp was previously issued in the following formats:
n 2007 — PSA double-sided booklet of 20 (Item 676600).
n 2007 — PSA vending booklet of 20 (Item 676500).
n 2007 — PSA ATM sheetlet of 18 (Item 569900).
n 2008 — PSA double-sided booklet of 20 (Item 677700).
n 2008 — PSA folded vending booklet of 20 (Item 679200).
n 2009 — PSA ATM sheetlet of 18 (573300).
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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Forever Stamp
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Item Number:
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678900
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Denomination &
Type of Issue:
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Nondenominated First-Class Rate
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Format:
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Double-sided Booklet of 20
(1 design)
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Series:
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N/A
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Issue Date & City:
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May 15, 2009,
Washington, DC 20066
(No Ceremony)
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Designer:
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Carl T. Herrman,
North Las Vegas, NV
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Art Director:
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Carl T. Herrman,
North Las Vegas, NV
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Typographer:
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Carl T. Herrman,
North Las Vegas, NV
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Artist:
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Tom Engeman, Bethany Beach, DE
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Modeler:
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Donald Woo
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Manufacturing Process:
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Offset/Microprint “FOREVER”
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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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750 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
876 (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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0.71 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 6.21 in./44.20 x 157.73 mm
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Plate Size:
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672 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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Stamp Side:
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© 2007 USPS • Plate numbers in
peel strip area
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Cover:
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Barcode (678900) • “FOREVER”
• Stamp image • “Twenty
First-Class Stamps”
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address the envelopes (to themselves or others), and place them in a larger envelope addressed to:
Forever Stamp (Liberty Bell)
Special Cancellations
PO Box 92282
Washington, DC 20090-2282
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 July 16, 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 678961*, First Day Cover, $0.82.
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 automatic distribution quantities of this nondenominated Forever Stamp booklet variety printed by Sennett.
Initial distributions will be in one wave and will only be distributed to the Kansas City and Dulles Stamp Services Centers (SSCs), Stamp Fulfillment Services, and the accountable paper depositories (APDs). Shipments began on April 28, 2009, and will be complete by May 21, 2009. Distributions are rounded up to nearest master carton size (4,000 booklets).
SDOs will not make a subsequent automatic distribution to Post Offices. Post Offices requiring quantities of the Forever Stamp booklet of 20 should continue to order Item 677700 from their designated SDO using PS Form 17, Stamp Requisition/Stamp Return. SDOs will continue to ship Item 677700 in place of Item 678900, until existing supplies of Item 677700 are depleted.
There will be no distribution of this version to the philatelic centers.
Post Offices requiring quantities of the Forever Stamp booklet of 20 should continue to order Item 677700 from their designated SDO using a separate PS Form 17. SDOs will continue to ship Item 677700 in place of Item 678900 until existing supplies of Item 677700 are depleted.
SDOs requiring quantities of the Forever Stamp booklet of 20 should continue to order Item 677700 from their designated APD using PS Form 17. Quantities of 678900 from APDs will not be made available to SDOs until existing supplies of Item 677700 at the APDs are depleted.
When needed, additional quantities of this Item 678900 nondenominated ($8.80 Value) Forever Stamp (Liberty Bell), PSA double-sided booklet of 20 will also be made available to SDOs via future automatic distributions, shipped directly from the supplier to the SDOs.
— Stamp Services,
Government Relations and Public Policy, 5-7-09
