On July 23, 2009, in Biloxi, Mississippi, the Postal Service™ will issue 44-cent, Gulf Coast Lighthouses commemorative stamps in five designs in a pressure-sensitive adhesive (PSA) pane of 20 stamps (Item 464500) and a booklet of 20 stamped postal cards (Item 896800). Designed by Howard E. Paine of Delaplane, Virginia, the stamps go on sale nationwide July 23, 2009.
The U.S. Postal Service® continues its popular series of lighthouse stamps by Artist Howard Koslow, Toms River, New Jersey, with the 2009 issuance of five Gulf Coast Lighthouses stamps: Matagorda Island, Sabine Pass, Biloxi, Sand Island, and Fort Jefferson. Each stamp features an original acrylic painting by Koslow based on recent photographs of the lighthouses. Koslow also painted the five Pacific Lighthouses stamps issued in 2007; Southeastern Lighthouses stamps issued in 2003; the Great Lakes Lighthouses stamps issued in 1995; and the five stamps in the 1990 lighthouses booklet.
Issue:
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Gulf Coast Lighthouses
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Item Number:
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464500
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Denomination & Type of Issue:
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44-cent Commemorative
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Format:
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Pane of 20 (5 designs)
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Series:
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Lighthouses
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Issue Date & City:
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July 23, 2009, Biloxi, MS 39530
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Designer:
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Howard E. Paine, Delaplane, VA
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Art Director:
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Howard E. Paine, Delaplane, VA
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Typographer:
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Howard E. Paine, Delaplane, VA
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Artist:
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Howard Koslow, Toms River, NJ
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Modeler:
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Joseph Sheeran
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Manufacturing Process:
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Offset
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Printer:
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Ashton Potter (USA) Ltd. (APU)
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Printed at:
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Williamsville, NY
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Press Type:
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Mueller Martini, A76
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Stamps per Pane:
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20
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Print Quantity:
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100 million stamps
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Paper Type:
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Nonphosphored, Type III, Block
Tagged
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Adhesive Type:
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Pressure-sensitive
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Processed at:
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Ashton Potter (USA) Ltd.
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Colors:
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Black, Cyan, Magenta, Yellow, PMS 3155 (Blue)
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Stamp Orientation:
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Vertical
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Image Area (w x h):
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.84 x .1.42 in./21.37 x 36.07 mm
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Overall Size (w x h):
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.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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5.92 x 7.50 in./150.37 x 190.50 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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“P” followed by four (4) single digits
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Marginal Markings:
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Front:
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© 2008 USPS • Header: “Gulf Coast Lighthouses — FIFTH IN A SERIES” • Plate position diagram • Price • Plate numbers in four positions
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Back:
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USPS logo • Barcode (464500) in two positions • Descriptive text on back of each stamp
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Issue:
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Gulf Coast Lighthouses Postal Card Booklets
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Item Number:
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896800
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Denomination & Type of Issue:
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28-cent Premium Stamped Postal Card
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Format:
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$14.95 Stamped Postal Card Booklet of 20 (5 designs)
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Series:
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Lighthouses
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Issue Date & City:
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July 23, 2009, Biloxi, MS 39530
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Designer:
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Howard E. Paine, Delaplane, VA
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Art Director:
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Howard E. Paine, Delaplane, VA
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Typographer:
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Howard E. Paine, Delaplane, VA
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Artist:
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Howard, Koslow, Tom Rivers, NJ
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Modeler:
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Joseph Sheeran
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Engraver:
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N/A
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Manufacturing Process:
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Offset
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Printer:
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Sterling Sommer, Inc.
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Printed at:
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Tonawanda, NY
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Finishers:
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Ashton Potter (USA) Ltd. (APU)
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Finished at
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Williamsville, NY
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Press Type:
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Heidelberg, Speedmaster
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Print Quantity:
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601,200 cards
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Paper Type:
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Nonphosphored,Type III, Block
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Adhesive Type:
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N/A
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Colors:
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Black, Cyan, Magenta, Yellow
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Card Orientation:
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Vertical
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Image Area (w x h):
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4.125 x 5.93 in./104.78 x 150.62 mm
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Overall Size (w x h):
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4.125 x 6.555 in./104.78 x 166.50 mm
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Plate Size:
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18 cards per revolution
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Plate Numbers:
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N/A
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Marginal Markings:
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N/A
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Other Front Markings:
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Name of lighthouse and location
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Other Back Markings:
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© 2009 USPS • Stamp image • Name of lighthouse and descriptive text • Map showing lighthouse location
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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:
Gulf Coast Lighthouses Stamps
Postmaster
135 Main Street
Biloxi, MS 39530-9998
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 September 24, 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
After more than 150 years of guiding vessels through a stretch of water known as “hurricane alley,” only a few lighthouses remain standing along America’s Gulf Coast. Share the beauty and history of a few of these noble structures with this set of 20 ready-to-mail cards (Gulf Coast Lighthouses Premium Stamped Cards (5 designs) — Item No. 896800/896801/464566, $14.95) or a set of 10 ready-to-mail prestamped stationery sheets (Gulf Coast Lighthouses Premium Stamped Stationery (5 designs) — Item No. 464580, $15.95). Included are five different designs featuring the lighthouses of Matagorda Island (Texas); Sabine Pass (Louisiana); Biloxi (Mississippi); Sand Island (Alabama); and Fort Jefferson (Florida). Best of all, postage is preprinted on the premium stamped cards and the premium stamped stationery. Just write a note and drop it in the mail! There are also four other philatelic products available for this stamp issue:
n 464563*, First Day Cover, Set of 5, Black Cancellation, $4.10.
n 464568*, Digital Color Postmark, Set of 5, $7.50.
n 464591*, Ceremony Program, $6.95.
n 464599, Cancellation Keepsake (5 Digital Color Postmarks w/Pane), $16.30.
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 80 to 90 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 one-half their full standard automatic distribution quantity using PS Form 17, Stamp Requisition/Stamp Return. SDOs must not distribute stamps to Post Offices before July 16, 2009.
Post Offices requiring additional stamps must requisition them 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 additional stamps.
— Stamp Services,
Government Relations and Public Policy, 6-18-09
