On August 11, 2009, in North Hollywood, California, the Postal Service™ will issue the 44-cent, Early TV Memories commemorative stamps in 20 designs in a pressure-sensitive (PSA) pane of 20 stamps (Item 463300), and a booklet of 20 premium stamped postal cards (Item 896600). The stamps, designed by Carl T. Herrman, North Las Vegas, Nevada, go on sale nationwide August 11, 2009.
With these stamps, the U.S. Postal Service® commemorates 20 great shows from TV’s golden age. For more than half a century, Americans have turned to television for entertainment and information. To those watching in its early days, TV offered the additional excitement of the new. Whether laughing at the first situation comedies, tingling at crime dramas, or identifying with ordinary people who had their day in the spotlight on game shows, audiences were charmed by the novelty of the young medium.
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:
Early TV Memories Stamp
Postmaster
North Hollywood Post Office
7035 Laurel Canyon Blvd.
North Hollywood, CA 91605-9998
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 October 12, 2009.
Only the following pictorial postmark is permitted for the Early TV Memories stamp. The word “Station” or the abbreviation “STA” is required somewhere in the design, because it will be a temporary station. These cancellations are being provided to the field so that Post Offices can use the artwork if they wish to host “second day” ceremonies, etc. As a reminder, these are not first day of issue cancellations, but may be used as “First Day of Sale” cancellations.
To finalize the Early TV Memories stamp pictorial postmark art, insert the date, city, state and ZIP™ Code of the physical location of your event adjacent to the stamp image. Overall dimensions of the pictorial postmark must not exceed 4 inches horizontally by 2 inches vertically. Collectors prefer the dimensions 3 1/2 inches by 1 1/2 inches.
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
Share treasured memories with the premium stamped cards featuring 20 shows from TV’s golden age (Item 896600/896601/463366*, $14.95). For more than half a century, Americans have turned to television for entertainment and information. To those watching in its early days, TV offered the additional excitement of the new — as they laughed at the first situation comedies, tingled at crime drama, or identified with ordinary people who had their day in the spotlight on game shows. Charm your own audience with the novelty of yesteryear.
There are six other philatelic products available for this stamp issue:
n 463362*, First Day Cover, Full Sheet, $11.30.
n 463364*, First Day Cover Cancelled Full Sheet, $11.30.
n 463368*, Digital Color Postmark, Set of 20, $30.00.
n 463384, Uncut Press Sheet, $79.20.
n 463391*, Ceremony Program, $6.95.
n 463399, Cancellation Keepsake — Pane of 20 & Random Single Digital Color Postmark, 10.30.
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 40 to 50 percent of their standard automatic distribution quantity for a PSA sheet stamp. Distributions are rounded up to the nearest master carton size (2,000 commemorative sheets/40,000 stamps).
SDOs will make a subsequent automatic distribution to Post Offices of 25 percent of their standard automatic distribution quantity using PS Form 17, Stamp Requisition/Stamp Return. SDOs must not distribute this commemorative sheet to Post Offices before August 4, 2009.
Post Offices requiring additional commemorative sheets must requisition them from their designated SDO using PS Form 17. SDOs requiring additional commemorative sheets must order them from the appropriate accountable paper depository (APD) using PS Form 17.
For fulfilling supplemental orders from SDOs, the San Francisco, Memphis, New York, and Chicago APDs will receive additional commemorative sheets. The Kansas City Stamp Services Center will receive additional quantities to support APDs.
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. The $8.80 Early TV Memories commemorative sheet may not be split and the stamps may not be sold individually.
Issue:
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Early TV Memories
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Item Number:
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463300
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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 (20 designs)
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Series:
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N/A
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Issue Date & City:
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August 11, 2009,
North Hollywood, CA 91605
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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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Photo/Illustrations:
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Twenty2product, San Francisco, CA
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Engraver:
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N/A
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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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50 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
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Stamp Orientation:
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Horizontal
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Image Area (w x h):
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1.42 x1.085 in./36.07 27.56 mm
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Overall Size (w x h):
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1.56 x 1.225 in./39.62 x 31.12 mm
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Full Pane Size (w x h):
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7.24 x 8.688 in./183.90 x 220.68 mm
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Plate Size:
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180 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: “TV —
EARLY MEMORIES” • Plate
position diagram • Price • Plate
numbers in two positions
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Back:
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USPS logo • Barcode (463300) in
two positions • Descriptive text
on back of each stamp
• Proprietary notices behind
header
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Issue:
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Early TV Memories
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Item Number:
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896600
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Denomination &
Type of Issue:
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28-cent Premium Stamped Postal
Cards
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Format:
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$14.95 stamped postal card booklet
of 20 (20 designs)
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Series:
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N/A
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Issue Date & City:
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August 11, 2009,
North Hollywood, CA 91605
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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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Photo/Illustrations:
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Twenty2product, San Francisco, 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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Sennett Security Products/
Banknote Corporation of
America, Inc. (SSP/BCA)
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Printed at:
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Browns Summit, NC
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Press Type:
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Roland, 300
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Print Quantity:
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40,060 books
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Paper Type:
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Phosphor Tagged Block
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Stamp Orientation:
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Horizontal
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Card Size (w x h):
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6.69 x 4.13 in./169.93 x 107.95 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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Booklet Covers:
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Front:
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Header: “Early TV Memories”
• “20 PREMIUM STAMPED
CARDS” • Price: “$14.95”
• USPS logo
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Back:
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Header: “Early TV Memories”
• Informational text of Early TV
Memories • Stamp image
• © 2009 USPS • USPS logo
• Barcode “896600” • Price:
“$14.95” • AIC 092 • “Package
Not Suitable for Philatelic
Archiving”
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Card:
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Front:
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One of 20 stamp designs
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Back:
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© 2009 USPS • Header: “Early TV
Memories” • Descriptive text of
stamp • Permission statement
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— Stamp Services,
Government Relations and Public Policy, 7-2-09
