The 2009 Stamp Yearbook and The Postal Service Guide to U.S. Stamps — 36th Edition will soon be available for sale as follows:
n At approximately 4,324 designated Post Office™ locations.
n By mail from Stamp Fulfillment Services (via the USA Philatelic catalog).
n By telephone from Stamp Fulfillment Services (at 800-STAMP-24).
n By Internet order from Stamp Fulfilment Services (on The Postal Store® website at www.usps.com).
In the 2009 Stamp Yearbook, the U.S. Postal Service® highlights an array of men and women who helped fulfill the promise of America. From entertainment icons Bob Hope and Gary Cooper, to educator and activist Anna Julia Cooper, and a host of brave civil rights pioneers and visionary leaders such as Abraham Lincoln, this year’s honorees represent our nation at its best. Their stories, retold on stamps and in the 64-pages of this hardcover book, are sure to fascinate and inspire.
Full of all the features you’ve come to appreciate in past editions, the 64-page yearbook now includes profiles of stamp artists as well as a compelling array of timelines and quotes. Plus, for the first time, a special section designated for collecting mail-use stamps has been created. The yearbook comes with 61 stamps plus mounts from this year’s inspiring collectible program and sells for $59.95. (Item No. 990900). Anyone interested in the additional 33 mail-use stamps featured in the new section of the book can order them online at The Postal Store website at www.usps.com, via the USA Philatelic catalog, or by calling 800-STAMP-24 (Mail-Use Stamp Packet, Item No. 990904, $17.50).
In an easy-to-use, oversize format, The Postal Service Guide to U.S. Stamps — 36th Edition (Item No. 890900, $19.91) is just the delivery you’ve been waiting for! The only fully illustrated, four-color guide to U.S. stamps, this official publication provides the most comprehensive information available about the U.S. stamp program. Beginning with the first stamps issued in 1847, The Postal Service Guide to U.S. Stamps covers more than 4,000 stamps issued up to the present, and also includes:
n An updated Stamp Series section that lists the stamps issued in each official series, such as Legends of Hollywood, Black Heritage, and Nature of America.
n Every category of U.S. stamps: definitive, commemorative, airmail, duck stamps, stamped envelopes, and more are all organized into easy-to-use, color-coded sections for quick access.
n Detailed listings for each stamp, with color illustrations, Scott catalog numbers, dates of issue, used and unused prices, quantities (when known), and separate listings for design variations.
n The complete 2009 stamp program with first day of issue details.
n Advice on how to start your own stamp collection.
n A resource section, a glossary of important terms, and much more.
The 2009 Stamp Yearbook and The Postal Service Guide to U.S. Stamps — 36th Edition go on sale October 1, 2009. They will be automatically sent to approximately 4,324 designated Post Office locations in new philatelic product kit packs with other core philatelic products as appropriate. For information about the philatelic product locations participating in the new Consumer Product Initiative, visit the Retail Intranet website at http://blue.usps.gov/retail. Stamp yearbooks, stamp guides, and other approved philatelic products are no longer ordered from stamp distribution offices (SDOs). The automatic philatelic product kit pack shipments begin the week of September 21, 2009. The collectible stamps for the stamp yearbooks will be packaged separately inside the kits. For the first time, a set of display versions of the 2009 Stamp Yearbook (without stamps) and The Postal Service Guide to U.S. Stamps — 36th Edition will be packaged together and also provided in the kits. These nonaccountable versions of the books are to be displayed on the “Featured Items” section of lobby slatwalls with the provided wire fixtures. The “Featured Items” slatwall header sign and the Retail Merchandising Guide with complete display instructions will be packaged together in a separate shipment. As the books and other philatelic products are sold and scanned into POS ONE, they will be automatically replenished by way of a new Inventory Replenishment System.
Offices must report all sales of Item 990900, 2009 Stamp Yearbook, and Item 890900, The Postal Service Guide to U.S. Stamps — 36th Edition in AIC 092, Philatelic Product Sales.
For the tenth year, in partnership with HarperCollins Publishers, the 2009 Stamp Yearbook and The Postal Service Guide to U.S. Stamps — 36th Edition will be available in bookstores and other retail outlets where books are sold.
— Stamp Services,
Government Relations and Public Policy, 9-24-09
