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© 2009 USPS
On April 30, 2010, in North Hollywood, California, the Postal Service™ will issue a 44-cent, Animal Rescue: Adopt a Shelter Pet special stamp in 10 designs in a pressure-sensitive adhesive (PSA) pane of 20 stamps (Item 576000). The stamp, designed by Derry Noyes, Washington, DC, goes on sale nationwide April 30, 2010.
With this pane of 10 stamp designs, the U.S. Postal Service® hopes to raise awareness of the need to adopt shelter pets. The pets depicted on the stamps were photographed by Sally Andersen-Bruce near her home in New Milford, Connecticut. All had been homeless at one time; all but one had been adopted when they were photographed.
Issue:
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Animal Rescue: Adopt a Shelter Pet
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Item Number:
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576000
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Denomination & Type of Issue:
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44-cent Special
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Format:
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Pane of 20 (10 designs)
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Series:
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N/A
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Issue Date & City:
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April 30, 2010, North Hollywood,
CA 91605
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Designer:
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Derry Noyes, Washington, DC
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Art Director:
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Derry Noyes, Washington, DC
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Typographer:
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Derry Noyes, Washington, DC
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Artist:
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Sally Andersen-Bruce, New Milford, CT
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Modeler:
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Donald Woo
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Manufacturing Process:
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Offset, Microprint “USPS”
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Printer:
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Banknote Corporation of America
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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 Pane:
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20
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Print Quantity:
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300 million 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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Stamp Orientation:
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Horizontal
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Image Area (w x h):
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1.03 x .75 in./26.16 x 19.05 mm
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Overall Size (w x h):
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1.19 x .91 in./30.23 x 23.11 mm
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Full Pane Size (w x h):
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5.88 x 5.88 in./149.35 x 149.35 mm
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Colors:
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Magenta, Yellow, Cyan, Black, PMS 576, PMS 652,
PMS 7412, PMS 7524
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Plate Size:
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320 stamps per revolution
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Plate Numbers:
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“S” followed by eight (8) single digits
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Marginal Markings:
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Front:
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Header: “Animal Rescue Adopt a Shelter Pet” • Plate block numbers in four corners of pane • “Featuring animals adopted from shelters” at bottom of pane
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Back:
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© 2009 USPS • USPS logo • Barcode (576000) in four corners • Plate position diagram • Price: “.44 x 20 = $8.80”
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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:
Animal Rescue: Adopt a Shelter Pet Stamp
c/o Postmaster
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 June 30, 2010.
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 are 11 philatelic products available for this stamp issue:
n 576063*, First Day Cover Set of 10, $8.20.
n 576068*, Digital Color Postmark Set of 10, $15.00.
n 576071*, Dog Certificate, $4.95.
n 576072*, Cat Certificate, $4.95.
n 576077, Adopt a Shelter Pet Dog Diary, $14.95.
n 576078, Adopt a Shelter Pet Cat Diary, $14.95.
n 576084, Uncut Press Sheet, $70.40.
n 576087*, Bundle of 10 Catalogs (one of each animal on cover), $9.95.
n 576091*, Ceremony Program, $6.95.
n 576094*, Notecards 10/10, $12.95.
n 576099, Cancellation Keepsake (set of 2 random cat & dog), $11.95.
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 100 percent of their standard automatic distribution quantity for a PSA sheet stamp. Distributions are rounded up to the nearest master carton size of 40,000 stamps.
SDOs will make a subsequent automatic distribution to Post Offices of 100 percent their standard automatic distribution quantity using PS Form 17, Stamp Requisition/Stamp Return. SDOs must not distribute this commemorative sheet to Post Offices before April 20, 2010.
Post Offices requiring additional commemorative sheets must requisition them from their designated SDO/stamp distribution center (SDC) using PS Form 17. SDOs requiring additional commemorative sheets must order them from the appropriate SDC using PS Form 17. For fulfilling supplemental orders from SDOs, the Kansas City, Dulles, Atlanta, and Binghamton SDCs will receive additional commemorative sheets.
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.
— Stamp Services,
Government Relations and Public Policy, 3-25-10
