© 2009 USPS
On August 12, 2010, in Richmond, Virginia, at the APS Stamp Show, the Postal Service™ will issue a 44-cent, American Treasures — Winslow Homer commemorative stamp in one design in a pressure-sensitive adhesive (PSA) pane of 20 stamps (Item 466100). The stamp, designed by Derry Noyes, Washington, DC, goes on sale nationwide August 12, 2010.
The ninth issuance in the American Treasures series features Boys in a Pasture, an 1874 oil-on-canvas painting by Winslow Homer. The painting is part of the Hayden Collection at the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston.
According to the Museum of Fine Arts, “the boys in this painting — companionable, idle, at peace — may be seen as emblems of America’s nostalgia for a simpler, more innocent time as well as of its hope for the future. Their faces are averted, a device Homer often used to make his figures less individual and, therefore, more universal.”
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:
American Treasures — Winslow Homer Stamp
Postmaster
1801 Brook Road
Richmond, VA 23232-9998
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, 2010.
Issue:
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American Treasures — Winslow Homer
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Item Number:
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466100
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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 (1 design)
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Series:
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American Treasures
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Issue Date & City:
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August 12, 2010, Richmond, VA 23232, APS Stamp Show
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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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Modeler:
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Donald Woo
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Manufacturing Process:
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Offset/Microprinting, USPS
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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 Pane:
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20
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Print Quantity:
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40 million stamps
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Paper Type:
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Phosphor Tagged, Block
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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 4535 (Beige)
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Stamp Orientation:
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Horizontal
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Image Area (w x h):
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1.40 x .82 in./35.56 x 20.83 mm
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Overall Size (w x h):
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1.56 x .98 in./39.62 x 24.89 mm
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Flat Booklet Size (w x h):
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7.16 x 6.25 in./181.86 x 158.75 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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“S” followed by five (5) single digits
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Marginal Markings:
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Front:
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Header: “AMERICAN TREASURES — WINSLOW HOMER” • “Ninth in a series” at bottom of pane • Plate numbers in four corners
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Back:
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© 2009 USPS Plate position diagram
• Barcode “466100” in four corners
• Price: “.44 x 20 = $8.80
• Photograph © Museum of Fine Arts, Boston at bottom of pane
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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 four philatelic products available for this stamp issue:
n 466161*, First Day Cover, $0.82.
n 466165*, Digital Color Postmark, $1.50.
n 466191*, Ceremony Program, $6.95.
n 466199*, Digital Color Postmark Keepsake, $10.95.
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) and stamp distribution centers (SDCs) will receive approximately 25 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/SDCs 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 July 29, 2010.
Post Offices requiring additional quantities of Item 466100 must requisition them from their designated SDO/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, all of the 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, 7-15-10
