© 2009 USPS
On October 21, 2010, in New York, New York, at the Mega Stamp Show, the Postal Service™ will issue a 44-cent, Angel with Lute definitive stamp in one design in a pressure-sensitive adhesive (PSA) pane of 20 stamps (Item 575100). The stamp, designed by Terrence McCaffrey, USPS®, goes on sale nationwide October 21, 2010.
This stamp features a detail of a fragment of a circa-1480 fresco by Melozzo da Forli (1438–1494). Clad in red and green, an angel with a halo strums a lute and glances downward toward the left. The original fresco fragment, now in Room IV of the Vatican Pinacoteca (art museum), measures approximately 37 inches by 46 inches.
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:
Angel With Lute Stamp
Postmaster
421 Eighth Avenue, Room 2029B
New York, NY 10199-9998
Issue:
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Angel With Lute
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Item Number:
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575100
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Denomination & Type of Issue:
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44-cent Definitive
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Format:
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Pane of 20 (1 design)
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Series:
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N/A
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Issue Date & City:
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October 21, 2010, New York, NY 10199 (Mega Stamp Show)
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Designer:
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Terrence W. McCaffrey, USPS
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Art Director:
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Terrence W. McCaffrey, USPS
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Typographer:
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Terrence W. McCaffrey, USPS
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Engraver:
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Trident
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Modeler:
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Avery Dennison, SPD
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Manufacturing Process:
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Gravure
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Printer:
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Avery Dennison (AVR)
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Printed at:
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Clinton, SC
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Press Type:
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Dia Nippon Kiko (DNK)
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Stamps per Pane:
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20
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Print Quantity:
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400 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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AVR, Clinton, SC
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Colors:
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Cyan, Magenta, Yellow, Black, PMS 871 (Gold)
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Stamp Orientation:
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Vertical
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Image Area (w x h):
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0.77 x 1.05 in./19.56 x 26.67 mm
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Overall Size (w x h):
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0.91 x 1.19 in./23.11 x 30.23 mm
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Full Pane Size (w x h):
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5.50 x 5.75 in./139.7 x 146.05 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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“V” followed by five (5) single digits
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Marginal Markings
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Front:
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Plate numbers in four corners of pane
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Back:
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© 2009 USPS • USPS logo • Plate position diagram • Barcode (575100) in two corners • Price: “.44 x 20 = $8.80”
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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 December 21, 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 four philatelic products available for this stamp issue:
n 575161*, First Day Cover, $0.82.
n 575165*, Digital Color Postmark, $1.50.
n 575191*, Ceremony Program, $6.95.
n 575199*, 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 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/SDCs will make a subsequent automatic distribution to Post Offices of 100 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 October 7, 2010.
Post Offices requiring additional quantities of Item 575100 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, the six 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, 9-23-10
