© 2009 USPS
On October 21, 2010, in New York, New York, at the Mega Stamp Show, the Postal Service™ will issue a 44-cent, Holiday Evergreens (Forever) special stamp in four designs in a pressure-sensitive adhesive (PSA) booklet of 20 stamps (Item 679700) and an automated teller machine (ATM) sheetlet of 18 stamps (Item 575000). Designed by Howard E. Paine, Delaplane, Virginia, the stamp goes on sale nationwide October 21, 2010.
Decorating with evergreens during the winter holiday season is a popular and appealing tradition. In 2010, the U.S. Postal Service® joins in the winter celebrations by issuing Holiday Evergreens (Forever), beautiful new stamps that feature closeup views of the foilage and cones of four different conifers: ponderosa pine, eastern red cedar, blue spruce, and balsam fir.
The artist, the late Ned Seidler, was a gifted painter of nature subjects. When painting flora, he frequently used cuttings from plants and trees in his own yard as reference. He may have taken the same approach in working on this project.
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:
Holiday Evergreens (Forever)
Postmaster
421 Eighth Avenue, Room 2029B
New York, NY 10199-9998
Issue:
|
Holiday Evergreens (Forever)
|
Item Number:
|
679700
|
Denomination & Type of Issue:
|
44-cent Special
|
Format:
|
Booklet of 20 (4 designs)
|
Series:
|
Holiday
|
Issue Date & City:
|
October 21, 2010, New York, NY 10199 (Mega Stamp Show)
|
Designer:
|
Howard E. Paine, Delaplane, VA
|
Art Director:
|
Howard E. Paine, Delaplane, VA
|
Typographer:
|
Howard E. Paine, Delaplane, VA
|
Artist:
|
Ned M. Seidler
|
Modeler:
|
Donald Woo
|
Manufacturing Process:
|
Offset/Microprint “USPS”
|
Printer:
|
Banknote Corporation of America, Inc./SSP
|
Printed at:
|
Browns Summit, NC
|
Press Type:
|
Alprinta, 74
|
Stamps per Booklet:
|
20
|
Print Quantity:
|
2 billion stamps
|
Paper Type:
|
Prephosphored, Type II
|
Adhesive Type:
|
Pressure-sensitive
|
Processed at:
|
Unique Binders, Fredericksburg, VA
|
Colors:
|
Cyan, Magenta, Yellow, Black, PMS 1805 (Red)
|
Stamp Orientation:
|
Vertical
|
Image Area (w x h):
|
0.75 x 1.03 in./19.05 x 26.16 mm
|
Overall Size (w x h):
|
0.91 x 1.19 in./23.11 x 30.22 mm
|
Flat Booklet Size (w x h):
|
5.74 x 2.38 in./145.80 x 60.45 mm
|
Plate Size:
|
480 stamps per revolution
|
Plate Numbers:
|
“S” followed by five (5) single digits
|
Marginal Markings:
|
|
Cover side:
|
Header: “Holiday Evergreens FOREVER®” • Twenty First-Class self-adhesive stamps • Four different designs • © 2009 USPS in peel strip area • Barcode 679700
|
|
Issue:
|
Holiday Evergreens (Forever)
|
Item Number:
|
575000
|
Denomination & Type of Issue:
|
44-cent Special
|
Format:
|
ATM Sheetlet of 18 (4 designs)
|
Series:
|
Holiday
|
Issue Date & City:
|
October 21, 2010, New York, NY 10199 (Mega Stamp Show)
|
Designer:
|
Howard E. Paine, Delaplane, VA
|
Art Director:
|
Howard E. Paine, Delaplane, VA
|
Typographer:
|
Howard E. Paine, Delaplane, VA
|
Artist:
|
Ned M. Seidler
|
Modeler:
|
Joseph Sheeran
|
Manufacturing Process:
|
Flexographic, Offset
|
Engraver:
|
N/A
|
Printer:
|
Ashton Potter (USA) Ltd. (APU)
|
Printed at:
|
Williamsville, NY
|
Press Type:
|
Mueller Martini, A76
|
Stamps per Booklet:
|
18
|
Print Quantity:
|
157,248,000 stamps
|
Paper Type:
|
Nonphosphored, Type III
|
Adhesive Type:
|
Pressure-sensitive
|
Processed at:
|
Ashton Potter (USA) Ltd.
|
Colors:
|
|
Stamp side:
Cover side:
|
Black, Cyan, Magenta, Yellow, PMS 1815 (Red), Flexo Phosphor
PMS 497 (Brown), PMS 356 (Green), Flexo Varnish
|
Stamp Orientation:
|
Vertical
|
Image Area (w x h):
|
.73 x .84 in./18.54 x 21.34 mm
|
Overall Size (w x h):
|
.87 x .98 in./22.10 x 24.89 mm
|
Full Booklet Size (w x h):
|
2.61 x 6.125 in./66.29 x 155.58 mm
|
Plate Size:
|
720 stamps per revolution
|
Plate Numbers:
|
“P” followed by five (5) single digits
|
Marginal Markings:
|
|
Stamp side:
Non-Stamp side:
|
Plate number in peel strip area © 2009 USPS • Barcode 575000 • USPS logo • Holiday Evergreens FOREVER® • Eighteen First-Class self-adhesive stamps • Four different designs • Stamp ordering information
|
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 six philatelic products available for this stamp issue:
n 575063*, First Day Cover Set of 4 ATM, $3.28.
n 679763*, First Day Cover Set of 4, $3.28.
n 679768*, Digital Color Postmark Set of 4, $6.00.
n 679791*, Ceremony Program, $6.95.
n 679799, Cancellation Keepsake w/one Random Digital Color Postmark, $10.95.
n 886600, Holiday Evergreen Notecards w/8 stamps, $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) and stamp distribution centers (SDCs) will receive approximately 100 percent of their standard automatic distribution quantity for a PSA booklet. Distributions are rounded up to the nearest master carton size of 4,000 booklets.
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 679700 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 stamps.
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.
SDOs and SDCs will receive a quantity based on the past sales of holiday sheetlets at Automatic Postal Centers® (APCs®) in the districts. Distributions are rounded up to the nearest master carton size of 12,000 sheetlets.
SDOs/SDCs will make a subsequent automatic distribution to only APC units, based on distribution quantities provided by retail equipment. The suggested on-sale date for the Holiday Evergreens (Forever) stamp sheetlets, Item 575000, at APC offices is November 1, 2010. SDOs/SDCs must not distribute this commemorative stamp to Post Offices before October 18, 2010.
Post Offices with APC units requiring additional quantities of Item 575000 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 stamps.
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
