© 2010 USPS
On March 26, 2011, in New Orleans, Louisiana, the Postal Service™ will issue a Jazz commemorative stamp (Forever® priced at 44 cents), in one design in a pressure-sensitive adhesive (PSA) pane of 20 stamps (Item 466600). The stamp, designed by Howard E. Paine, Delaplane, Virginia, will go on sale nationwide March 26, 2011.
The U.S. Postal Service® is proud to pay tribute to jazz, America’s musical gift to the world, and to the musicians who play it on festival stages as well as in studios, clubs, and concert halls. Art Director, Howard Paine, designed the stamp to showcase the work of Paul Rogers, an artist living in Pasadena, California. In creating the art for the stamp, originally using ink on paper and then finishing his work digitally, Rogers explored the way images could become a visual equivalent of jazz music. He was inspired by the cover art from vintage jazz record albums — work that captured the music’s improvisational quality while built on a clear understanding of its underlying structure.
Customers have 60 days to obtain the first day of issue postmark by mail. They may purchase new stamps at their local Post Office™ facility, 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:
Issue:
|
Jazz
|
Item Number:
|
466600
|
Denomination & Type of Issue:
|
First-Class Mail® Forever Commemorative
|
Format:
|
Pane of 20 (1 design)
|
Series:
|
N/A
|
Issue Date & City:
|
March 26, 2011, New Orleans, LA 70113
|
Designer:
|
Howard E. Paine, Delaplane, VA
|
Art Director:
|
Howard E. Paine, Delaplane, VA
|
Artist:
|
Paul Rogers, Pasadena, CA
|
Typographer:
|
Howard E. Paine, Delaplane, VA
|
Engraver:
|
Trident
|
Modeler:
|
Avery Dennison, SPD
|
Manufacturing Process:
|
Gravure
|
Printer:
|
Avery Dennison (AVR)
|
Printed at:
|
AVR, Clinton, SC
|
Press Type:
|
Dia Nippon Kiko (DNK)
|
Stamps per Pane:
|
20
|
Print Quantity:
|
50 million stamps
|
Paper Type:
|
Non-phosphored, Type III, Block
|
Adhesive Type:
|
Pressure-sensitive
|
Processed at:
|
AVR, Clinton, SC
|
Colors:
|
Yellow, Magenta, Cyan, Black
|
Stamp Orientation:
|
Vertical
|
Image Area (w x h):
|
1.085 x 1.42 in./27.56 x 36.07 mm
|
Overall Size (w x h):
|
1.225 x 1.56 in./31.12 x 39.62 mm
|
Full Pane Size (w x h):
|
7.125 x 7.25 in./180.98 x 184.15 mm
|
Plate Size:
|
200 stamps per revolution
|
Plate Numbers:
|
“V” followed by four (4) single digits
|
Marginal Markings:
|
Front:
|
Plate numbers in four corners of pane
|
Back:
|
© 2010 USPS • USPS logo • Plate position diagram • Barcode (466600) in lower left and upper right of pane
• Verso text on back of each pane
|
Jazz Stamp
Postmaster
PO Box 50336
New Orleans, LA 70150-0336
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 May 26, 2011.
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 466661*, First Day Cover, $0.82.
n 466665*, Digital Color Postmark, $1.50.
n 466691*, Ceremony Program, $6.95.
n 466699*, Keepsake Pane and Digital Color Postmark, $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 March 11, 2011.
Post Offices requiring additional quantities of Item 466600 must requisition them from their designated SDO/SDC using PS Form 17. SDOs requiring additional commemorative sheets must order them from the appropriate SDC or SDO using PS Form 17. For fulfilling supplemental orders from Post Offices, all of the SDOs and 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, 2-24-11
