Stamp Announcement 11-13: Common Terns

Stamp Announcement 11-13: Common Terns

On April 7, 2011, in New York, New York (Mega Stamp Show), the Postal Service™ will issue a 29-cent, Common Terns stamped card in one design. The card, designed by Terrence W. McCaffrey, USPS®, goes on sale nationwide April 7, 2011.

The common tern, sometimes known as the sea swal­low, is a migratory seabird. Artist Chuck Ripper, Hunting­ton, West Virginia, painted the pair of mature birds in the stamp art in gouache on illustration board.

The Common Terns stamped card will be available in the following formats:

n Single-cut cards (Item 223600).

n Double-reply cards (Item 223700).

n Sheet of 40 cards (Item 224000).

How to Order the First Day of Issue Postmark

Customers have 60 days to obtain the first day of issue postmark by mail. They may purchase the new stamped cards at their local Post Office™ facility, at the Postal Store® website at www.usps.com/shop, or by calling 800-STAMP 24. They should address the cards (to themselves or others), and place them in an envelope addressed to:

Common Terns Stamped Cards
Postmaster
421 Ave., Rm. 2028B
New York, NY 10199-9998

After applying the first day of issue postmark, the Postal Service will return the cards through the mail. There is no charge for the postmark. All orders must be postmarked by June 7, 2011.

 

Issue:

Common Terns

Item Number:

223600

Denomination & Type of Issue:

29-cent Stamped Card

Format:

Single-Cut Cards

Series:

N/A

Issue Date & City:

April 7, 2011, New York, NY 10199 (Mega Stamp Show) (No Ceremony)

Designer:

Terrence W. McCaffrey, USPS

Art Director:

Terrence W. McCaffrey, USPS

Typographer:

Terrence W. McCaffrey, USPS

Artist:

Chuck Ripper, Huntington, WV

Modeler:

Joseph Sheeran

Manufacturing Process:

Offset

Printer:

Ashton Potter (USA) Ltd. (APU)

Printed at:

Williamsville, NY

Press Type:

Stevens, Vari-size Security Press

Print Quantity:

20 million stamped cards

Paper Type:

Nonphosphored Type III, Block

Adhesive Type:

N/A

Processed at:

Ashton Potter (USA) Ltd. (APU)

Colors:

Black, Cyan, Magenta, Yellow

Image Orientation:

Horizontal

Image Area (w x h):

N/A

Card Size (w x h):

5.5 x 3.5 in./139.70 x 88.90 mm

Full Pane Size (w x h):

N/A

Plate Size:

18 cards per revolution

Plate Numbers:

N/A

Marginal Markings:

© 2011 USPS Recycled logo
Cradle-to-Cradle logo

 

Issue:

Common Terns

Item Number:

223700

Denomination & Type of Issue:

29-cent Stamped Card Double

Format:

Double-Reply Cards

Series:

N/A

Issue Date & City:

April 7, 2011, New York, NY 10199 (Mega Stamp Show) (No Ceremony)

Designer:

Terrence W. McCaffrey, USPS

Art Director:

Terrence W. McCaffrey, USPS

Typographer:

Terrence W. McCaffrey, USPS

Artist:

Chuck Ripper, Huntington, WV

Modeler:

Joseph Sheeran

Manufacturing Process:

Offset

Printer:

Ashton Potter (USA) Ltd. (APU)

Printed at:

Williamsville, NY

Press Type:

Mueller Martini, A76

Print Quantity:

400,000 double-reply cards

Paper Type:

Nonphosphored Type III, Block

Adhesive Type:

N/A

Colors:

Black, Cyan, Magenta, Yellow

Image Orientation:

Horizontal

Image Area (w x h):

N/A

Card Size (w x h):

5.5 x 7.0 in./139.70 x 177.80 mm

Full Pane Size (w x h):

N/A

Plate Size:

12 cards per revolution

Plate Numbers:

N/A

Marginal Markings:

© 2011 USPS • Recycled logo
Cradle-to-Cradle logo

 

Issue:

Common Terns

Item Number:

224000

Denomination & Type of Issue:

29-cent Stamped Card

Format:

Sheet of 40 Cards

Series:

N/A

Issue Date & City:

April 7, 2011, New York, NY 10199 (Mega Stamp Show) (No Ceremony)

Designer:

Terrence W. McCaffrey, USPS

Art Director:

Terrence W. McCaffrey, USPS

Typographer:

Terrence W. McCaffrey, USPS

Artist:

Chuck Ripper, Huntington, WV

Modeler:

Joseph Sheeran

Manufacturing Process:

Offset

Printer:

Sterling Sommer

Printed at:

Tonawanda, NY

Press Type:

Heidelberg, Speedmaster

Print Quantity:

2,000,000 stamped cards

Paper Type:

Nonphosphored Type III, Block

Adhesive Type:

N/A

Colors:

Black, Cyan, Magenta, Yellow

Image Orientation:

Horizontal

Image Area (w x h):

N/A

Card Size (w x h):

5.5 x 3.5 in./139.70 x 88.90 mm

Full Pane Size (w x h):

N/A

Plate Size:

40 cards per revolution

Plate Numbers:

N/A

Marginal Markings:

© 2011 USPS Recycled logo
Cradle-to-Cradle logo

How to Order First Day Covers

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

Philatelic Products

There are two philatelic products available for this stamp issue:

n 223661*, First Day Cover $0.42.

n 223761*, First Day Cover Reply Card, $0.74.

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.

Distribution: Item 223600, 29-cent (32-cent value) Common Terns Stamped Cards

Stamp distribution offices (SDOs) and stamp distribu­tion centers (SDCs) will receive initial distributions of the Common Terns stamped cards in both the single format, Item 223600, and the double reply format, Item 223700. The sheet card, Item 224000, will be sent initially only to select SDCs. Distributions are rounded up to the nearest master carton sizes: 5,000 for the single cards, 2,000 for the double cards, and 250 for the sheet cards (the carton totals 10,000 cards in 250 sheets of 40 cards).

Initial Supply to Post Offices

SDOs/SDCs will not make a subsequent automatic dis­tribution to Post Offices for these items. Post Offices requiring quantities of Item 223600, 223700, or 224000 must requisition them from their designated SDO/SDC using PS Form 17, Stamp Requisition/Stamp Return. SDOs/SDCs must not distribute these stamped cards to Post Offices before March 24, 2011.

Additional Supply

SDOs/SDCs requiring additional stamped cards may place normal requisitions with the supplier according to their assigned cycles beginning the second week of April 2011.

Sales Policy

At this time, all formats of the Koi stamped cards (28-cent cards) will continue to remain on sale. Post Offices are encouraged to continue to sell their current inventories of the Koi stamped cards to customers with the necessary additional postage required as of April 17, 2011.