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On March 13, 2014, in Honolulu HI, the U.S. Postal Service® will issue the $19.99 USS Arizona Memorial (Priority Mail Express Mail) definitive stamp in one design, in a pressure-sensitive adhesive (PSA) pane of 10 stamps (Item 116400).
The stamp will go on sale nationwide March 13, 2014.
The USS Arizona Memorial Priority Mail Express stamp honors the tranquil shrine to the 1,177 sailors aboard the ship who lost their lives on December 7, 1941. The artwork features an illustration of the memorial located in Pearl Harbor on the Hawaiian island of Oahu. Designed by art director Phil Jordan, the stamp showcases the work of illustrator Dan Cosgrove.
To learn more about the stories behind the stamps, visit http://uspsstamps.com
Stamp Distribution Offices (SDOs) and Stamp Distribution Centers (SDCs) will receive their standard automatic distribution quantity for a PSA pane of 10 stamps. Distributions are rounded up to the nearest master carton size of 20,000 stamps.
SDOs/SDCs will NOT make an automatic distribution to Post Offices™. Post Offices requiring these items must requisition them from the eBuy2 SEAM Catalog or via Touch-tone ordering. Post Offices may preorder these stamps prior to the first-day-of-issue. Post Offices should not sell the stamp prior to first-day-of-issue.
All Post Offices should maintain a sufficient inventory level of this item until the stamp is officially withdrawn from sale. If supplies run low, Post Offices must reorder additional quantities using their normal ordering procedures
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 http://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:
USS Arizona Memorial Stamp
TBD
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 up to a quantity of 50. For more than 50, customers have to pay five cents each. All orders must be postmarked by May 13, 2014.
The Postal Service 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, online at http://usps.com/shop, or by calling 800-782-6724. Customers may request a free catalog by calling 800-782-6724 or writing to:
U.S. Postal Service
Catalog Request
PO Box 219014
Kansas City, MO 64121-9014
There are three philatelic products available for this stamp issue:
n 117116*, First-Day Cover, $20.43.
n 117121*, Digital Color Postmark, $21.14.
n 117131*, Stamp Deck Card, $0.95.
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 Services,
Marketing and Sales, 2-20-14
