On April 11, 2014, in Hollywood, CA, the U.S. Postal Service® will issue the Charlton Heston (Forever® priced at 49 cents) commemorative First-Class Mail® stamp in one design, in a pressure-sensitive adhesive (PSA) pane of 20 stamps (Item 471800).
The stamp will go on sale nationwide April 11, 2014.
The 18th stamp in the Legends of Hollywood series celebrates the career of Charlton Heston (1923-2008). Known for tackling heroic roles in epic blockbusters, Heston made more than 70 films in a career that spanned seven decades. He won a Best Actor Oscar for his role in the 1959 film Ben-Hur. The stamp art features a color portrait of Heston based on a photograph taken by the actor’s wife, Lydia Clarke Heston. A color-tinted image of Heston from Ben-Hur decorates the selvage. The back of the stamp pane includes verso text. Art director Greg Breeding designed the stamp, which was illustrated by Drew Struzan.
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 normal automatic distribution quantity for a PSA pane of 20 stamps. Distributions are rounded up to the nearest master carton size of 40,000 stamps.
SDOs/SDCs will make a subsequent automatic push distribution to Post Offices of a quantity to cover approximately 30 days of sales. Distribution quantities for the automatic push distribution will be posted, by finance number and unit id, on the Asset anagement SDC website at http://blue.usps.gov/purchase/assetmgnt/am_sdchome.htm. Post Offices may preorder these stamps prior to FDOI through the eBuy2 SEAM Catalog. However, offices should first check the website noted above to determine the amount they will receive on their automatic push distribution.
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:
Charton Heston Stamp
Special Events
USPS Marketing – Admin Building
7001 South Central Avenue, Room 307
Los Angeles, CA 90052-9998
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 June 10, 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 ten philatelic products available for this stamp issue:
n 471806*, Press sheet with die cuts, $88.20 (print quantity of 2,500).
n 471808*, Press sheet without die cuts, $88.20 (print quantity of 2,500).
n 471810*, Keepsake (pane of 20, 1 Digital Color Postmark) $11.95.
n 471816*, First-Day Cover, $0.93.
n 471818*, First-Day Cover Full Pane, $12.30.
n 471819*, Cancelled Full Pane, $12.30.
n 471821*, Digital Color Postmark, $1.64.
n 471830*, Ceremony Program, $6.95.
n 471831*, Stamped Deck Card, $0.95.
n 471832*, Stamped Deck Card with Digital Color Postmark, $1.99.
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, 3-6-14
