© 2014 USPS
On April 25, 2014, in San Francisco, CA, the U.S. Postal Service® will issue the Red, White, and Blue (Forever® priced at 49 cents) definitive stamps, in four designs, in pressure-sensitive adhesive (PSA) coils of 10,000 (Item 776500).
The stamps will go on sale nationwide April 25, 2014.
To accommodate business use, the Postal Service™ will issue four Red, White, and Blue self-adhesive Forever stamps in large coils of 10,000. Inspired by 20th-century American ephemera, each stamp features a modern interpretation of a flying flag, complete with wavy stripes and five-pointed stars. Art director Ethel Kessler designed the stamps.
To learn more about the stories behind the stamps, visit http://uspsstamps.com.
The Dulles, Virginia SDC will receive the entire distribution quantity for this PSA Coil of 10,000 stamps. Distributions for coils of 10,000 are rounded up to the nearest master carton size of 10 coils.
There will be no automatic distribution of these items to Post Offices™. Post Offices will be notified when these stamps are available to order through eBuy2.
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:
Red, White, and Blue
Retail Manager
220 Park Road
Burlingame, CA 94010
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 24, 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 two philatelic products for this stamp issue:
n 776516*, First-Day Cover set of 4, $3.72.
n 776521*, Digital Color Postmark set of 4, $6.56.
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.
Issue:
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Red, White, and Blue Stamps
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Item Number:
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776500
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Denomination & Type of Issue:
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First-Class Mail Forever
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Format:
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Coil of 10,000 (4 designs)
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Series:
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N/A
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Issue Date & City:
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April 25, 2014, San Francisco,
CA 94188
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Art Director:
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Ethel Kessler, Bethesda, MD
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Designer:
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Ethel Kessler, Bethesda, MD
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Typographer:
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Greg Berger, Manassas, VA
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Engraver:
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WRE
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Modeler:
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CCL Label, Inc.
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Manufacturing Process:
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Gravure
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Printer:
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CCL Label, Inc.
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Printed at:
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Clinton, SC
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Press Type:
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Dia Nippon Kiko (DNK)
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Stamps per Coil:
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10,000
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Print Quantity:
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150 Million
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Paper Type:
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Nonphosphored, Type III; Phosphor Tagged Overall
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Adhesive Type:
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Pressure-sensitive adhesive
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Processed at:
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AVR, Clinton, SC
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Colors:
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Red, Blue
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Stamp Orientation:
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Vertical
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Image Area (w x h):
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0.73 x 0.84 in./18.54 x 21.34 mm
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Stamp Size (w x h):
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0.87 x 0.98 in./22.09 x 24.89 mm
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Plate Size:
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320 stamps per revolution
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Plate Numbers:
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“C” followed by 11 (2) single digits
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Coil Number Frequency:
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Plate numbers every 32nd stamp below stamp image • Coil Back Number Frequency every 10th stamp
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— Stamp Services,
Marketing and Sales, 4-17-14
