© 2014 USPS
On October 23, 2014, in New York, NY, the U.S. Postal Service® issued the Winter Fun ATM stamps, in four designs, in a pressure-sensitive adhesive (PSA) automated teller machine (ATM) booklet of 18 stamps (Item 588600).
The stamp went on sale October 23, 2014.
With four playful designs, Winter Fun stamps celebrate some of the season’s most enjoyable activities: ice-skating, making snow angels, building snowmen, and bird-watching. The art for the ice skaters stamp was painted with acrylic on plywood with a dry brush technique to give the illustration a textured, folk-art feel. The art for the other three stamps were hand-sketched and then digitally manipulated. Art director Ethel Kessler designed the stamps using existing illustrations by Janet Atkinson (ice-skating), Jing Jing Tsong (building snowmen and making snow angels), and Christine Roy (bird-watching).
To learn more about the stories behind the stamps, visit http://uspsstamps.com.
Stamp Fulfillment Services will not make an automatic push distribution to Post Offices™.
Customers have 60 days to obtain the first-day-of-issue postmark by mail. They may purchase new stamps at The Postal Store® website at http://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:
Winter Fun ATM Stamps
Special Events Coordinator
380 West 33rd Street, Room 4032
New York, NY 10199-9998
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 December 22, 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 for this stamp issue:
n 588616*, First-Day Cover, set of 4, $3.72.
n 588621*, Digital Color Postmark, set of 4, $6.56.
n 588631*, 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.
Issue:
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Winter Fun ATM Stamps
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Item Number:
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588600
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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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Automated Teller Machine (ATM) Booklet of 18, (4 designs)
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Series:
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Holiday Celebrations
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Issue Date & City:
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October 23, 2014, New York,
NY 10199
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Art Director:
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Ethel Kesseler, Bethesda, MD
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Designer:
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Ethel Kesseler, Bethesda, MD
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Typographer:
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Ethel Kesseler, Bethesda, MD
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Modeler:
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Joseph Sheeran
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Manufacturing Process:
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Flexographic, Offset, Microprint
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Printer:
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Ashton Potter (USA) Ltd. (APU)
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Printed at:
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Williamsville , NY
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Press Type:
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Muller Martini A76
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Stamps per Booklet:
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18
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Print Quantity:
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36 million stamps
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Paper Type:
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Nonphosphored Type III, Overall
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Adhesive Type:
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Pressure-sensitive adhesive
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Processed at:
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Ashton Potter (USA) Ltd. (APU)
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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./22.10 x 24.89 mm
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Full Booklet Size (w x h):
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2.61 x 6.13 in./66.29 x 155.58 mm
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Colors:
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Cyan, Magenta, Yellow, Black
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Plate Size:
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720 stamps per revolution
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Plate Numbers:
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“P” followed by four (4) single digits
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Marginal Markings:
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