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On August 20, 2015, in Grand Rapids, MI, the U.S. Postal Service® will issue the World Stamp Show–NY 2016, First Class Mail® stamp (Forever® priced at 49 cents), in two designs, in a pressure-sensitive adhesive (PSA) pane of 20 stamps (Item 589900).
The stamps will go on sale nationwide August 20, 2015.
With these elegant stamps reminiscent of classic engraved 19th-century stamps and banknotes, the U.S. Postal Service® announces the coming World Stamp Show-NY 2016 and invites philatelists and amateur stamp enthusiasts alike to attend. The show will be held May 28 to June 4, 2016, at the Jacob Javits Convention Center in New York City. World Stamp Show-NY 2016 continues a 100-year tradition of once-a-decade international philatelic exhibitions held in the United States. Twenty stamps feature intricate patterns of curved, straight, and wavy lines, and are evenly divided in color: ten blue and ten red stamps. The circle in the center of the stamp design displays a five-pointed star. Text surrounding the circle includes the year of the show, “2016,” and the words “World Stamp Show” and “New York City.\u0022 The header on the pane reads: “JOIN US FOR A WONDERFUL WEEK AT WORLD STAMP SHOW-NY 2016.” Verso text provides details about the show. Graphic designer Michael Dyer worked with art director Antonio Alcalá to create the stamp art.
To learn more about the stories behind the stamps, visit http://uspsstamps.com.
Stamp Fulfillment Services will make an automatic push distribution to Post Offices™ of a quantity to cover approximately 30 days of sales. Distribution quantities for the automatic push distribution are available by logging on to SFS Web at https://sfsweb.usps.gov. Post Offices may begin ordering stamps prior to the FDOI through SFS Web. However, offices should 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 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:
World Stamp Show Stamps
Manager
PO Box 999818
Grand Rapids, MI 49599-9818
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 October 19, 2015.
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://www.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 eight philatelic products for this stamp issue:
n 589906, Press Sheet with Die-cut, $58.80
(print quantity 1,000).
n 589908, Press Sheet without Die-cut, $58.80
(print quantity 1,500).
n 589910*, Keepsake, $13.95.
n 589916*, First-Day Cover, set of 2, $1.86.
n 589921*, Digital Color Postmark, set of 2, $3.28.
n 589930*, Ceremony Program (random), $6.95.
n 589931*, Stamp Deck Card, $.95.
n 589932*, Stamp Deck Card/Digital Color Postmark (random), $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, 7-23-15
