© 2015 USPS
On October 1, 2015, in Santa Rosa, CA, the U.S. Postal Service® will issue A Charlie Brown Christmas stamps (Forever® First-Class Mail® priced at 49 cents) in 10 designs, in a pressure-sensitive adhesive (PSA) booklet of 20 stamps (Item 680200).
The stamps will go on sale nationwide October 1, 2015.
In 2015, the U.S. Postal Service celebrates the holiday season with 10 new Forever stamps featuring still frames from A Charlie Brown Christmas, the first animated special starring characters from Charles Schulz’s beloved comic strip, Peanuts. This booklet of 20 stamps includes two each of the following designs: Charlie Brown holding the sapling that eventually becomes his Christmas tree, Charlie Brown and Pigpen with a snowman, Snoopy and children ice skating, the cast of the program gathering around the Christmas tree, Linus kneeling by the sparsely decorated Christmas tree, Charlie Brown checking his mailbox for a Christmas card, Charlie Brown and Linus leaning on a snowy brick wall, Charlie Brown and Linus standing by the tree, a frustrated Charlie Brown standing in front of Snoopy’s doghouse, and Charlie Brown decorating the tree in front of the prize-winning lights display on Snoopy’s doghouse. Art director Antonio Alcalá designed the stamps.
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 will be 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.
Only the following pictorial postmark is permitted for A Charlie Brown Christmas stamps. The word “Station” or the abbreviation “STA” is required somewhere in the design, because it will be a temporary station.
To finalize A Charlie Brown Christmas stamps pictorial postmark art, insert the date, city, state, and ZIP Code™ of the physical location of your event adjacent to the stamp image. Overall dimensions of the pictorial postmark must not exceed 4 inches horizontally by 2 inches vertically. Collectors prefer the dimensions 3-1/2 inches by 1.
The Postal Service™ must make all special postmarks known to collectors through advance publicity in the Postal Bulletin. Therefore, all special dedication cancellations must be reported to Stamp Services four weeks before the event using PS Form 413, Pictorial Postmark Announcement/Report. To get a copy of the form, go to http://blue.usps.gov/formmgmt/forms/ps413.pdf.
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 800-782-6724. 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:
A Charlie Brown Christmas Stamps
Special Events
PO Box 7838
San Francisco, CA 94120-7838
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. There is a 5-cent charge for each additional postmark over 50. All orders must be postmarked by November 30, 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 680206, Press Sheet with Die-cut, $78.40
(print quantity 500).
n 680208, Press Sheet without Die-cut, $78.40
(print quantity 1,500).
n 680210*, Digital Color Postmark Keepsake
(Random), $11.95.
n 680216*, First-Day Cover, set of 10, $9.30.
n 680221*, Digital Color Postmark, set of 10, $16.40.
n 680224*, Framed Art, $39.95.
n 680230*, Ceremony Program (Random), $6.95.
n 680231*, Stamp Deck Card (Random), $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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A Charlie Brown Christmas Stamps
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Item Number:
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680200
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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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Double-Sided Booklet of 20
(10 designs)
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Series:
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Holiday Celebrations
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Issue Date & City:
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October 1, 2015, Santa Rosa, CA 95403
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Art Director:
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Antonio Alcalá, Alexandria, VA
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Designer:
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Antonio Alcalá, Alexandria, VA
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Modeler:
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Donald Woo
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Manufacturing Process:
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Offset, Microprint
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Printer:
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Banknote Corporation of America/SSP
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Printed at:
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Browns Summit, NC
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Press Type:
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Alprinta 74
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Stamps per Booklet:
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20
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Print Quantity:
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500 million stamps
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Paper Type:
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Phosphor Tagged, Block Tagging
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Adhesive Type:
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Pressure-sensitive
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Processed at:
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Banknote Corporation of America, Browns Summit, NC
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Colors:
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Cyan, Magenta, Yellow, Black
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Stamp Orientation:
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Horizontal
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Image Area (w x h):
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1.05 x 0.77 in./26.67 x 19.56 mm
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Stamp Size (w x h):
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1.19 x 0.91 in./30.22 x 23.11 mm
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Full Booklet Size (w x h):
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5.74 x 2.38 in./145.88 x 60.33 mm
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Press Sheet Size (w x h):
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11.49 x 9.5 in./291.74 x 241.3 mm
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Plate Size:
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160 stamps per revolution
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Plate Numbers:
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“S” followed by four (4) single digits
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Marginal Markings:
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Plate numbers in peel strip area
• © 2015 • USPS in peel strip area
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