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On August 19, 2016, the U.S. Postal Service® will issue the Patriotic Spiral stamp (Forever® priced at 47 cents) in one design. The formats available are a pressure-sensitive adhesive (PSA) coil of 10,000 stamps (760000), issued in Kansas City, MO, and a PSA booklet of 10 stamps (671300) issued in Falls Church, VA.
The stamp will go on sale nationwide August 19, 2016.
To accommodate business use, the Postal Service™ will issue Patriotic Spiral, a Forever stamp sold in self-adhesive coils of 10,000 and self-adhesive booklets of 10. This festive and energetic stamp design features 50 blue and red stars spiraling around a central gold star on a white background. The idea for the design was to illustrate a community of stars protectively orbiting a central star that in an abstract sense stands for our nation's steadfast idealism and hope for a more perfect union. Antonio Alcalá art directed the project with stamp design and typography by Polygraph, a Washington, D.C. design firm.
Stamp Fulfillment Services will not make an automatic push distribution to Post Offices™. Post Offices may begin ordering stamps prior to the FDOI through SFS Web.
Stamp Fulfillment Services will not make an automatic push distribution to Post Offices™. Post Offices may begin ordering stamps prior to the FDOI through SFS Web.
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:
For the coil of 10,000:
Patriotic Spiral Coil of 10,000 Stamps
Cancellations Services
8300 NE Underground Drive, Pillar 210
Kansas City, MO 64144-0001
For the booklet of 10:
Patriotic Spiral Booklet of 10 Stamps
Attention: Terri Davenport
800 West Broad Street
Falls Church, VA 22046-9998
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. There is a 5-cent charge for each additional postmark over 50. All orders must be postmarked by October 19, 2016.
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 is one philatelic product for the coil of 10,000:
n 760016*, First-Day Cover, $0.91.
There is one philatelic product for the booklet of 10:
n 671316*, First-Day Cover, $0.91.
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.
Technical details for the Patriotic Spiral stamp will appear in the August 18, 2016, edition of the Postal Bulletin (PB 22448).
— Stamp Services,
Marketing and Sales, 8-4-16
