In the article “Stamp Announcement 17-40: Alzheimer’s Semipostal Stamp,” in Postal Bulletin 22478, (10-12-17, page 47), the Alzheimer’s semipostal stamp image and first-day-of-issue (FDOI) postmark were unavailable. The stamp image and FDOI information are now available and listed in this article. You can find the FDOI postmark for the Alzheimer’s semipostal stamp here: FDOI – Alzheimer‘s Semipostal Stamp.
On November 30, 2017, in Baltimore, MD, the U.S. Postal Service® will issue the Alzheimer’s semipostal stamp (Nondenominated, First-Class Mail® priced at 60 cents) in one design, in a pressure-sensitive adhesive (PSA) pane of 20 stamps (Item 564200).
The U.S. Postal Service is proud to issue the first discretionary semipostal stamp. Under the discretionary semipostal program, the U.S. Postal Service will issue 5 stamps over a 10-year period, with each stamp to be sold for no more than 2 years. This is the first of 5 stamps, and it will help raise funds to fight Alzheimer’s disease. The artwork for this stamp is an illustration that first appeared on the 42-cent Alzheimer‘s Awareness stamp issued in 2008. The stamp shows an elderly woman in profile with a caring hand on her shoulder, with the suggestion of sunlight behind her and clouds in front of and below her. On the 2008 stamp, the elderly woman was facing left; the artwork for this stamp shows her facing right. We will issue the stamp in November during National Alzheimer’s Disease Awareness Month, and will distribute the net proceeds to the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. Art director Ethel Kessler designed the stamp, with artwork by Matt Mahurin.
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 usps.com/shop, or by phone at 800-782-6724. They must affix the stamps to envelopes of their choice, address the envelopes to themselves or others, and place them in a larger envelope addressed to:
FDOI – Alzheimer’s Semipostal Stamp
USPS Stamp Fulfillment Services
8300 NE Underground Drive, Suite 300
Kansas City, MO 64144-9900
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 January 30, 2018.
Philatelic products for this stamp issue are as follows:
n 564216*, First-Day Cover, $1.04.
n 564230*, Ceremony Program, $6.95.
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.
— Stamp Services,
Marketing, 11-23-17
