Stamp Services

Stamp Announcement 19-33: Holiday Wreaths Stamps

FDOI

On October 25, 2019, in Freeport, ME, the United States Postal Service® will issue the Holiday Wreaths stamps (Forever® priced at the First-Class Mail® rate) in four designs, in a pressure-sensitive adhesive (PSA) booklet of 20 stamps (Item 682400). The stamps will go on sale nationwide October 25, 2019, and must not be sold or canceled before the first-day-of-issue.

Art director Antonio Alcalá designed the stamps with floral artist Laura Dowling. The wreaths were made by Dowling and photographed by Kevin Allen.

Availability to Post Offices: Item 682400, Holiday Wreaths (Forever Priced at the First-Class Mail Rate) PSA Double-sided Booklet of 20 Stamps

Stamp Fulfillment Services will not make an automatic push distribution to Post Offices. Post Offices may begin ordering stamps before the first-day-of-issue through SFS Web at sfsweb.usps.gov.

How to Order the First-Day-of-Issue Postmark

Customers have 120 days to obtain the first-day-of-issue postmark by mail. They may purchase new stamps at their local Post Office™ or at The Postal Store® website at usps.com/shop. 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 – Holiday Wreaths Stamps
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 February 25, 2020.

How to Order First-Day Covers

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 USA Philatelic catalog and online at usps.com/shop. Customers may register to receive a free USA Philatelic catalog online at usps.com/philatelic.

Locally produced items are not authorized. Only merchandise that has been approved and assigned an item number by Headquarters Retail Marketing may be produced and sold.

 

Issue:

Holiday Wreaths Stamps

Item Number:

682400

Denomination &
Type of Issue:

First-Class Mail Forever

Format:

Double-sided Booklet of 20, (4 designs)

Series:

N/A

Issue Date & City:

October 25, 2019 Freeport, ME 04032

Art Director:

Antonio Alcalá, Alexandria, VA

Designer:

Antonio Alcalá, Alexandria, VA

Designer:

Laura Dowling, Alexandria, VA

Typographer:

Antonio Alcalá, Alexandria, VA

Photographer:

Kevin Allen

Modeler:

Sandra Lane/Michelle Finn

Manufacturing Process:

Offset

Printer:

Banknote Corporation of America

Press Type:

Alprinta 74

Stamps per Booklet:

20

Print Quantity:

350,000,000

Paper Type:

Phosphor Tagged Paper, Block Tagged

Adhesive Type:

Pressure-sensitive

Processed at:

Banknote Corporation of America

Stamp Orientation:

Vertical

Image Area (w x h):

0.73 x 0.84 in./18.542 x 21.336 mm

Stamp Size (w x h):

0.87 x 0.98 in./22.098 x 24.892 mm

Full Booklet Size (w x h):

5.52 x 1.96 in./140.208 x 49.784 mm

Colors:

Pantone 186, Cyan, Magenta, Yellow, Black

Plate Size:

960 stamps per revolution

Plate Numbers:

“B” followed by five (5) single digits

Marginal Markings:

Header. “Holiday Wreaths: 20 First-Class™ Forever® Stamps” • USPS logo • ©2019 USPS in peel strip area
• Barcode • Promotional text in peel strip area • Plate number in peel strip area