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Image courtesy of Frank Covey
| Scott # 3761A | Plate # P1111 |
| Series | USPS - American Design ~ PNC3 - American Design |
| Issue Date & City | January 2, 2014, Kansas City, MO 64108 (No First Day of Issue Ceremony) |
| Nationwide Sale | January 2, 2014 |
| Designer | Derry Noyes, Washington, DC |
| Artist | Lou Nola |
| Typographer | Derry Noyes, Washington, DC |
| Art Director | Derry Noyes, Washington, DC |
| Modeler | Joseph Sheera |
| To Press / Initial Quantity | Winter 2013 / 100 Million stamps |
| Coil Size | 10,000 |
| Printer | Ashton Potter / Guilford Gravure |
| Press Type | Cerutti, 118 |
| Process | Gravure |
| Where Printed | Williamsville, NY |
| Where Processed | Ashton Potter / Guilford Gravure, Williamsville, NY |
| Plate Size & Interval | 432 stamps per revolution / plate # every 24 stamps |
| Paper Type | Nonphosphored, USPS Type III |
| Adhesive Type | Water Activated |
| Tagging Type | Nones |
| Perforation Gauge | 9.8 Vertically |
| Colors | PMS 476 (Brown), PMS 477 (Brown), PMS 7407 (Yellow), PMS 172 (Orange) |
| Image Size (w x h) | 0.708 x 0.84 in. / 17.98 x 21.37 mm |
| Overall Size (w x h) | 0.87 x 0.98 in. / 22.10 x 24.89 mm |
| Back Numbers | None |
| Earliest Known Use | January 2, 2014 |
| USPS Order Numbers | 705604 Full Coil of 10,000 - $400.00 705605 Coil of 100 - $4.00 705616 First Day Cover - $0.94 |
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| Official Announcement | On January 2, 2014, in Kansas City, Missouri, the U.S. Postal Service® will reissue the Chippendale Chair 4-cent definitive stamp in one design in a water-activated gum (WAG) coil of 10,000 stamps (Item 785600). The stamps will go on sale nationwide January 2, 2014. Chippendale Chair, the fourth stamp in the American Design series, will be reissued by the U.S. Postal Service in 2014. First issued on March 5, 2004, this 4-cent definitive stamp features a stylized treatment of a Chippendale chair made in Philadelphia between 1760 and 1765. The artist, the late Lou Nolan, based his design on a Chippendale side chair, or chair without arms. The colors he used for the wood and seat cover give the stamp design a contemporary feel. Derry Noyes was the art director. To learn more about the stories behind the stamps, visit https://www.usps.com/stamps/ |
| Note | The date, 2013, is in the upper left corner of the stamp. |
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| Distribution: Item 785600, 4-cent Definitive Chippendale Chair, WAG Coil of 10,000 Stamps |
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| Stamp distribution centers (SDCs) will receive their normal automatic distribution quantity of Chippendale Chair stamps. Distributions are rounded up to the nearest master carton size of 10 coils. |
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| Initial Supply to Post Offices |
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| SDOs/SDCs will NOT make an automatic distribution to Post Offices™. Post Offices requiring these items must requisition them from the eBuy2 SEAM Catalog or via Touchtone ordering. Post Offices should not sell the stamp prior to first-day-of-issue. |
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| How to Order the First-Day-of-Issue Postmark |
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| 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 https://store.usps.com/store/, 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: |
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| Chippendale Chair Stamp Cancellation Services 8300 NE Underground Drive, Pillar 210 Kansas City, MO 64144-0001 |
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| 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 March 2, 2014. |
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| How to Order First-Day Covers |
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| 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 https://store.usps.com/store/, or by calling 800-782-6724. Customers may request a free catalog by calling 800-782-6724 or writing to: |
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| U.S. Postal Service Catalog Request PO Box 219014 Kansas City, MO 64121-9014 |
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| Philatelic Products |
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| There is one philatelic product available for this stamp issue: |
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| 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. |
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