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Scott #5061 | Plate #P111 |
Series | USPS – N/A / PNC3 – N/A |
Issue Date & City | April 28, 2016, Dulles, VA 20103 |
Nationwide Sale | April 28, 2016 |
Designer | Antonio Alcalá, Alexandria, VA Leslie Badani, Alexandria, VA |
Art Director | Antonio Alcalá, Alexandria, VA |
Typographer | Antonio Alcalá, Alexandria, VA Leslie Badani, Alexandria, VA |
Existing Art | |
Modeler | Joseph Sheeran |
To Press / Initial Quantity | 2 Billion stamps |
Coil Size | Rolls of 10,000 |
Printer | Ashton Potter (USA) Ltd (APU) |
Press | Muller A76 |
Process | Offset |
Where Printed | Williamsville, NY |
Where Processed | Ashton Potter (USA) Ltd. (APU) |
Plate Size & Interval | 594 stamps per revolution / Plate numbers every 27th stamp below stamp image |
Paper Type | Nonphosphored, Type III |
Adhesive Type | Self-Adhesive |
Tagging Type | None |
Die Cut Gauge | Serpentine die cut 10 vertically |
Colors | PMS 286C Blue, PMS 199C Red, PMS 429C Gray |
Image Size (w x h) | 0.73 x 0.84 in./18.54 x 21.34 mm |
Overall Size (w x h) | 0.87 x 0.98 in./22.10 x 24.89 mm |
Back Numbers | Every 10 stamps |
Earliest Known Use | |
USPS Order Numbers | 777500 - Full Coil of 10,000 - $500.00 777503 – Strip of 25 - $1.25 777516 - First-Day Cover, $0.96 |
Availability | |
Official Announcement | On April 28, 2016, in Dulles, VA, the U.S. Postal Service® will issue the USA nondenominated, nonprofit organization stamp (5-cent value), in one design, in a pressure-sensitive adhesive (PSA) coil of 10,000 (Item 777500).
The stamp will go on sale nationwide April 28, 2016. USA, the new nondenominated, nonprofit stamp, showcases the letters “USA” in blue accompanied by a bright red star on a white background. This patriotic design with full letterforms and flourishes is a confident, playful, and celebratory treatment of one of our most familiar abbreviations. “NONPROFIT ORG” is printed across the bottom of the stamp. The USA stamp will be issued in coils of 10,000. Antonio Alcalá served as the art director and designed the stamp with Leslie Badani. |
Security | Microprint “USPS” |
Note | PNC ID 2016-5 Preferred collecting length strips of 5 |
Note | Announcement in Postal Bulletin 22438, 3/31/16 |
Note | Catalog Corner: Coil Line July 2016 |
Initial Supply to Post Offices: Item 777500, USA Nondenominated, Nonprofit (5-cent value) PSA Coil of 10,000 Stamps
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.
USA Nonprofit Stamp
Special Events
22403 Randolph Drive
Dulles, VA 20103-9998
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 June 28, 2016.
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 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
Philatelic Products
There is one philatelic product for this stamp issue:
777516, First-Day Cover,
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Updated March 7, 2015