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<5¢> USA and Star
(Ashton Potter)
Self-Adhesive Coil of 10,000
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.

How to Order the First-Day-of-Issue Postmark
Customers have 60 days to obtain the first-day-of-issue postmark by mail. Each cover must have sufficient postage to meet First-Class Mail® requirements. 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 top

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, $0.96.

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Updated March 7, 2015