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<49¢> U.S. Flag Stamp
(Ashton Potter)
Self Adhesive Coil of 100 (1 design)
Scott # 5159 Plate # P1111
PNC3 ID PNC 2017-1
Series  
Issue Date & City January 27, 2017, Norcross, GA 30071
Nationwide Sale January 27, 2017
Designer Greg Breeding, Charlottesvlle, VA
Art Director Terrence W. McCaffrey, New Braunfels, TX
Typographer Greg Breeding, Charlottesvlle, VA
Existing Art Tom Grill
Modeler Joseph Sheeran
To Press / Initial Quantity 2 Billion stamps
Coil Size 100
Printer Ashton Potter (USA) Ltd. (APU)
Press Muller A76
Process Offset, Microprint;
Where Printed Williamsville, NY
Where Processed Ashton Potter (USA) Ltd. (APU)
Plate Size & Interval Plate Size & Interval 744 stamps per revolution, Plate numbers every 31 st stamp below stamp image
Paper Type Nonphosphored Type Ill, Block Tag
Adhesive Type Pressure-sensitive SA
Tagging Type Block Tag
Die Cut Gauge SDC 9 1/2 vertically
Colors Black, Cyan, Magenta, Yellow
Image Size (w x h) Image Size (w x h) 073 x 0.84 in. 1 18.54 x 21.34 mm
Overall Size (w x h) Overall Size (w x h) 0.8709 x 0.98 in. / 22.12 x 24.89 mm
Back Numbers  
Earliest Known Use  
USPS Order Numbers USPS Order Numbers 749804 Coil of 100, 2017 Philatelic catalog Spring/ Volume 22 p40
749816 FDC $.93, 2017 Philatelic catalog Spring/ Volume 22 p40
Availability  
Official Announcement Postal Bulletin 22457 (12-22-16)
Security Microprint “USPS&rdqou;
Note Postal Bulletin 22457 (12-22-16) listed same order # for BCA & AP coils 749800

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Announcement
On January 27, 2017, in Norcross, GA, the U.S. Postal Service® will issue the U.S. Flag First-Class Mail® stamp (Forever® priced at 49 cents), in one design. The formats available are a pressure-sensitive adhesive (PSA) booklet of 10 stamps (Item 674700) produced by security printer Banknote Corporation of America (BCA), a PSA booklet of 20 stamps (Item 672000) produced by security printers BCA and Ashton Potter (USA) Ltd. (APU), a PSA coil of 100 stamps (Item 749800) produced by security printers BCA and APU, and a PSA Automated teller machine (ATM) sheetlet of 18 stamps (Item 564400).

The stamp will go on sale nationwide January 27, 2017.

With the new U.S. Flag stamp, the Postal Service™ continues its tradition of celebrating patriotism with one of the most recognizable symbols of our nation. The stamp, sold in booklets of 10 and 20, coils of 100, and an ATM sheetlet of 18, features a detail from a photograph of the billowing Stars and Stripes. Terrence W. McCaffrey was the art director of the project and Greg Breeding designed the stamp with an existing photograph of the flag taken by Tom Grill.

Updated March 7, 2015