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2¢ Meyer Lemons
(Banknote Corporation of America)
Self-Adhesive Coil of 10,000
Scott # 5256 Plate # B11111
PNC3 ID 2018-1
Series  
Issue Date & City January 19, 2018, Lenner, LA 70062
Nationwide Sale  
Designer Derry Noyes, Washington, DC
Art Director Derry Noyes, Washington, DC
Typographer Derry Noyes, Washington, DC
Existing Art John Burgoyne, West Barnstable, MA
Modeler Sandra Lane/Michelle Finn
To Press / Initial Quantity Coils of 10,000: 100,000,000
Coil Size Rolls of 10,000
Printer Banknote Corporation of America
Press Alprinta 74
Process Offset
Where Printed Browns Summit, SC
Where Processed Banknote Corporation of America, Browns Summit, NC
Plate Size & Interval 560 stamps per revolution / Plate numbers every 28th stamp below stamp image.
Paper Type Nonphosphored Type III
Adhesive Type Self-Adhesive
Tagging Type None
Die Cut Gauge Serpentine die cut 10¾ vertically
Colors Pantone 7413, Cyan, Magenta, Yellow, Black
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 760415 – Uncut strip of 500
760400 – Roll of 10,000
760416, First-Day Cover (set of 4), $3.72
Availability  
Official Announcement Announcement in Postal Bulletin 22471, 7-20-17 On January 19, 2018, in Kenner, LA, the U.S. Postal Service® will issue the 2-cent denominated Meyer Lemons stamp, in one design, in a pressure-sensitive adhesive (PSA) coil of 10,000 stamps (Item 760400). The stamp will go on sale nationwide January 19, 2018.

The Meyer Lemons stamp is a new 2-cent definitive stamp that features a whole Meyer lemon next to two wedges of the cut fruit. The illustrations were created with pen and ink and watercolor. Art director Derry Noyes designed the stamp with an existing illustration by John Burgoyne.

Security “USPS” microprint
Note Preferred collecting length = strips of 7
Note Coil Line Catalog Corner – March 2018

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 usps.com/shop, or by phone at 800-782-6724. 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 – Meyer Lemons Stamp
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 March 19, 2018

Technical details for the Meyer Lemons stamp will appear in a future edition of the Postal Bulletin.

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Updated April 5, 2018