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3˘ Silver Coffeepot
(Sennett Security Products)
Water-Activated Coil of 10,000
Scott # 3759 Plate # S1111, S2222
Series American Design
Issue Date & City September 16, 2005, Milwaukee, WI (MILCOPEX Stamp Show)
Nationwide Sale September 17, 2005
Designer Derry Noyes, Washington, DC
Art Director Derry Noyes, Washington, DC
Typographer Derry Noyes, Washington, DC
Engraver Southern Graphics System
Artist Tania Lee, Washington, DC
To Press / Initial Quantity Spring 2005 / 210 Million
Coil Size 10,000
Printer Sennett Security Products (SSP)
Press Rotomec, 3000
Process Gravure
Where Printed American Packaging Corporation, Columbus, WI
Where Processed Unique Binders, Fredericksburg, VA
Plate Size & Interval 616 stamps per revolution / plate # every 14 stamps
Paper & Gum USPS Type III, Untagged,  Water-Activated
Tagging Type Untagged
Perforation Gauge 9.8 Vertically
Colors PMS 194 (Light maroon), PMS 877 (Silver), Black, PMS 195 (Dark maroon)
Image Size (h x&nw) 0.72 x 0.810 in. / 18.28 x 20.57 mm
Overall Size (h x w) 0.87 x 0.960 in. / 22.09 x 24.38 mm
Back Numbers

S1111 - 5 digit Pink top/bottom/middle back numbers every 10 stamps.
S2222 - No back numbers.
Earliest Known Use September 16, 2005
USPS Order Numbers 782920 Strip of 5 - $0.15
782930 Strip of 25 - $0.75
782940 Full Coil of 10000 - $300
782962 First Day Cover - $0.78
Availability Providence: Even coils - positions 1, 3, and 5 every 70 stamps.
Tucson: Odd - interval 14, top and bottom pink numbers, position 2/4 or 1R and 1L.
Official Announcement The Postal Service™ will issue a 3-cent, Silver Coffeepot definitive stamp (Item 782900) in one design, in a water-activated gum (WAG) coil of 10,000, on September 16, 2005, in Milwaukee, Wisconsin (MILCOPEX Stamp Show). The stamp designed by Derry Noyes of Washington, DC, goes on sale nationwide on September 17, 2005.

For this sixth issuance in the American Design series, artist Tania Lee of Washington, DC, chose the coffeepot as the subject of this new stamp featuring a watercolor and gouache painting of a pear-shaped silver coffeepot with a carved wood handle that was made circa 1786 in Philadelphia.

Inaugurated in 2002 with the American Toleware stamp, the American Design series showcases beautiful works of American art and crafts. The 2002 issuance featured American Toleware, followed by American Clock and Tiffany Lamp (2003), and Chippendale Chair and Navajo Jewelry (2004).
Notes Background Information.
Coil Label Coil Label
Philatelic Products
There are no philatelic products available for this stamp issue.
Distribution: Item 782900, 3-cent Silver Coffeepot WAG Coil of 10,000
Stamp distribution offices (SDOs) will not receive an automatic distribution of Item 782900. Automatic distributions will be provided to accountable paper depositories (APDs) and stamp service centers (SSCs).
SDOs requiring quantities of Item 782900 must order them from the appropriate APD using a separate PS Form 17, Stamp Requisition / Stamp Return.
Initial Supply to Post Offices
Post Offices requiring quantities of Item 782900 must order them from their designated SDO using a separate PS Form 17. SDOs must not distribute these coils to Post Offices before September 12, 2005.
Philatelic Requirement
Philatelic centers requiring Item 782900 must order them from their designated SDO using a separate PS Form 17.
Additional Supply
Post Offices requiring additional Item 782900 must requisition them from their designated SDO using PS Form 17. SDOs requiring additional coils must order them from the appropriate APD using PS Form 17.
For fulfilling supplemental orders from SDOs, the Chicago, APD will receive 2,160 additional coils; the San Francisco, Memphis, and New York APDs will each receive 720 additional coils; and the Denver APD will receive 500 additional coils. For fulfilling supplemental orders from APDs, the Kansas City SSC will receive 12,240 additional coils.