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(39¢) Lady Liberty and U. S. Flag
(Sennett Security Products)
Water Activated Coil of 3,000
Scott # 3967 Plate # S1111
Series USPS - NA ~ PNC3 - Flag / Patriotic / Rate Change
Issue Date & City December 8, 2005, Washington, DC 20066 (No First Day of Issue Ceremony)
Nationwide Sale December 8, 2005
Designer Terrence W. McCaffrey, USPS
Art Director Terrence W. McCaffrey, USPS
Typographer Terrence W. McCaffrey, USPS
Photograph Carl and Ann Purcell, Alexandria, VA
Engraver Southern Graphics System
Modeler Donald H. Woo
To Press / Initial Quantity Fall 2005 / 300 Million stamps
Coil Size 3,000
Printer Sennett Security Products (SSP)
Press Cerutti, 950
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 Type Prephosphored, USPS Type II, Surface Coated
Adhesive Type Water Activated
Tagging Type Prephosphored, Uneven Tagging
Perforation Gauge 9.8 Vertically
Colors Magenta, Yellow, Cyan, Black
Image Size (w x h) 0.72 x 0.81 in. / 18.28 x 20.57 mm
Overall Size (w x h) 0.87 x 0.96 in./22.09 x 24.38 mm
Back Numbers 4 digit Top and Bottom Pink, Every 10 stamps
Earliest Known Use December 8, 2005
USPS Order Numbers 783042 Full Coil of 3000 - $1,170.00
783430 Strip of 25 - $9.75
783420 Strip of 5 - $1.95
783461 First Day Cover - $0.77
Availability Tucson - Top and Bottom Back Numbers, Positions 1R, 3R, 1L, 3L
Providence - Top and Bottom Back Numbers - 70 stamps for either positions, 2 & 4 OR 1, 3, & 5.
Official Announcement The Postal ServiceTM will issue a nondenominated First-Class Mail® definitive stamp Lady Liberty and U.S. Flag on December 8, 2005, in Washington, DC. The stamp designed by Terrence W. McCaffrey of the U.S. Postal Service®, Washington, DC, also goes on sale nationwide December 8, 2005.

The stamp features two of the most recognized symbols of the United States: the Statue of Liberty and the American flag. Carl and Ann Purcell of Alexandria, Virginia, took separate photographs of the Statue of Liberty and the American flag and combined them to create the montage used in the stamp art.

The stamp will be issued in the following nondenominated formats:
• Water-activated gum (WAG) pane of 100 (Item 108500).
• Pressure-sensitive adhesive (PSA) ATM sheetlet of 18 (Item 567600).
• PSA pane of 20 (Item 567700).
• PSA vending booklet of 20 (Item 674300).
• PSA double-sided booklet of 20 (Item 674400).
• PSA coil of 100 (Item 783000).
• WAG coil of 3,000 (Item 783400).
Notes  
Distribution: Item 783400 Nondenominated ($1,170.00 Value) Lady Liberty and U.S. Flag, WAG Coil of 3,000
All SDOs will receive an automatic distribution of this nondenominated ($1,170.00 value) Lady Liberty and U.S. Flag WAG coil of 3,000. Distributions are rounded up to nearest master carton size (64 coils).
Initial Supply to Post Offices
SDOs will not make a subsequent automatic distribution of Item 783400 to Post Offices. All Post Offices requiring quantities of Item 783400 must order them from their designated SDO using PS Form 17. SDOs should not have distributed coils to Post Offices before November 30, 2005.
Philatelic Requirement
SDOs will not receive a separate quantity Item 783400 for their authorized philatelic centers. Philatelic centers must be supplied their quantities from the initial automatic distribution made to SDOs.
Additional Supply
Post Offices requiring additional coils must requisition them from their designated SDO using a PS Form 17. SDOs requiring additional coils must order them from the appropriate APD using PS Form 17.
For fulfilling supplemental orders from SDOs, APDs will receive additional quantities of Item 783400.