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(10¢) Patriotic Banner
(Sennett Security Products)
Presorted Standard Water-Activated Coil of 500
Scott # 4385 Plate # S111
Series USPS - NA ~ PNC3 - Patriotic
Issue Date & City February 24, 2009 Washington, DC 20066 (No First Day of Issue Ceremony)
Nationwide Sale February 24, 2009 only at Stamp Fulfillment Services and the first-day city, Washington, DC.
Designer Michael Osborne, Berkeley, CA
Art Director Ethel Kessler, Bethesda, MD
Typographer Michael Osborne, Berkeley, CA
Artist Michael Osborne, Berkeley, CA
Modeler Donald H. Woo
To Press / Initial Quantity Winter 2009 / 30 Million stamps
Coil Size 500
Printer Banknote Corporation of America / SSP
Press Alprinta, 74
Process Offset
Where Printed Browns Summit, NC
Where Processed Unique Binders, Fredericksburg, VA
Plate Size & Interval 682 stamps per revolution / plate # every 31 stamps
Paper Type Nonphosphored, USPS Type III
Adhesive Type Water Activated
Tagging Type None
Perforation Gauge 9.8 Vertical
Colors PMS 200 (Red), PMS 280 (Blue), PMS 871 (Gold)
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 Pink 3 digit, every 10 stamps, Top and Bottom positions reported so far
Earliest Known Use February 24, 2009
USPS Order Numbers 787430 Strip of 25 - $2.50
787440 Full Coil of  500 - $50.00
787462 First Day Cover - $0.90
Availability Providence, RI has both Top and Bottom Back Number
Official Announcement On February 24, 2009, in Washington, DC, the Postal Service™ will issue a non-denominated, presorted standard rate (10-cent value), Patriotic Banner stamp in one design in a water-activated gum (WAG) coil of 500 stamps (Item 787400). Designed by Michael Osborne of Berkeley, California, the stamp goes on sale nationwide February 24, 2009.

This stamp was previously issued in the following formats:

  • July 4, 2007, Pressure-sensitive adhesive (PSA) coil of 3,000 stamps (Item 784600).
  • July 4, 2007, PSA coil of 10,000 stamps (Item 784700).
Note  
How to Order the First Day of Issue Postmark
Customers have 60 days to obtain the first day of issue postmark by mail. They may purchase new stamps at their local Post Office™, at The Postal Store® website at www.usps.com/shop, or by calling 800-STAMP-24. 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 to:
Patriotic Banner Stamp
Special Cancellations
PO Box 92282
Washington, DC 20090-2282
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. All orders must be postmarked by April 27, 2009.
How to Order First Day Covers
Stamp Fulfillment Services 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. Customers may request a free catalog by calling 800-STAMP-24 or writing to:
Information Fulfillment
Dept. 6270
U.S. Postal Service
PO Box 219014
Kansas City, MO 64121-9014
Philatelic Products
There is one philatelic product available for this stamp issue:
  • 787462*, First Day Cover, $0.90
Items with an asterisk (*) will use the 128 barcode from Stamp Fulfillment Services. All other philatelic products will continue to use barcode series A, with the exception of the Yearbook and the Guide Book.
Distribution: Item 787400, Non-Denominated Presorted Standard Rate, Patriotic Banner PSA Coil of 500 ($50 Value)
Stamp distribution offices (SDOs) will not receive an automatic distribution of Item 787400. SDOs requiring quantities of Item 787400 must order them from their des­ignated accountable paper depository (APD) using PS Form 17, Stamp Requisition/Stamp Return.
Initial Supply to Post Offices
Post Offices requiring quantities of Item 787400, must order them from their designated SDO using PS Form 17. SDOs must not distribute these stamps to Post Offices before February 17, 2009.
Philatelic Requirement
Philatelic centers requiring quantities of Item 787400 must order them from their designated SDO using PS Form 17.
Additional Supply
Post Offices requiring additional coils 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 orders from SDOs, the San Francisco, Chicago, Memphis, and New York APDs will each receive coils. For fulfilling supplemental orders from APDs, the Kansas City Stamp Services Center will receive additional coils.