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| Scott # 3775 | Plate # B111 |
| Series | Definitive (USPS) - American Scenes (PNC3) |
| Issue Date & City | March 19, 2003, Washington, DC 20066 |
| Nationwide Sale | March 20, 2003 |
| Issue | Nondenominated definitive nonprofit (5-cent value) |
| Engraver | Acitronic |
| Designer | Tom Engeman, Brunswick, MD |
| Art Director | Phil Jordan, Falls Church, VA |
| Typographer | Phil Jordan, Falls Church, VA |
| Modeler | Guilford Gravure Manufacturing, Guilford, CT |
| To Press / Initial Impressions | Winter 2003 / 500 - 50 Million / 10,000 - 150 Million |
| Coil Size | 500, 10,000 |
| Printer | Banknote Corporation of America (BCA) |
| Press | Cerrutti, R118 |
| Process | Gravure |
| Where Printed | Guilford, CT |
| Where Processed | Guilford, CT |
| Plate Size & Interval | 570 stamps per revolution / plate # every 10 stamps |
| Paper & Gum | Nonphosphored, USPS Type III, Water-Activated |
| Tagging Type | Untagged |
| Perforation Gauge | 9.8 Vertically |
| Colors | Cyan, Magenta, Yellow |
| Image Area (w x h) | 0.710 x 0.820 in./18.03 x 20.82 mm |
| Overall Size (w x h) | 0.870 x 0.965 in./22.10 x 24.51 mm |
| Back Numbers | 3 digit Pink every 10th stamp, top or bottom (Coil of 500) - 5 digit pink every 10th stamp, top or bottom (Coil of 10,000) |
| Earliest Known Use | March 19, 2003 |
| USPS Order Numbers | 782040 Full Coil of 10,000 - $500.00 781840 Full Coil of 500 - $25.00 782030 Coil Strip of 25 from 10k w/plate number - $1.25 781830 Coil Strip of 25 from 500 w/plate number - $1.25 782020 Strip of 5 from 10k coil - $0.25 781820 Strip of 5 from 500 coil - $0.25 First Day Cover - 782062 - $.77 |
| Availability | Stamp Fulfillment Services, Kansas City |
| Official Announcement | The Postal Service will issue a nondenominated (5-cent value), Sea Coast nonprofit stamp in a water-activated gum (WAG) coil of 500 (Item 781800) and a WAG coil of 10,000 (Item 782000) on March 19, 2003, in Washington, DC. The stamp, designed by Phil Jordan, Falls Church, Virginia, and illustrated by Tom Engeman, Brunswick, Maryland, goes on sale nationwide March 20, 2003. The Sea Coast nonprofit stamp was previously issued on October 21, 2002, in a pressure-sensitive adhesive (PSA) coil of 10,000 (Item 781400). |
| Differences | For a side-by-side comparison of the Sea Coast stamps, click here. |
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| Philatelic Products |
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| There are no philatelic products for this stamp issue. |
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| Distribution Item: 781800, Sea Coast, WAG Coil of 500 |
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| Stamp distribution offices (SDOs) will not receive an automatic distribution of Item 781800. SDOs requiring this nondenominated, nonprofit, WAG coil of 500 must order them from their designated accountable paper depository (APD) using PS Form 17, Stamp Requisition/Stamp Return. |
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| Initial Supply to Post Offices |
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| Post Offices requiring quantities of this nonprofit, WAG coil of 500, must order them from their designated SDO using a separate PS Form 17. SDOs must not distribute these stamps to Post Offices before March 14, 2003. |
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| Philatelic Requirement |
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| Philatelic centers requiring the Sea Coast coil of 500 must order Item 781800 from their designated SDO using a separate PS Form 17. |
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| Additional Supply |
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| Post Offices requiring additional stamps must requisition them from their designated SDO using PS Form 17. SDOs requiring additional stamps must order them from the appropriate APD using PS Form 17. For fulfilling supplemental orders from SDOs, the San Francisco, Chicago, Memphis, and New York APDs will each receive 9,600 additional coils, and the Denver APD will receive 4,000 additional coils. For fulfilling supplemental orders from APDs, the Kansas City Stamp Services Center (SSC) will receive 42,000 additional coils. |
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| Distribution: Item 782000, Sea Coast, WAG Coil of 10,000 |
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| Stamp distribution offices (SDOs) will not receive an automatic distribution of Item 782000. SDOs requiring this nondenominated, nonprofit, WAG coil of 10,000 must order them from their designated APD using PS Form 17. |
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| Initial Supply to Post Offices |
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| Post Offices requiring quantities of this nonprofit, WAG coil of 10,000 must order them from their designated SDO using a separate PS Form 17. SDOs must not distribute these stamps to Post Offices before March 14, 2003. |
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| Philatelic Requirement |
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| Philatelic centers requiring the Sea Coast coil of 10,000 must order Item 782000 from their designated SDO using a separate PS Form 17. |
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| Additional Supply |
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| Post Offices requiring additional stamps must requisition them from their designated SDO using PS Form 17. SDOs requiring additional stamps must order them from the appropriate APD using PS Form 17. For fulfilling supplemental orders from SDOs, the San Francisco, Chicago, Memphis, and New York APDs will each receive 1,440 additional coils; the Denver APD will receive 720 additional coils. For fulfilling supplemental orders from APDs, the Kansas City SSC will receive 4,320 additional coils. |
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