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| Scott# 3864 | Plate S1111 |
| Series | N/A (USPS) - American Scenes (PNC3) |
| Issue Date & City | June 11, 2004, Washington, DC 20066 |
| Nationwide Sale | June 12, 2004 |
| Engraver | Southern Graphics |
| Designer | Tom Engeman, Brunswick, MD |
| Art Director | Phil Jordan, Falls Church, VA |
| Typographer | Phil Jordan, Falls Church, VA |
| Modeler | Donald H. Woo |
| To Press / Initial Impressions | Spring, 2004 / 60 Million (20,000 Coils) |
| Coil Size | 3000, 10,000 |
| Printer | Sennett Security Products (SSP) |
| Press | Rotomec, 3000 |
| Process | Gravure |
| Where Printed | American Packaging Corporation, Columbus, WI |
| Where Processed | American Packaging Corporation, Columbus, WI |
| Plate Size & Interval | 616 stamps per revolution / plate # every 14 stamps |
| Paper & Gum | USPS Type III / Water Activated |
| Tagging Type | Untagged |
| Perf Gauge | 9.8 Vertically |
| Colors | Magenta, Yellow, Blue, Black |
| Image Area | 0.72 x 0.810 in. / 18.28 x 20.57 mm |
| Overall Size | 0.87 x 0.960 in. / 22.09 x 24.38 mm |
| Back Numbers | 3000 - 4 digit pink, top and bottom every 10 stamps. All 5 positions possible 10,000 - 5 digit pink, top, middle and bottom. |
| Earliest Known Use | April 10, 2004 |
| USPS Order Numbers | 782620 Strip of 5 from coil of 3000 - $0.25 |
| 782630 Strip of 25 from coil of 3000 - $1.25 | |
| 782640 Full Coil of 3000 - $150.00 | |
| 782021 Strip of 5 from coil of 10,000 - $0.25 | |
| 782031 Strip of 25 from coil of 10,000 - $1.25 | |
| 782041 Full Coil of 10,000 - $500.00 | |
| 782662 First Day Cover - $0.80 | |
| 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 3,000 (Item 782600) on June 11, 2004, in Washington, DC. The stamp designed by Phil Jordan of Falls Church, Virginia, and Illustrated by Tom Engeman of Brunswick, Maryland, goes on sale nationwide June 12, 2004. The Sea Coast nonprofit stamp was
previously issued on October 21, 2002, in a pressure-sensitive adhesive (PSA) coil of
10,000 (Item 781400); on March 19, 2003, in a WAG coil of 500 (Item 781800) and in a WAG
coil of 10,000 (Item 782000); and on April 6, 2004, in a PSA coil of 3,000 (Item 782700).
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| Note | The date in the lower left hand corner is 2004 |
| Differences | For a side-by-side comparison of the Sea Coast stamps, click here. |
| Varieties | None |
Stamp distribution offices (SDOs) will not receive an automatic distribution of Item 782600. SDOs requiring quantities of this nondenominated, nonprofit, WAG coil of 3,000 must order them from their designated accountable paper depository (APD) using PS Form 17, Stamp Requisition/Stamp Return.
Post Offices requiring quantities of Item 782600 must order them from their designated SDO using a separate PS Form 17. SDOs must not distribute these stamps to Post Offices before June 3, 2004.
Philatelic centers requiring the Sea Coast WAG coil of 3,000 must order Item 782600 from their designated SDO using a separate PS Form 17.
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 1,280 coils; the Denver APD will receive 768 coils. For fulfilling supplemental orders from APDs, the Kansas City Stamp Service Center will receive 10,240 coils.
Updated -
17 January 2006
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