(34c) 4 Flowers Vending Booklet

(34¢) Non-Denominated Flowers (4 designs)
Pressure Sensitive Adhesive
Folded Vending Booklet of 20
Scott # 3457b,c,d BK281	Plate S1111 (located on cover of booklet)
*Series*	Rate Change Definitive
*Format*	Vending booklet of 20 (4 designs)
*Issue Date & City*	December 15, 2000, Washington, DC 20066
*Nationwide Sale*	December 15, 2000
*Photographer*	Robert Peak, Winter Park, Florida
*Designer*	Derry Noyes, Washington, DC
*Engraver*	Armotek Industries
*Art Director*	Derry Noyes, Washington, DC
*Typographer*	Derry Noyes, Washington, DC
*Modeler*	Donald H. Woo
*Process*	Gravure
*Printer*	Sennett Security Products (SSP)
*Printed At*	American Packaging Corporation, Columbus, WI
*Press Type*	Rotomec, 3000
*To Press / Initial Print Quantity*	Fall 2000 / 200 million stamps
*Paper Type*	Prephosphored Type II
*Gum Type*	Self-Adhesive
*Processed At*	Unique Binders, Fredericksburg, VA
*Die Cut Gauge*	10.5 x 10.8 (peak / valley)
*Colors*	Magenta, Cyan, Yellow, Black
*Image Area*	0.72 x 0.832 in. / 18.28 x 21.13 mm
*Overall Size*	0.87 x 0.982 in. / 22.09 x 24.94 mm
*Booklet Size*	10.375 x 1.739 in. / 263.52 x 44.17 mm
*Plate Size*	480 stamps per revolution
*Marginal Markings*	"© USPS 2000" · Plate Numbers · "Twenty Self-adhesive stamps · First-Class RateDO NOT WET" · Web site info · USPS Logo
*USPS Catalog Item Numbers*	669340 Vending booklet of 20 - $6.80
*Earliest Known Use*	.
*Official Announcement*	The Postal Service will issue Flowers nondenominated definitive stamps in Washington, DC , on December 15, 2000. The stamps will be issued in a self-adhesive booklet of 20 (Item Number 669100), a self-adhesive vending book of 20 (Item Number 669300), and a self-adhesive coil of 100 (Item Number 778900). These stamps, designed by Derry Noyes of Washington, DC, are based on photographs by Robert Peak of Winter Park, FL. The stamps go on sale nationwide December 15, 2000. The photographs by Robert Peak capture the color and delicacy of four different cut flowers - a freesia, a cymbidium orchid, and two lilies. In his 25 years of artistic endeavors, Peak has been recognized and honored as a photographer, designer, and filmmaker. His fine art photographs have been featured in major publications and appear in collections worldwide.
*Varieties*	None
*Note*	Peel-off strips were removed before folding and gluing booklet

Philatelic Products

Distribution: 669300 and 669311 Flowers Vending Booklet

Stamp Distribution Offices (SDOs) will receive one distribution of these vending books of 20. Shipments will be completed December 12, 2000. Distributions are rounded up to the nearest master carton size (4,500 books for straight; 2700 books for criss-cross).

Initial Supply to Post Offices

Additional Supply

Authorized post offices requiring additional books must requisition them from their designated SDO using PS Form 17. SDOs requiring additional stamps must order them from the appropriate accountable paper depository (APD) using PS Form 17.