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| Regular Sheet | Common to both | Special Die Cut Sheet |
| Scott # 3391 | No Plate Number - Regular pane with all 10 stamps die cut |
| Scott # 3392 | No Plate Number - Special Die-cut pane of 10, stamp in upper right corner is without die cutting |
| Series | Looney Tunes |
| Format | 10 stamps - 9 on the left side, 3 x 3, one on the right |
| Issue Date & City | April 26, 2000, Phoenix, AZ 85026 |
| Nationwide Sale | April 27, 2000 |
| Designer | Ed Wleczyk, Warner Bros., Los Angeles, CA |
| Art Director | Terry McCaffrey, USPS |
| Illustrator | Ed Wleczyk, Warner Bros., Los Angeles, CA |
| Character Art | Frank Espinosa, Warner Bros., Los Angeles, CA |
| Concept | Brenda Guttman, Warner Bros., Los Angeles, CA |
| Modeler | Banknote Corporation of America, Inc. (BCA) |
| Process | Offset / Microprint |
| Printer | Banknote Corporation of America, Inc. (BCA) |
| Printed At | BCA, Browns Summit, NC |
| Press Type | Goebel, 670 |
| To Press / Initial Print Quantity | Spring, 2000 / 300 million stamps |
| Paper Type | Pre-phosphored Type II |
| Gum Type | Self-adhesive |
| Processed At | BCA, Browns Summit, NC |
| Die Cut Gauge | 11 x 11 |
| Colors | Yellow, Magenta, Cyan, Black |
| Image Area | 0.84 x 1.41 in. / 21.34 x 35.81 mm |
| Overall Size | 0.99 x 1.56 in. / 25.15 x 39.62 mm |
| Booklet Size | 6.83 x 5.13 in. / 173.48 x 130.30 mm |
| Plate Size | 120 Stamps per revolution |
| Liner Printing | N/A |
| USPS Catalog Item Numbers | 559140 Souvenir Sheet of 10 - $3.30 559141 Souvenir Sheet (Special Die Cut) - $3.30 559184 Uncut Press Sheet (Top) - $19.80 559186 Uncut Press Sheet (Bottom) - $19.80 559161 First Day Cover - $0.54 559166 Stamped Card Set - $6.95 |
| Earliest Known Use | April 26, 2000 |
| Official Announcement | The Postal Service will issue a 33-cent "Wile E. Coyote and Road Runer" commemorative stamp (Item Number 559100) in Phoenix, AZ, on April 26, 2000. The stamp, designed and illustrated by Frank Espinosa and Ed Wleczyk of Los Angeles, California, goes on sale nationwide April 27, 2000. This is fourth stamp in the U.S. Postal Service's Looney Tunes Series. Wile E. Coyote has appeared in more than 40 cartoons with Road Runner, the speedy object of his appetite. A few other cartoons have pitted Wile E. against the sharp witted Bugs Bunny.
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| Varieties | Regular Sheet - The 10th stamp in upper right hand corner is die cut. Die cutting on the block of 9 stamps on the left does not go through the liner paper. Die cuts are of the 'peak' variety. There are no divots where the die cuts intersect.Special Die Cut Sheet - The 10th stamp in the upper right hand corner is not die cut. There is a wavy line die cut on the liner through each row of three stamps Die cuts are of the 'peak' variety. The intersection of vertical and horizontal die cuts have divots. |
| Liner Printing | "Beep Beep" Type C Liner Printing |
| End Card | Cream card stock with Brown Ink. Click here for photo. |
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 accountable paper depository (APD) using PS Form 17.
All Post Offices must acquire and maintain a supply of each new commemorative stamp until the stamp is officially withdrawn from sale. If supplies run low, Post Offices must reorder additional quantities using their normal ordering procedures.
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