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| Scott # 3492b BK 284A | Plate B1111, B2222, B3333, B4444, B5555, B6666, B7777 |
| Series | Flora and Fauna |
| Format | Convertible booklet of 20 (2 designs) |
| Issue Date & City | March 6, 2001 / Lincoln, NE 68501 |
| Nationwide Sale | March 7, 2001 |
| Illustrator | Ned Seidler, Hampton Bays, NY |
| Designer | Ned Seidler, Hampton Bays, NY |
| Art Director | Howard Paine, Delaplane, VA |
| Typographer | Howard Paine, Delaplane, VA |
| Modeler | Banknote Corporation of America, Inc. (BCA) |
| Process | Offset / Microprinting "USPS" |
| Printer | Banknote Corporation of America, Inc. (BCA) |
| Printed At | BCA, Browns Summit, NC |
| Press Type | Goebel, 670 |
| To Press / Initial Print Quantity | / 3 billion stamps |
| Paper Type | Prephosphored, Type I |
| Gum Type | Self-adhesive |
| Processed At | BCA, Browns Summit, NC |
| Die Cut Gauge | 11.2 x 11.2 |
| Colors | Black, Cyan, Magenta, Yellow |
| Image Area | 0.72 x 0.83 in. / 18.29 x 21.08 mm |
| Overall Size | 0.87 x 0.98 in. / 22.10 x 24.89 mm |
| Booklet Size | Pane of 20, 4.35 x 4.13 in. / 110.49 x 104.90 mm |
| Plate Size | 500 stamps per revolution |
| Marginal Markings | "© USPS 2000" · Plate Numbers · Price · Peel here to fold · Self-adhesive stamps · DO NOT WET |
| USPS Catalog Item Numbers | 669640 Convertible Booklet
of 20 - $6.80 669661 First Day Cover (random) - $0.55 669663 First Day Cover (set of 2) - $1.10 |
| Earliest Known Use | . |
| Official Announcement | The Postal Service will issue 34-cent Apple and Orange definitive stamps in a convertible booklet (Item Number 669600) in Lincoln, NE 68501, on March 6, 2001. The stamps, designed and illustrated by Ned Seidler of Hampton Bays, NY, go on sale nationwide March 7, 2001. There is no ceremony. The Postal Service selects familiar fruits - an apple and an orange - for these first-class stamps, which will be issued for general mail use. The stamp art by Ned Seidler continues the theme of his earlier illustrations for the Peaches and Pears (1995) and the Fruit Berries (1999) stamps. |
| Varieties | None |
| End Card | Cream colored card stock with Orange Ink. Click here for photo. |
There are no philatelic products associated with these stamps.
Stamp distribution offices (SDOs) will receive three distributions of the $6.80 Apple and Orange booklet of 20 for their automatic distribution quantities. The first distribution will end February 21, 2001; the second will end March 31, 2001; and the third will end June 5, 2001. Distributions are rounded up to the nearest master carton size (4,000 booklets).
SDOs will make a subsequent automatic distribution to post offices for one-quarter of their standard automatic distribution quantities using PS Form 3309, Advice of Shipment/Stamp Invoice, and PS Form 17, Stamp Requisition. SDOs must not distribute stamps to post offices before February 28, 2001.
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.
SDOs with authorized philatelic centers must requisition them from their designated SDO using PS Form 17.
All post offices must acquire and maintain a supply of each new booklet as long as customer demand exists, until inventory is depleted, or until the booklet is officially withdrawn from sale. If supplies run low, post offices must reorder additional quantities using their normal ordering procedures.
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