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| Scott # 3783a | No Plate Number - Pane with all 9 stamps die cut |
| Scott # 3783b | No Plate Number - Pane with 1 stamp die cut |
| Scott # BK295 | Combination Booklet of the above a and b |
| Series | Commemorative |
| Format | 10 stamps - 9 on the bottom half, 3 x 3, one on the top |
| Issue Date & City | May 22, 2003, Dayton, OH 45401 and Kill Devil Hills, NC 27948 |
| Nationwide Sale | May 22, 2003 |
| Designer | McRay Magleby, Provo, UT |
| Artist | McRay Magleby, Provo, UT |
| Art Director | Phil Jordan, Falls Church, VA |
| Engraver | Keating Gravure |
| Typographer | McRay Magleby, Provo, UT |
| Modeler | Avery Dennison, SPD |
| Process | Gravure |
| Printer | Avery Dennison (AVR) |
| Printed At | AVR, Clinton, SC 29325 |
| Press Type | Dia Nippon Kiko |
| To Press / Print Quantity | Spring, 2003 / 85 million stamps |
| Paper Type | Pre-phosphored Type I |
| Gum Type | Self-adhesive |
| Processed At | AVR, Clinton, SC 29325 |
| Die Cut Gauge | 11 x 11 |
| Colors | Front: PMS 1355 (Yellow), PMS 4645 (Brown), PMS 2995 (Blue), Process (Black), Back: PMS 1355 (Yellow), PMS 2995 (Blue), Process (Black) |
| Image Area | (w x h): 1.410 x 0.84 in./35.814 x 21.336 mm |
| Overall Size | (w x h): 1.560 x 0.990 in./39.624 x 25.146 mm |
| Booklet Size | (w x h): 6.830 x 5.125 in./173.48 x 130.175 mm |
| Plate Size | 120 Stamps per revolution |
| USPS Catalog Item Numbers | 563940 Souvenir sheet of 10 - $3.70 563963 First Day Cover set of 2 (one of each FDOI) - $1.50 563993 Full Pane w/set of 2 FDC - $5.20 563982 Matted Print Keepsake - $27.95 563997 Panel - $8.75 |
| Earliest Known Use | May 22, 2003 |
| Official Announcement | The Postal Service will issue a 37-cent First Flight commemorative stamp (Item 563900) in a pressure-sensitive adhesive (PSA) souvenir sheet of 10 stamps on May 22, 2003, in Dayton, Ohio, and Kill Devil Hills, near Kitty Hawk, North Carolina. The stamp, designed and illustrated by McRay Magleby, goes on sale nationwide May 23, 2003. This $3.70 souvenir sheet may not be split and the stamps may not be sold individually. The souvenir sheet commemorates the 100th anniversary of the first controlled, powered, and sustained flight in a heavier-than-air flying machine. At Kill Devil Hills on December 17, 1903, Wilbur and Orville Wright successfully tested a flyer with a four-cylinder engine. During the first flight, the craft was airborne only for an estimated 12 seconds and traveled only 120 feet, but three even more successful flights followed later that day, the remarkable prelude to a century that would see the world forever changed by air travel. |
| Note | An article will appear in the August 2003 issue of Scott Stamp Monthly about how the listing of the First Flight of the Wright Brothers booklet is not like the Looney Tunes booklets. |
| Liner Printing | None |
| End Cards | Two different - White card stock with Dark Blue Ink and Light Blue Ink. Click here for photos. |
There are three philatelic products available for the First Flight stamp. They are the Full Souvenir Sheet with First Day Cover set (Item 563993), the Matted Print Keepsake (Item 883501 for Postal Stores and Item 563982 in the USA Philatelic catalog), and the American Commemorative Panel (Item 563997).
These philatelic products will be available while supplies last at Postal Stores, by telephone at 800-STAMP-24, and at the Postal Store Web site at www.usps.com/shop.
Distribution: Item 563900, $3.70 First Flight Souvenir SheetStamp distribution offices (SDOs) will receive approximately three-fourths of their standard automatic distribution quantities for a PSA sheet stamp. Distributions are rounded up to the nearest master carton size (2,000 sheets/20,000 stamps).
Initial Supply to Post Offices
SDOs will make a subsequent automatic distribution to Post Offices for one-half of their standard automatic distribution quantity using PS Form 3309, Advice of Shipment/Stamp Invoice, and PS Form 17, Stamp Requisition/Stamp Return. SDOs must not distribute these souvenir sheets to Post Offices before May 19, 2003.
Philatelic Requirement
SDOs will not receive a separate quantity of this souvenir sheet for their authorized philatelic centers. SDOs must supply required quantities to philatelic centers from their initial automatic distribution.
Additional Supply
Post Offices requiring additional souvenir sheets must requisition Item 563900 from their designated SDO using PS Form 17. SDOs requiring additional souvenir sheets must order them from the appropriate accountable paper depository (APD) using PS Form 17.
For fulfilling supplemental orders from SDOs, the Chicago, Memphis, and New York APDs will each receive 180,000 additional souvenir sheets; the San Francisco APD will receive 150,000 additional souvenir sheets; and the Denver APD will receive 70,000 additional souvenir sheets.
Sales Policy
All Post Offices must acquire and maintain a supply of each new commemorative stamp as long as customer demand exists, until inventory is depleted, or until the stamp is officially withdrawn from sale. If supplies run low, Post Offices must reorder additional quantities using their normal ordering procedures. The $3.70 First Flight souvenir sheet may not be split and the stamps may not be sold individually.
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