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| Scott# 3894a | Plate V11111 | |
| # 3891 # 3892 # 3893 # 3894 |
Green Santa Claus Purple Santa Claus Red Santa Claus Blue Santa Claus |
3894a - Pane 0f 18 - 6
each #3891, 3893 3 each #3892, 3894 |
| Series | Holiday | |
| Issue Date & City | November 16, 2004, New York, NY 10199 | |
| Nationwide Sale | November 17, 2004 | |
| Photographer | Sally Andersen-Bruce, New Milford, CT | |
| Designer | Derry Noyes, Washington, DC | |
| Art Director | Derry Noyes, Washington, DC | |
| Typographer | Derry Noyes, Washington, DC | |
| Engraver | Southern Graphics Systems | |
| Modeler | Avery Dennison, SPD | |
| To Press / Initial Impressions | Summer, 2004 / 270 Million stamps | |
| Process | Gravure | |
| Printer | Avery Dennison, (AVR), Clinton, SC | |
| Printed At | Avery Dennison, (AVR), Clinton, SC | |
| Press | Dia Nippon Kiko (DNK) | |
| Processed At | Avery Dennison, (AVR), Clinton, SC | |
| Plate Size | 5 books across x 6 books around (30 per press sheet) | |
| Paper & Gum | Type III / Self-Adhesive | |
| Tagging Type | Prephosphored | |
| Die Cut Gauge | 8.1 x 7.9 on 2 or 3 sides (Peak/Peak) | |
| Colors | PMS 4665 (Tan), Magenta, Cyan, White, Black | |
| Image Area | (w x h): 0.730 x 0.840 in. / 18.542 x 21.336 mm | |
| Overall Size | (w x h): 0.870 x 0.982 in. / 22.098 x 24.942 mm | |
| Booklet Size | (w x h): 2.61 x 6.125 in. / 66.29 x 155.58 mm | |
| Marginal Markings | Front: Plate
numbers • "Peel here to fold" • © 2003 USPS Back: Text • Barcode |
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| Earliest Known Use | November 17, 2004 | |
| USPS Order Numbers | Flat ATM
sheetlet of 18 - $6.66 - 566940 First Day Cover, Set of 4 - $3.00 - 566963 |
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| Availability | Stamp Fulfillment Services, Kansas City / Providence / Tucson | |
| Official Announcement | The Postal Service™ will issue 37-cent, Holiday Ornaments special stamps in four designs in a pressure-sensitive adhesive (PSA) pane of 20 stamps (Item 566400), on November 16, 2004, in New York, New York. The stamps, designed by Derry Noyes of Washington, DC, go on sale nationwide November 17, 2004. The stamps feature photographs by Sally Andersen- Bruce of painted glass Santa ornaments. The ornaments were made in 1999 in Lauscha, Germany, for D. Blümchen & Company of Ridgewood, New Jersey, and were hand- painted by designer Diane S. Boyce. Nestled in tissue paper, these shiny Santas evoke happy memories of lights, tinsel, and other favorite Christmas tree decorations. The stamps will also be issued in a double-sided booklet of 20 (Item 673200), a folded vending book of 20 (Item 673300), and an ATM sheetlet of 18 stamps (Item 566900). |
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| Note | On the ATM pane the stamps are arranged to give the overall appearance of a wooden box holding the individual ornaments. There are 'slats' to divide the compartments and as a result of the horizontal and vertical lines, there are 12 face different stamps on the pane. Click HERE for a detailed look. | |
| Varieties | None | |
| End Card | Black Ink on cream card. Click here for a scan. (When available) | |
SDOs will receive automatic distributions of the Holiday Ornaments ATM sheetlets of 18. Distributions are rounded up to the nearest master carton size (12,000 sheetlets).
SDOs will not make a subsequent automatic distribution to Post Offices. Only Post Offices equipped with automated postal centers (APCs) may order Item 566900 from their designated SDO using a separate PS Form 17, Stamp Requisition/Stamp Return. SDOs must not distribute stamps to Post Offices before November 10, 2004.
Authorized Post Offices requiring additional sheetlets for restocking APCs must requisition them from their designated SDO using PS Form 17. SDOs requiring additional sheetlets must order them from the appropriate APD using PS Form 17.
For fulfilling supplemental orders from SDOs, APDs will receive additional quantities of the ATM sheetlets of 18 (Item 566900).
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