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Click on photos for a more detailed image. Scans of the panes with and without divots are courtesy of David Schwartz of DMSSTAMPS.
| Scott# 4116b | Plate V1111 | ||
| Series | USPS - Holiday ~ PNC3 - Holiday | ||
| Issue Date & City | October 5, 2006, New York, NY 10199 (Mega Stamp Show) | ||
| Nationwide Sale | October 6, 2006 | ||
| Designer | Richard Sheaff, Scottsdale, AZ | ||
| Art Director | Richard Sheaff, Scottsdale, AZ | ||
| Typographer | Richard Sheaff, Scottsdale, AZ | ||
| Engraver | N/A | ||
| Modeler | Avery Dennison, SPD | ||
| Photograph | Kenneth Libbrecht, Pasadena, CA | ||
| To Press / Initial Impressions | Summer, 2006 / 18 Million stamps | ||
| Process | Gravure | ||
| Printer | Avery Dennison, (AVR) | ||
| Printed At | Avery Dennison, Clinton, SC | ||
| Press | Dia Nippon Kiko (DNK) | ||
| Processed At | Avery Dennison, Clinton, SC | ||
| Plate Size | 5 books across x 6 books around (30 per press sheet} | ||
| Paper & Tagging | Prephosphored USPS Type III, Solid Tagging | ||
| Adhesive | Pressure Sensitive | ||
| Die Cut Gauge | 7.9 x 7.9 on 2, 3 or 4 sides. Panes exist with and without divots. Close-up of Divot | ||
| Colors | (PMS 186) Red, (PMS 355) Green, (PMS 2955) Blue, (PMS 275) Black | ||
| Image Area | (w x h): 0.730 x 0.840 in. / 21.082 x 21.336 mm | ||
| Overall Size | (w x h): 0.870 x 0.982 in. / 22.098 x 24.943 mm | ||
| Full Booklet Size | (w x h): 2.610 x 6.125 in. / 66.294 x 155.58 mm | ||
| Markings | Stamps
side: Plate numbers • © 2005 USPS
Cover side: Promotional Text • Barcode 569400 • USPS Logo • Stamp Image • "Snowflakes" • "Four different designs" • "Eighteen 39¢ Self-adhesive Stamps $7.02" |
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| Earliest Known Use | October 5, 2006 | ||
| USPS Order Numbers | 569440 ATM Booklet of 18 - $7.02 | ||
| 569463 First Day Cover - Set of 4 - $3.08 | |||
| Availability |
Stamp Fulfillment Services, Kansas City and most Philatelic Centers |
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| Official Announcement |
The Postal Service will issue 39-cent Holiday Snowflakes special stamps in four designs,
on October 5, 2006, in New York, New York (Mega Stamp Show). The stamps,
designed by Richard Sheaff of Scottsdale, Arizona, go on sale nationwide October
6, 2006.
In celebration of the winter holiday season, the Postal Service will produce these four stamps featuring photographs of snowflakes. The stamps are photographs of two basic snowflake patterns by physicist Kenneth Libbrecht of Pasadena, California. The patterns are stellar dendrites, which form branching treelike arms and sectored plates, which form platelike arms. Because fallen snowflakes start to melt and lose their shape in mere minutes, Libbrecht quickly transferred the snowflakes from cardboard to a glass slide using a paintbrush. He then snapped the photos inside a temperature-regulated enclosure using a digital camera attached to a high-resolution microscope. The stamps will be issued in a pressure-sensitive adhesive (PSA) pane of 20 stamps (Item 568600), a double- sided booklet of 20 stamps (Item 675600), a folded vending booklet of 20 stamps (Item 675500), and an ATM sheetlet of 18 stamps (Item 569400). |
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| Press Release | Click here for the press release | ||
| End Card |
Black ink on
cream card. Click here
for a scan.| Note |
Individual Scott numbers are: |
• 4113 - thin pointed arms • 4114 - large center • 4115 - leafy arms • 4116 - wide pointed arms 4116a - block of 4, #4113-4116 4116b - Full pane of 18, four each 4114, 4116, five each 4113, 4115 |
SDOs will receive two automatic distributions of the Holiday Snowflakes ATM sheetlets of 18 stamps.
The first automatic distribution completes shipment on September 13, 2006. The second automatic distribution completes shipment on October 11, 2006. Distributions are rounded up to the nearest master carton size (2,000 sheetlets).
SDOs will not make a subsequent automatic distribution to Post Offices. Only Post Offices equipped with Automated Postal Centers (APCs) may order Item 569400 from their designated SDO using a separate PS Form 17, Stamp Requisition/Stamp Return. SDOs must not distribute stamps to Post Offices before September 29, 2006.
Authorized Post Offices requiring additional sheetlets for restocking of APCs must requisition them from their designated SDO using PS Form 17.
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