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41¢ Knits
(Sennett Security Products)
Folded Vending Booklet of 20

Scott# 4214 b,c,d BK305 Plate S1111
Series USPS - Holiday ~ PNC3 - Holiday
Issue Date & City October 25, 2007, New York, NY 10199 (Mega Stamp Show)
Nationwide Sale October 25, 2007
Designer Carl Herrman, Carlsbad, CA
Art Director Carl Herrman, Carlsbad, CA
Typographer Carl Herrman, Carlsbad, CA
Artist Nancy Stahl, New York, NY
Modeler Donald Woo
Engraver N/A
To Press / Initial Impressions Summer, 2007 / 80.9 Million stamps
Process Offset / Microprinting
Printer Banknote Corporation of America / Sennett Security Products (SSP)
Printed At Browns Summit, NC
Press Alprinta, 74
Processed At Unique Binders, Fredericksburg, VA
Plate Size 560 stamps per revolution
Paper & Tagging Prephosphored USPS Type II, Mottled Tagging
Adhesive Pressure Sensitive
Die Cut Gauge 11.3 x 10.9 on 2 or 3 sides.
Colors Cyan, Magenta, Yellow, Black
Image Area (w x h): 0.71 x 0.82 in. / 18.03 x 20.83 mm
Overall Size (w x h): 0.87 x 0.98 in. / 22.10 x 24.89 mm
Full Booklet Size (w x h): 1.74 x 10.38 in. / 44.20 x 263.65 mm
Markings © 2006 USPS • Plate numbers • USPS logo • Barcode “676300” • Partial stamp image • Promotional material • Web site • Header “Holiday Knits” • Price “$8.20” • “Twenty 41¢ Self-adhesive Stamps Four Different Designs”
Earliest Known Use October 25, 2007
USPS Order Numbers 676340 Vending Booklet of 20 - $8.20
No vending book first day covers.

Availability

Stamp Fulfillment Services, Kansas City, most Philatelic Centers and post offices with multi-commodity vending. 

Official Announcement

On October 25, 2007, in New York, New York, the Postal Service will issue 41 cent Holiday Knits special stamps in four designs. Designed by Carl T. Herrman of Carlsbad, California, the stamps go on sale nationwide October 25, 2007.

In celebration of the winter holiday season, the Postal Service will produce these four stamps featuring classic Christmas-time imagery designed and machine knitted by nationally known illustrator Nancy Stahl of New York, New York.

Inspired by traditional Norwegian sweaters and knitted Christmas stockings, Stahl decided on “something cozy” for this year’s holiday stamp issuance. There’s a dignified stag, a snow-dappled evergreen tree, a perky snowman sporting a top hat, and a whimsical teddy bear, each of which is sure to add an extra touch of warmth to seasonal correspondence.

The stamps will be issued in the following formats:

  • Pressure-sensitive adhesive (PSA) pane of 20 stamps (Item 569600).
  • PSA double-sided convertible booklet of 20 stamps (Item 676400).
  • PSA vending booklet of 20 stamps (Item 676300).
  • ATM convertible sheetlet of 18 stamps (Item 569500).
Press Release C
Note Individual Scott numbers are:
• 4211 - Reindeer
• 4212 - Christmas Tree

• 4213 - Snowman
• 4214 - Bear
  4214a - block of 4, #4211-4214
  4214b - pane of 4, #4211-4214

  4214c - pane of 6, 4213, 4214, 2 each of 4211, 4212
  4214d - pane of 6, 4211, 4212, 2 each of 4213,  4214

How to Order First Day of Issue Postmark

Customers have 60 days to obtain the first day of issue postmark by mail. They may purchase new stamps at their local Post Office™, at The Postal Store® Web site at www.usps.com/shop, or by calling 800-STAMP-24. They should affix the stamps to envelopes of their choice, address the envelopes (to themselves or others), and place them in a larger envelope addressed to:

HOLIDAY KNITS STAMPS
POSTMASTER
421 EIGHTH AVE RM 2029B
NEW YORK NY 10199-9998

After applying the first day of issue postmark, the Postal Service will return the envelopes through the mail. There is no charge for the postmark. All orders must be postmarked by December 24, 2007.

How to Order First Day Covers

Stamp Fulfillment Services also offers first day covers for new stamp issues and Postal Service stationery items postmarked with the official first day of issue cancellation. Each item has an individual catalog number and is offered in the quarterly USA Philatelic catalog. Customers may request a free catalog by calling 800-STAMP-24 or writing to:

INFORMATION FULFILLMENT
DEPT 6270
US POSTAL SERVICE
PO BOX 219014
KANSAS CITY MO 64121-9014

Philatelic Products

There are seven philatelic products available for this stamp issue:

  • 569663*, First Day Cover Set of 4, $3.16.

  • 569668*, Digital Color Postmark Set of 4, $6.00.
  • 569691*, Ceremony Program, $6.95.
  • 569693*, First Day Cover Keepsake, $11.36.
  • 569699*, Digital Color Postmark Keepsake, $14.20.
  • 676463*, First Day Cover Set of 4, $3.16.
  • 569563*, First Day Cover Set of 4, $3.16.

Items with an asterisk (*) will use the 128 barcode from Stamp Fulfillment Services. All other philatelic products will continue to use barcode series A, with the exception of the yearbook and the guide book.

Distribution: Items 676300 and 676311, $8.20 Holiday Knits, PSA Folded Vending Book of 20 (For Vending Use Only)

SDOs will receive automatic distributions of the Holiday Knits folded vending books of 20, both straight packaging (Item 676300) and crisscross packaging (Item 676311). Distributions are rounded up to the nearest master carton size (4,500 books for straight; 3,000 books for crisscross).

Initial Supply to Post Offices

SDOs will not make a subsequent automatic distribution to Post Offices. Only Post Offices equipped with the appropriate self-service vending machines may order Items 676300 and 676311 from their designated SDO using a separate PS Form 17. SDOs must not distribute stamps to Post Offices before October 19, 2007.

Additional Supply

Authorized Post Offices requiring additional books for restocking of the appropriate self-service vending machines must requisition them from their designated SDO using PS Form 17. SDOs requiring additional books must order them from the appropriate accountable paper depos­itory (APD) using PS Form 17.

For fulfilling supplemental orders from SDOs, APDs will receive additional quantities of the vendible straight books (Item 676300) and crisscross books (Item 676311).

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