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Poinsettia

Stamp Info

Name Value
Date of Issue October 10, 2013
Year 2013
Quantity 1,252,000,000
Denomination
First-Class Mail Forever
Denomination Value $0.46
Perforation or Dimension 0.91 x 1.19 in./23.11 x 30.22 mm
Issue Location New York, NY 10199 (ASDA Stamp Show)
Postal Administration United States

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Layouts

Double-sided Booklet of 20(1 Design)

Quantity Produced - 50,000,000
Original Purchase Price: $9.20
SKU: 688600
Dimension: 5.74 x 2.38 in./145.80 x 60.45 mm
Printer: Banknote Corporation of America
Printed at: Browns Summit, NC
Printing Process: Offset/Microprint “USPS”
Gum Type: Pressure-sensitive
Paper: Prephosphored, Type II
Layout Number: “S” followed by four (4) single digits
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Atm Booklet of 18 (1 Design)

Quantity Produced - 14,000,000
Original Purchase Price: $9.20
SKU: 586000
Dimension: 2.61 x 6.125 in./66.29 x 155.58 mm.
Printer: Avery Dennison (AVR)
Printed at: AVR, Clinton, SC
Printing Process: Gravure
Gum Type: Pressure-sensitive
Paper: Phosphored, Overall/Nonphoshored, Type III
Layout Number: “V” followed by four (4) single digits
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Press Sheet With Die Cuts

Quantity Produced - 2,500
Original Purchase Price: $73.60
SKU: 688606
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Press Sheet Without Die Cuts

Quantity Produced - 2,500
Original Purchase Price: $73.60
SKU: 688608
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Atm First-day Cover

Quantity Produced - Unknown
Original Purchase Price: $0.90
SKU: 586016
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First-day Cover

Quantity Produced - Unknown
Original Purchase Price: $0.90
SKU: 688616
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Atm Digital Color Postmark

Quantity Produced - Unknown
Original Purchase Price: $1.61
SKU: 586021
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Digital Color Postmark

Quantity Produced - Unknown
Original Purchase Price: $1.61
SKU: 688621
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Keepsake (bklt and Digital Color Postmark Set)

Quantity Produced - Unknown
Original Purchase Price: $10.95
SKU: 688610
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About Stamp

On October 10, 2013, in New York, New York, at the American Stamp Dealers Association stamp show, the Postal Service™ will issue a Poinsettia (Forever® priced at 46 cents) First-Class mail® stamp in one design in a pressure-sensitive adhesive (PSA) booklet of 20 stampsand a PSA automated teller machine (ATM) booklet of 18 stamps. The stamp will go on sale nationwide October 10, 2013.

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The U.S. Postal Service continues its tradition of issuing classic holiday stamps with this bright and cheerful rendering of America’s favorite holiday flower, the poinsettia.

The stamp art depicts the rich red and vibrant green leaves surrounding the flower—the cluster of small, rather modest cup-shaped structures in the center. The red “petals” that we think of as the flower are actually modified leaves called bracts. A potted poinsettia was used as art reference.

While considered by the ancient Aztecs to be a symbol of purity, the poinsettia today symbolizes good cheer. The gift of a poinsettia is said to bring with it wishes of laughter and celebration.

Found on everything from wrapping paper to holiday jewelry, the poinsettia says “Christmas” more than any other flower. The stamp art’s vibrant red—America’s favorite poinsettia color—adds a decorative and celebratory note to cards and letters during the holidays.

William Low painted the stamp art. Ethel Kessler was the art director.

Poinsettia is being issued as a Forever® stamp. Forever stamps are always equal in value to the current First-Class Mail® one-ounce rate.

Colors

Cyan, Magenta, Yellow, Black

Creators

Art Director: Ethel Kessler, Bethesda, MD.
Designer: Ethel Kessler, Bethesda, MD.
Typographer: Ethel Kessler, Bethesda, MD.
Artist: William Low, Huntington, NY.
Engraver: WRE.
Modeler: Avery Dennison, Designed and Engineered Solutions.
Modeler: Donald Woo.

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Reference

USPS Postal Bulletin 22371. Copyright: USPS.

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