| Name |
Value |
| Date of Issue |
January 28, 2014 |
| Year |
2014
|
| Quantity |
4,000,000,000 |
| Denomination |
First-Class Mail Forever
|
| Denomination Value |
$0.49
|
| Perforation or Dimension |
0.87 x 0.98 in./22.10 x 24.89 mm |
| Issue Location |
Independence, MO 65040 |
| Postal Administration |
United States |
Booklet of 20 (1 Design)
Quantity Produced -
50,000,000
Original Purchase Price: $9.80
SKU: 689000
Dimension: 5.52 x 1.96 in./140.21 x 49.78 mm
Printer: Ashton Potter (USA) Ltd. (APU)
Printed at: Williamsville, NY
Printing Process: Offset/Microprint “USPS”
Gum Type: Pressure-sensitive
Paper: Nonphosphored, Type II
Layout Number: “P” followed by four (4) single digits
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Coil of 100 (1 Design)
Quantity Produced -
15,000,000
Original Purchase Price: $49.00
SKU: 789900
Printer: CCL Label, Inc.
Printed at: Clinton, SC 29325
Printing Process: Gravure
Gum Type: Pressure-sensitive
Paper: Phosphor Tagged, Overall; Nonphosphored, Type III
Layout Number: “C” followed by five (5) single digits
Layout Number Frequency: Plate numbers appear in center below every 21th Stamp • Barcode on coil banding
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Coil of 100 (1 Design)
Quantity Produced -
15,000,000
Original Purchase Price: $49.00
SKU: 789900
Dimension: 0.98 x 87.096 in./24.89 x 2212.24 mm
Printer: Ashton Potter (USA) Ltd. (APU)
Printed at: Williamsville, NY
Printing Process: Offset/Microprint “USPS”
Gum Type: Pressure-sensitive
Paper: Nonphosphored, Type III
Layout Number: “P” followed by four (4) single digits
Layout Number Frequency: Plate numbers every 31st stamp
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First-day Cover - Booklet
Quantity Produced -
Unknown
Original Purchase Price: $0.93
SKU: 689016
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First-day Cover - Coil
Quantity Produced -
Unknown
Original Purchase Price: $0.93
SKU: 789916
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Digital Color Postmark - Booklet
Quantity Produced -
Unknown
Original Purchase Price: $1.64
SKU: 689021
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Digital Color Postmark - Coil
Quantity Produced -
Unknown
Original Purchase Price: $1.64
SKU: 789921
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Keepsake (booklet and Dcp Set)
Quantity Produced -
Unknown
Original Purchase Price: $11.95
SKU: 689010
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Stamp Deck Card
Quantity Produced -
Unknown
Original Purchase Price: $0.95
SKU: 689031
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On January 28, 2014, in Independence, Missouri, the U.S. Postal Service® will issue The Star-Spangled Banner First-Class Mail® stamp (Forever® priced at 49 cents), in one design in a pressure-sensitive adhesive (PSA) booklet of 20 stamps, produced by security printer Ashton Potter and a coil of 100, produced by security printers Ashton Potter and CCL Label, Inc. The stamp will go on sale nationwide January 28, 2014.
The Star-Spangled Banner Stamps feature a treasured American icon ever since Francis Scott Key celebrated the sight of an American flag still flying over Fort McHenry during the War of 1812.
This stamp commemorates the 200th anniversary of the Star-Spangled Banner with a photograph of the flag that flies over Fort McHenry National Monument and Historic Shrine in Baltimore. This flag is a replica of the one that inspired Key to write “The Star-Spangled Banner” after Fort McHenry withstood the British attack of September 13-14, 1814.
Photographer Gary Clark took the picture of the flag against a backdrop of fireworks during an annual celebration of Defenders' Day. Defenders' Day, according to the National Park Service, is “Baltimore's oldest holiday commemorating the bombardment of Fort McHenry and the writing of 'The Star-Spangled Banner.'” Clark said it was a challenge to get the fireworks and the flag in the same shot and that “the wind picked up quite a bit that night.” Art director Phil Jordan designed the stamp.
The Star-Spangled Banner stamps are being issued as Forever® stamps in double-sided booklets of 20 stamps and in self-adhesive coils of 100 stamps. Forever stamps are always equal in value to the current First-Class Mail® one-ounce rate.
Black, Cyan, Magenta, Yellow
Art Director: Phil Jordan, Falls Church, VA.
Designer: Phil Jordan, Falls Church, VA.
Typographer: Phil Jordan, Falls Church, VA.
Existing Photo: Gary Clark.
Engraver: WRE.
Modeler: CCL Label, Inc..
Director: Phil Jordan, Falls Church, VA.
Modeler: Joseph Sheeran.
USPS Postal Bulletin 22381. Copyright: USPS.
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