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The Star-Spangled Banner - Flag and Fireworks

Stamp Info

Name Value
Date of Issue March 3, 2014
Year 2014
Quantity 3,252,000,000
Denomination
First-Class Mail® Forever
Denomination Value $0.49
Perforation or Dimension 0.87 x 0.96 in./22.19 x 24.38 mm
Issue Location Washington, DC
Postal Administration United States

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Layouts

Booklet of 20 (1 Design)

Quantity Produced - 25,000,000
Original Purchase Price: $9.80
SKU: 689000
Dimension: 5.52 x 1.96 in./140.21 x 49.78 mm
Printer: Banknote/SSP
Printed at: Browns Summit, NC
Printing Process: Offset/Microprint “USPS”
Gum Type: Pressure-sensitive
Paper: Phosphor, Overall
Layout Number: “S” followed by five (5) single digits
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Booklet of 20 (1 Design)

Quantity Produced - 50,000,000
Original Purchase Price: $9.80
SKU: 689000
Dimension: 5.52 x 1.96 in./139.7 x 49.78 mm
Printer: Banknote Corporation of America
Printed at: Clinton, SC
Printing Process: Offset/Microprint “USPS”
Gum Type: Pressure-sensitive
Paper: Phosphor, Overall, Nonphospor Type lll
Layout Number: “C” followed by four (4) single digits
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Atm Sheetlet of 18 (1 Designs)

Quantity Produced - 14,000,000
Original Purchase Price: $8.82
SKU: 587900
Dimension: 2.61 x 6.13 in./66.29 x 155.70 mm
Printer: Banknote/SSP
Printed at: Browns Summit, NC
Printing Process: Offset, Microprint, “USPS”
Gum Type: Pressure-sensitive
Paper: Phosphor Overall Tagged
Layout Number: “S” followed by five (5) single digits
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Coil of 100 (1 Designs)

Quantity Produced - 15,000,000
Original Purchase Price: $49.00
SKU: 789900
Printer: Banknote/SSP
Printed at: Browns Summit, SC
Printing Process: Offset Microprint “USPS”
Gum Type: Pressure-sensitive
Paper: Phosphor Tagged Overall
Layout Number: “S” followed by five (5) single digits
Layout Number Frequency: Plate numbers every 32th stamp below stamp image
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First-day Cover - From ATM Sheetlet

Quantity Produced - Unknown
Original Purchase Price: $0.93
SKU: 587916
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First-day Cover - From Booklet

Quantity Produced - Unknown
Original Purchase Price: $0.93
SKU: 689017
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First-day Cover - From Coil

Quantity Produced - Unknown
Original Purchase Price: $0.93
SKU: 789917
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Digital Color Postmark - From Booklet

Quantity Produced - Unknown
Original Purchase Price: $1.64
SKU: 689022
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Digital Color Postmark - From Coil

Quantity Produced - Unknown
Original Purchase Price: $1.64
SKU: 789922
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Digital Color Postmark - From ATM Sheetlet

Quantity Produced - Unknown
Original Purchase Price: $1.64
SKU: 587921
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About Stamp

On March 3, 2014, in Washington, DC, the U.S. Postal Service® will issue The Star-Spangled Banner First-Class Mail® stamp (Forever® priced at 49 cents), in one design. The formats available are a pressure-sensitive adhesive (PSA) booklet of 20 stamps, produced by security printer CCL Label, Inc. and Sennett Security Prod­ucts (SSP), a PSA coil of 100 stamps, and an ATM sheetlet of 18 stamps produced by security printer SSP. The stamp will go on sale nationwide March 3, 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.

Colors

Cyan, Magenta, Yellow, Black, Pantone 665

Creators

Designer: Phil Jordan, Falls Church, VA.
Art Director: Phil Jordan, Falls Church, VA.
Typographer: Phil Jordan, Falls Church, VA.
Existing Photo: Gary Clark.
Modeler: CCL Label Inc..
Modeler: Donald Woo.

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Reference

USPS Postal Bulletin 22383. Copyright: USPS.

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