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Stamp Info

Name Value
Date of Issue January 27, 2017
Year 2017
Quantity 7,709,080,000
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 Norcross, GA 30071
Postal Administration United States

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Layouts

Booklet of 20 (1 Design)

Quantity Produced - 87,500,000
No Images Exist for this Layout.
Original Purchase Price: $9.80
SKU: 672000
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
Gum Type: Pressure-sensitive
Paper: Nonphosphored Type III, Block Tag
Layout Number: “P” followed by four (4) single digits
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Single-sided Booklet of 10 (1 Design)

Quantity Produced - 10,000,000
No Images Exist for this Layout.
Original Purchase Price: $4.90
SKU: 674700
Dimension: 5.316 x 1.74 in./135.03 x 44.20 mm
Printer: Banknote Corporation of America
Printed at: Browns Summit, NC
Printing Process: Offset, Microprint
Gum Type: Pressure-sensitive
Paper: Phosphor Tagged Paper, Block
Layout Number: “B” followed by four (4) single digits
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Double-sided Booklet of 20 (1 Design)

Quantity Produced - 87,500,000
No Images Exist for this Layout.
Original Purchase Price: $9.80
SKU: 672000
Dimension: 5.52 x 1.96 in./140.21 x 49.78 mm
Printer: Banknote Corporation of America
Printed at: Browns Summit, NC
Printing Process: Offset, Microprint
Gum Type: Pressure-sensitive
Paper: Phosphor Tagged Paper, Block
Layout Number: “B” followed by four (4) single digits
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Atm Sheetlet of 18 Stamps (1 Design)

Quantity Produced - 6,060,000
Original Purchase Price: $8.82
SKU: 564400
Dimension: 2.61 x 6.125 in/66.29 x 155.58 mm
Printer: Ashton Potter (USA) Ltd. (APU)
Printed at: Williamsvile, NY
Printing Process: Offset, Microprint
Gum Type: Pressure-sensitive
Paper: Nonphosphored Type III
Layout Number: “P” followed by four (4) single digits
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Coil of 100 (1 Design)

Quantity Produced - 20,000,000
Original Purchase Price: $49.00
SKU: 749804
Printer: Banknote Corporation of America
Printed at: Browns Summit, NC
Printing Process: Offset, microprint
Gum Type: Pressure-sensitive
Paper: Phosphor Tagged Paper, Overall
Layout Number: “B” followed by four (4) single digits
Layout Number Frequency: Plate numbers every 31st stamp below stamp image
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Coil of 100 (1 Design)

Quantity Produced - 20,000,000
Original Purchase Price: $49.00
SKU: 749804
Printer: Ashton Potter (USA) Ltd. (APU)
Printed at: Williamsville, NY
Printing Process: Offset, Microprint
Gum Type: Pressure-sensitive
Paper: Nonphosphored Type III, Block Tag
Layout Number: “P” followed by four (4) single digits
Layout Number Frequency: Plate numbers every 31st stamp below stamp image
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2017 First Day Cover From Book of 20

Quantity Produced - Unknown
Original Purchase Price: $0.93
SKU: 672016
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2017 First Day Cover From Coil of 100

Quantity Produced - Unknown
Original Purchase Price: $0.93
SKU: 749816
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2017 Ceremony Program

Quantity Produced - Unknown
Original Purchase Price: $6.95
SKU: 672030
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About Stamp

On January 27, 2017, in Norcross, GA, the U.S. Postal Service® will issue the U.S. Flag First-Class Mail® stamp (Forever® priced at 49 cents), in one design. The formats available are a pressure-sensitive adhesive (PSA) booklet of 10 stamps produced by security printer Banknote Corporation of America (BCA), a PSA booklet of 20 stampsproduced by security printers BCA and Ashton Potter (USA) Ltd. (APU), a PSA coil of 100 stamps produced by security printers BCA and APU, and a PSA Automated teller machine (ATM) sheetlet of 18 stamps.

The stamp will go on sale nationwide January 27, 2017.

With the new U.S. Flag stamp, the Postal Service™ continues its tradition of celebrating patriotism with one of the most recognizable symbols of our nation. The stamp, sold in booklets of 10 and 20, coils of 100, and an ATM sheetlet of 18, features a detail from a photograph of the billowing Stars and Stripes. Terrence W. McCaffrey was the art director of the project and Greg Breeding designed the stamp with an existing photograph of the flag taken by Tom Grill.

Colors

Cyan, Magenta, Yellow, Black

Creators

Designer: Greg Breeding, Charlottesville, VA.
Typographer: Greg Breeding, Charlottesville, VA.
Existing Photo: Tom Grill.
Modeler: Joseph Sheeran.
Art Director: Terrence W. McCaffrey, New Braunfels, TX.
Modeler: Sandra Lane/Michelle Finn.

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Reference

USPS Postal Bulletin 22457. Copyright: USPS.

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