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Ferns

Stamp Info

Name Value
Date of Issue January 27, 2014
Year 2014
Quantity 19,000,000
Denomination
49-cent First-Class Mail
Denomination Value $0.49
Perforation or Dimension 0.98 x 0.87 in./24.89 x 22.09 mm
Series Ferns
Series Time Span 2014 - 2015
Issue Location Kansas City, MO 64108 (No Ceremony)
Postal Administration United States

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Layouts

Coil of 10,000 (5 Designs)

Quantity Produced - 5,000
Original Purchase Price: $470.00
SKU: 790800
Printer: CCL Label, Inc.
Printed at: Clinton, SC
Printing Process: Gravure
Gum Type: Pressure-sensitive
Paper: Nonphosphored, Type III; Phosphor Tagged Overall
Layout Number: “C” followed by four (4) single digits
Layout Number Frequency: Plate numbers every 30th stamp below stamp image
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Coil of 3,000 (5 Designs)

Quantity Produced - 15,000
Original Purchase Price: $470.00
SKU: 790000
Printer: CCL Label, Inc.
Printed at: Clinton, SC
Printing Process: Gravure
Gum Type: Pressure-sensitive
Paper: Nonphosphored, Type III; Phosphor Tagged Overall
Layout Number: “C” followed by four (4) single digits
Layout Number Frequency: Plate numbers every 30th stamp below stamp image
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First-day Cover Set of 5

Quantity Produced - Unknown
Original Purchase Price: $4.65
SKU: 790816
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Digital Color Postmark Set of 5

Quantity Produced - Unknown
Original Purchase Price: $8.20
SKU: 790821
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About Stamp

On January 27, 2014, in Kansas City, Missouri, the U.S. Postal Service® will issue the 49-cent Ferns First-Class Mail® stamps, in five designs in a pressure-sensitive adhesive (PSA) coil of 3,000 and10,000 stamps. The stamps will go on sale nationwide January 27, 2014.

Five new Ferns 49-cent stamps from the U.S. Postal Service celebrate the beauty - and popularity - of ferns.

A favorite with gardeners and florists, ferns range from tiny moss-like plants to giants as tall as trees.

The ferns featured on the stamps are five of the approximately 380 different species found in North America.

Each of the five stamps depicts a close-up photograph of a different species of fern. The shapes and textures of the fronds stand out against a stark white background, highlighting the placement of the leaflets along each fern's stem. The name of each fern - autumn fern, Goldie's wood fern, soft shield fern, Fortune's holly fern, or painted fern - is placed vertically in capital letters along one edge of the stamp.

Art director Phil Jordan created the stamp art by choosing five images from among dozens of existing pictures by photographer Cindy Dyer. After Dyer isolated the fronds in her photos, providing a white background, Jordan tightened the focus on each to fit within the stamp borders. He rotated some of the fronds to provide visual interest and oriented them in relation to one another to form a unified whole.

The Ferns stamps add elegance to envelopes and are an exquisite continuation of the U.S. Postal Service's tradition of offering stamps that feature beautiful plants.

These stamps are being issued at the one-ounce First-Class Mail® rate in self-adhesive rolls of 3,000.

Colors

Yellow, Magenta, Green (7482), Black

Creators

Art Director: Phil Jordan, Falls Church, VA.
Designer: Phil Jordan, Falls Church, VA.
Typographer: Phil Jordan, Falls Church, VA.
Existing Photos: Cindy Dyer.
Engraver: WRE.
Modeler: CCL Label, Inc..

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Reference

USPS Postal Bulletin 22381. Copyright: USPS.

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