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Weather Vanes

Stamp Info

Name Value
Date of Issue January 20, 2012
Year 2012
Quantity 67,800,000
Denomination
First-Class Mail Rate
Denomination Value $0.45
Perforation or Dimension 0.87 x 0.98 in./22.09 x 24.89 mm
Series Weather Vanes
Series Time Span 2012
Issue Location Shelburne, VT 05482, (No Ceremony)
Postal Administration United States

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Layouts

Coil of 3,000 (5 Designs)

Quantity Produced - 13,000
Original Purchase Price: $1,350.00
SKU: 789000
Printer: Banknote Corporation of America, Inc./SSP
Printed at: Browns Summit, N.C.
Printing Process: Offset/Microprint “USPS”
Gum Type: Pressure-sensitive
Paper: Prehosphored, Type II
Layout Number: “S” followed by seven (7) single digits
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Coil of 10,000 (5 Designs)

Quantity Produced - 30,000
No Images Exist for this Layout.
Original Purchase Price: $4,500.00
SKU: 788900
Printer: Banknote Corporation of America, Inc./SSP
Printed at: Browns Summit, N.C.
Printing Process: Offset/Microprint “USPS”
Gum Type: Pressure-sensitive
Paper: Prephosphored, Type II
Layout Number: “S” followed by seven (7) single digits
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First Day Cover Set of 5

Quantity Produced - Unknown
Original Purchase Price: $4.45
SKU: 788963
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About Stamp Series

On January 20, 2012, in Shelburne, Vermont, the Postal Service™ will issue a 45-cent Weather Vanes First-Class Mail® stamp in five designs in a pressure-sensitive adhesive (PSA) coil of 3,000and a PSA coil of 10,000. The stamp will go on sale nationwide January 20, 2012.

These stamps feature photographs of five eye-catching weather vanes made in the United States during the 19th century. All five weather vanes — a cow, an eagle, two roosters, and a centaur — belong to the collection of the Shelburne Museum in Shelburne, Vermont.

Prior to the invention of the barometer in the 17th century, weather vanes were indispensable instruments for observing and predicting the weather. Before 1850, American weather vanes were largely the work of individual craftsmen or skilled amateurs. However, during the second half of the 19th century, factories around Boston and New York City began mass-producing them, ushering in what collectors now consider the “golden age” of American weather vanes. Today, weather vanes from this period are not only valuable collectibles, but also intriguing examples of American folk art.

Art director Derry Noyes designed the stamps, which feature photographs taken by Sally Andersen-Bruce.

These stamps will be issued in a First-Class Mail large coil format.

Colors

Cyan, Magenta, Yellow, Black, Light Brown, Cool Gray, PMS 7504

Creators

Designer: Derry Noyes, Washington, DC.
Art Director: Derry Noyes, Washington, DC.
Typographer: Derry Noyes, Washington, DC.
Photographer: Sally Anderson-Bruce, New Milford, CT.
Modeler: Donald Woo.

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Reference

USPS Postal Bulletin 22328. Copyright: USPS.

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