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34¢ United We Stand
Double Sided Pressure Sensitive Adhesive
Convertible Booklet of 20
Scott# 3549Be Plate S1111
Series Flag Definitive
Issue Date & City February 20, 2002, Washington, DC *
Nationwide Sale February 21, 2002 *
Photographer Corbis
Designer Terry McCaffrey, USPS
Art Director Terry McCaffrey, USPS
Typographer Terry McCaffrey, USPS
Engraver Armotek Industries
Modeler Donald H. Woo, Chantilly, VA
To Press / Initial Impressions January or February, 2002 / 1.2 Billion
Process Gravure
Printer Sennett Security Products, Chantilly, VA
Printed At American Packaging Corp., Columbus, WISC.
Press Rotomec 3000
Processed At Unique Binders, Fredericksburg, VA
Plate Size 400 stamps, 24 panes per revolution
Paper & Gum Type II / Self-Adhesive
Tagging Type Phosphored
Die Cut Gauge 10.5 x 10.8
Colors Black, Cyan, Magenta, Yellow
Image Area 0.72 x 0.83 in. / 18.29 x 21.08 mm
Overall Size 0.87 x 0.98 in. / 22.10 x 24.89 mm
Booklet Size 1.74 x 6.21 in. / 45.? x 157.? mm
Marginal Markings Plate Numbers · Peel here to fold · Self-adhesive stamps · DO NOT WET · © 2001 USPS
Earliest Known Use February 20, 2002
USPS Order Numbers Convertible Booklet of 20 - $6.80 - 661840
Availability Stamp Fulfillment Services, Kansas City and selected cities.
Only available from Kansas City and selected Self Service outlets
Official Announcement TBD
Note * The only first day cancellation available from Stamp Fulfillment Services for covers bearing the United We Stand stamp, regardless of format, uses the date October 24, 2001. More recent dates mentioned in the Spring 2002 USA Philatelic catalog (pg. 5) and in any technical details were incorrectly listed as first day of issue dates. Those dates signified when additional varieties of the stamp became available through the SFS.
Note Date on the stamp is 2002
Varieties None
End Card NA

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