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| Scott# 3629e 3626 - Mail Wagon, 3627 - Locomotive, 3628 - Taxicab, 3629 - Fire Pumper |
Plate V1111, V1112, V2222 |
| Series | Rate Change Definitive |
| Issue Date & City | June 7, 2002, Washington, DC 20066 |
| Nationwide Sale | June 7, 2002 |
| Photographer | Sally Andersen-Bruce, New Milford, CT |
| Designer | Derry Noyes, Washington, DC |
| Art Director | Derry Noyes, Washington, DC |
| Typographer | Derry Noyes, Washington, DC |
| Engraver | Southern Graphic Systems |
| Modeler | Avery Dennison, SPD |
| To Press / Initial Impressions | Spring, 2002 / 1.2 Million |
| Process | Gravure |
| Printer | Avery Dennison, (AVR) |
| Printed At | Avery Dennison, Clinton, SC |
| Press | Dia Nippon Kiko (DNK) |
| Processed At | Avery Dennison, Clinton, SC |
| Plate Size | 480 stamps per revolution |
| Paper & Gum | Type I, 175PMU / Self-Adhesive |
| Tagging Type | Phosphored |
| Die Cut Gauge | 11 x 11 on 2, 3 or 4 sides |
| Colors | Yellow, Magenta, Cyan, Black |
| Image Area | 0.818 x 0.720 in. / 20.777 x 18.288 mm |
| Overall Size | 0.982 x 0.870 in. / 24.943 x 22.098 mm |
| Full Booklet Size | 4.125 x 4.35 in. / 104.78 x 110.49 mm |
| Marginal Markings | Plate numbers • "Peel here to fold • Self-adhesive stamps • DO NOT WET" • "© 2002 USPS" • Color Dots |
| Earliest Known Use | June 7, 2002 |
| USPS Order Numbers | Convertible Booklet of 20 - $7.40 - 671540 |
| First Day Cover - Set of 4 - $2.32 - 671563 | |
| Availability | Stamp Fulfillment Services, Kansas City |
| Official Announcement | The Postal Service will issue a nondenominated Antique Toys definitive stamp (37-cent value) in a pressure sensitive adhesive (PSA) vending booklet of 20 (Item 671400) and a PSA convertible booklet of 20 (Item 671500) on June 7, 2002, in Washington, DC. The stamp, designed by Derry Noyes, Washington, DC, and photographed by Sally Andersen-Bruce, New Milford, Connecticut, will go on sale nationwide on June 7, 2002. The Antique Toys definitive stamp features four antique American toy vehicles from the Strong Museum in Rochester, New York: a bright red U.S. Mail truck with a spring wound mechanism, a yellow taxicab, a mechanical locomotive of cast iron and stamped tin, and a fiery red steam pumper complete with two firemen. Made primarily of cast iron, the toys were manufactured between 1880 and 1925. |
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| Varieties | None |
| End Card | White card stock with Red Ink. Click here for photo. |
SDOs will receive an approximate full distribution quantity for the Antique Toys nondenominated PSA booklet of 20. Distributions are rounded up to the nearest master carton size (4,000).
SDOs will make a subsequent automatic distribution to Post Offices for their full standard automatic distribution quantities using PS Form 3309, Advice of shipment, Stamp Invoice, and PS Form 17, Stamp Requisition. SDOs must not distribute booklets to Post Offices before May 28, 2002.
SDOs will not receive a separate quantity of this definitive stamp for their authorized philatelic centers. Philatelic centers must be supplied their quantities from the initial automatic distribution made to SDOs.
Post Offices requiring additional stamps must requisition them from their designated SDO using PS Form 17.
Additional quantities will not be available at APDs for supplemental ordering by SDOs.
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