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| Scott# 3675a | Plate B1111, B2222, B4444 (I have not confirmed B4444 yet) |
| Series | Christmas |
| Issue Date & City | October 10, 2002, Chicago, IL 60607 |
| Nationwide Sale | October 11, 2002 |
| Artist | Jan Gossaert, painting from the Charles H. and Mary F.S. Worcester collection at The Art Institute of Chicago |
| Designer | Richard Sheaff, Scottsdale, AZ 85258 |
| Art Director | Richard Sheaff, Scottsdale, AZ 85258 |
| Typographer | Richard Sheaff, Scottsdale, AZ 85258 |
| Modeler | Banknote Corporation of America, Inc. (BCA) |
| To Press / Initial Impressions | Summer, 2002 / 739.2 Million |
| Process | Offset / Microprinting |
| Printer | Banknote Corporation of America, Inc. (BCA) |
| Printed At | BCA, Browns Summit, NC |
| Press | Goebel, 670 |
| Processed At | BCA, Browns Summit, NC |
| Plate Size | 400 stamps per revolution |
| Paper & Gum | Pressure Sensitive Adhesive |
| Tagging Type | Prephosphored Type I |
| Die Cut Gauge | 11.2 x 11.2 |
| Colors | Cyan, PMS 185 (Red), Yellow, Black, |
| Image Area | (w x h): 0.75 x 1.03 in. / 19.05 x 26.16 mm |
| Overall Size | (w x h): 0.91 x 1.19 in. / 23.11 x 30.23 mm |
| Full Booklet Size | (w x h) : 4.55 x 5.0 in. / 115.57 x 127.0 |
| Marginal Markings | Plate numbers • “Peel here to fold” • "Self-adhesive stamps” • “DO NOT WET” • "© 1999 USPS” • Cover side: USPS Logo; barcode; text; photo |
| Earliest Known Use | October 10, 2002 |
| USPS Order Numbers | Convertible Booklet of 20 - $7.40 - 670240 |
| First Day Cover - $0.75 - 670240 | |
| Availability | Stamp Fulfillment Services, Kansas City and most post offices |
| Official Announcement | The Christmas stamps have attracted a devoted following since the first Christmas stamp was issued in 1961. Since 1966 the series has mostly featured renaissance paintings depicting the Virgin Mary and the baby Jesus. The 2002 stamp highlights a detail of Jan Gossaert’s oil-on-panel painting, “Madonna and Child,” circa 1520, from the Charles H. and Mary F.S. Worcester Collection at The Art Institute of Chicago. Jan Gossaert (circa 1478 to 1532) was a Netherlandish artist credited with being one of the first to bring the innovations of the Italian Renaissance to northern Europe. Specifically, he introduced a greater awareness of anatomy and architectural space to Netherlandish painting. Gossaert was a noted draftsman and painter. Because Gossaert was a transitional figure in Northern Renaissance art, it is hard to classify him as a member of any single school or style of painting. He has been called a Romanist, Antwerp mannerist, and humanist. Gossaert, whose name is also spelled Gossart, is sometimes referred to as Mabuse or Jan Mabuse, the result of his occasionally having used the name of his hometown, Maubeuge (now in northern France), in signing his paintings. Richard Sheaff of Scottsdale, Ariz.was designer and art director for the stamp. |
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| End Card | Green ink on cream card. Click here for a scan. |
Stamp distribution offices (SDOs) will receive two automatic distributions of the $7.40 Madonna and Child booklet of 20. The combined total from both waves is approximately one-half the standard automatic distribution quantity for a PSA booklet. Wave 1 distribution began August 14, and will be completed August 28, 2002. Wave 2 distribution begins October 2, and will be completed October 16, 2002. Distributions are rounded up to the nearest master carton size (4,000 booklets).
From the first automatic distribution, SDOs will make a subsequent automatic distribution to Post Offices of approximately one-fourth their standard automatic distribution quantities using PS Form 3309, Advice of Shipment/Stamp Invoice, and PS Form 17, Stamp Requisition. SDOs must not distribute stamps to Post Offices before October 3, 2002.
Post Offices requiring additional stamps must requisition them from their designated SDO using PS Form 17. SDOs requiring additional stamps must order them from the appropriate accountable paper depository (APD) using PS Form 17.
For fulfilling supplemental orders from SDOs, the San Francisco, Chicago, Memphis, and New York APDs will each receive 400,000 additional booklets, and the Denver APD will receive 200,000 additional booklets.
Authorized philatelic centers requiring the $7.40 Madonna and Child convertible booklets of 20 must order Item 670200 from their designated SDO using a separate PS Form 17.
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