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Scott 4527-4528 ; 4528a
Forever Mercury Project and Messenger Mission
Die Cut 11 x 11 (SSP)
Scott 4527-4528 ; 4528a
Forever Mercury Project and Messenger Mission
Pane Pair #4527-4528 (2 designs)
Pane Pair #4527-4528 (2 designs)
Reference Images
Scott 4527-4528 ; 4528a
Forever Mercury Project and Messenger Mission
Pane Pair #4527-4528 (2 designs)
(reference or stock image)Scott 4527
Forever Mercury Project
Duration: 1959 September 09
1963 May 15
Pane Single
(reference or stock image)Scott 4528
Forever Mercury Messenger Mission
Duration: 2004 August 03
2015 April 30
Pane Single
(reference or stock image)
Technical Notes
| Issue: | Mercury Project/MESSENGER Mission Stamp Announcement 11-25: Mercury Project/ MESSENGER Mission Postal Bulletin 22308 — 2011 April 07 |
| Item Number: | 468000 |
| Denomination: | Forever |
| Type of Issue: | Commemorative |
| Format: | Pane of 20 (2 designs) |
| Series: | N/A |
| Issue Date: | 2011 May 04 |
| Issue City: | Kennedy Space Center FL 32815 |
| Designer: | Phil Jordan Falls Church VA |
| Art Director: | Phil Jordan Falls Church VA |
| Typographer: | Phil Jordan Falls Church VA |
| Artist: | Donato Giancola Brooklyn NY |
| Modeler: | Donald Woo |
| Manufacturing Process: | Offset |
| Microprint: | “USPS” |
| Engraver: | N/A |
| Printer: | Banknote Corporation of America Inc. for SSP |
| Printed at: | Browns Summit NC |
| Press Type: | Alprinta 74 |
| Stamps per Pane: | 20 |
| Quantity Issued: | 60 million stamps |
| Paper Type: | Phosphor Tagged Overall |
| Adhesive Type: | Pressure-sensitive |
| Processed at: | Unique Binders Fredericksburg VA |
| Colors: | Cyan; Magenta; Yellow; Black; PMS 727 [Brown] & PMS 270 [Purple] |
| Stamp Orientation: | Horizontal |
| Die Cut: | 11 x 11 (SSP) |
| Image Area (w x h): | 1.40 x 0.82 in 35.56 x 20.82 mm |
| Overall Size (w x h): | 1.56 x 0.98 in 39.62 x 24.89 mm |
| Full Pane Size (w x h): | 7.22 x 5.88 in 183.39 x 149.35 mm |
| Plate Size: | 200 stamps per revolution |
| Plate Numbers: | “S” followed by six (6) single digits |
| Marginal Markings: | .. |
| — Front: | Plate block numbers in four corners |
| — Back: | © 2010 USPS • USPS logo • Plate position diagram • Barcode (468000) in lower left and upper right of pane • Verso text on back of each pane |
