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Scott 5940
Forever Madonna & Child (DSB)
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Scott 5940
Forever Madonna & Child (DSB)
Double-sided Booklet Pane Single
(reference or stock image)Scott 5940b
Forever Madonna & Child
Double-sided Booklet of 20
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Technical Notes
| Issue: | Madonna & Child Stamp Announcement 24-36: Christmas Madonna and Child Stamp Postal Bulletin 22656 — 2024 August 08 |
| Item Number: | 685100 |
| Denomination: | Forever |
| Type of Issue: | Special |
| Format: | Double-Sided Booklet of 20 (1 design) |
| Series: | N/A |
| Issue Date: | 2024 September 14 |
| Issue City: | Washington DC 20066 |
| Art Director: | William Gicker Washington DC |
| Designer: | Greg Breeding Charlottesville VA |
| Existing Art: | Workshop of Sassoferrato |
| Modeler: | Sandra Lane & Michelle Finn |
| Manufacturing Process: | Offset |
| Microprint: | “USPS” |
| Printer: | Banknote Corporation of America (BCA) |
| Press Type: | Alprinta 74 |
| Stamps per Booklet: | 20 |
| Quantity Issued: | 210 million stamps |
| Paper Type/Tagging: | Phosphor Block Tag |
| Adhesive Type: | Pressure-sensitive |
| Colors: | Cyan; Magenta; Yellow; Black & PMS 871C (Metallic-gold) |
| Stamp Orientation: | Vertical |
| Die Cut: | 11 x 11 |
| Image Area (w X h): | 0.7700 X 1.0500 in. 19.5580 X 26.6700 mm. |
| Overall Size (w X h): | 0.9100 X 1.1900 in. 23.1140 X 30.2260 mm. |
| Booklet Size (w X h): | 5.7430 X 2.3750 in. 145.8720 x 60.3250 mm. |
| Plate Size: | 800 stamps per revolution |
| Plate Number: | "B" followed by five (5) single digits |
| Marginal Markings: | Header: CHRISTMAS Madonna and Child Twenty First-Class Forever Stamps • © 2023 USPS in peel strip area • Barcode • USPS Logo • Artwork courtesy of the Indianapolis Museum of Art at Newfields • Promotional Text • Plate number in peel strip area |
