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Scott 5953
Forever Love
Die Cut: 11 x 11
Reference Images
Scott 5953
Forever Love
Pane Single
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Forever Love
Pane of 20
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Technical Notes
| Issue: | Love Stamp: 2025 Stamp Announcement 25-02: Love Stamp Postal Bulletin 22625 — 2024 December 12 |
| Item Number: | 581800 |
| Denomination: | Forever |
| Type of Issue: | Special |
| Format: | Pane of 20 (1 design) |
| Series: | Love |
| Issue Date: | 2025 January 17 |
| Issue City: | Kutztown PA 19530 |
| Art Director: | Antonio Alcalá Alexandria VA |
| Designer: | Antonio Alcalá Alexandria VA |
| Existing Art: | Keith Haring |
| Modeler: | Sandra Lane & Michelle Finn |
| Manufacturing Process: | Offset |
| Microprint: | "USPS" |
| Printer: | Banknote Corporation of America (BCA) |
| Press Type: | Alprinta 74 |
| Stamps per Pane: | 20 |
| Quantity Issued: | 175 million stamps |
| Paper Type/Tagging: | Phosphor Block Tag |
| Adhesive Type: | Pressure-sensitive |
| Colors: | PMS185 C (Creative Red) & PMS Black 6 C |
| 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. |
| Full Pane Size (w xh): | 5.5500 x 5.7600 in. 140.9700 x 146.3040 mm. |
| Press Sheets Size (w x h): | 22.2000 x 11.5200 in. 563.8800 x 292.6080 mm. |
| Plate Size: | 320 stamps per revolution |
| Plate Number: | “B” followed by two (2) single digits |
| Marginal Markings: | — |
| — Front: | Plate number in four corners |
| — Back: | © Keith Haring Foundation. Licensed by Artestar New York • ©2024 USPS • USPS Logo • Two barcodes (581800) • Plate position diagram (8) • Promotional text |
