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Forever US Marine Corps Emblem
Die Cut: 11 x 11
Semiquincentennial — 1775 November 10
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Forever US Marine Corps Emblem
Pane Single
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Forever US Marine Corps Emblem
Plate Block of 4
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Forever US Marine Corps Emblem
Pane of 20
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Technical Notes
| Issue: | U.S. Marine Corps 250th Stamp Announcement 25-17: U.S. Marine Corps 250th Stamp Postal Bulletin 22674 — 2025 April 17 |
| Item Number: | 486900 |
| Denomination: | Forever |
| Type of Issue: | Commemorative |
| Format: | Pane of 20 (1 design) |
| Series: | American Semiquincentennial |
| Issue Date: | 2025 May 16 |
| Issue City: | Washington DC 20066 |
| Art Director: | Antonio Alcalá Alexandria VA |
| Designer: | Antonio Alcalá Alexandria VA |
| 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: | 18 million stamps |
| Paper Type/Tagging: | Phosphor, Block Tag |
| Adhesive Type: | Pressure-sensitive |
| Colors: | Cyan; Magenta; Yellow; Black; PMS 186C (Warm-red); PMS 2146C (Dark-azure) & PMS Warm-Gray 5C |
| Stamp Orientation: | Vertical |
| Image Area (w x h): | 0.8400 x 1.4200 in. 21.3360 x 36.0680 mm. |
| Overall Size (w x h): | 0.9800 x 1.5600 in. 24.8920 x 39.6240 mm. |
| Full Pane Size (w x h): | 5.9200 x 7.2400 in. 150.3680 x 183.8960 mm. |
| Press Sheets Size (w xh): | 11.8400 x 21.9700 in. 300.7360 x 558.0380 mm. |
| Plate Size: | 240 stamps per revolution |
| Plate Number: | ”B” followed by six (6) single digits |
| Marginal Markings: | — |
| — Front: | Header: CELEBRATING 250 YEARS OF THE U.S. MARINE CORPS • Plate number in bottom two corners |
| — Back: | © 2025 USPS • USPS logo • Two barcodes (486900) • Plate position diagram (6) • Promotional text |
