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Scott 4440-4443; 4443a
44c Distinguished Sailors
Die Cut 10¾ x 10½ (AVR)
Scott 4440-4443; 4443a
44c Distinguished Sailors
Pane Horizontal Strip of 4 #4440-4443 (4 designs)
Pane Horizontal Strip of 4 #4440-4443 (4 designs)
Reference Images
Scott 4440-4443; 4443a
44c Distinguished Sailors
Pane Horizontal Strip of 4 #4440-4443 (4 designs)
(reference or stock image)Scott 4443a
44c Distinguished Sailors
Pane Block of 4 #4440-4443 (4 designs)
(reference or stock image)Scott 4440
44c Admiral William Souden Sims (1858-1936)
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(reference or stock image)Scott 4441
44c Admiral Arleigh Albert Burke (1901-1996)
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(reference or stock image)Scott 4442
44c Lieutenant Commander John McCloy (1876-1945)
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(reference or stock image)Scott 4443
44c Cook Third Class Doris Miller (1919-1943)
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Technical Notes
| Issue: | Distinguished Sailors Stamp Announcement 10-05: Distinguished Sailors Postal Bulletin 22275 — 2009 December 31 |
| Item Number: | 465800 |
| Denomination: | 44c |
| Type of Issue: | Commemorative |
| Format: | Pane of 20 (4 designs) |
| Issue Date: | 2010 February 04 |
| Issue City: | Washington DC 20066 |
| Designer: | Phil Jordan Falls Church VA |
| Art Director: | Phil Jordan Falls Church VA |
| Typographer: | Phil Jordan Falls Church VA |
| Engraver: | Trident |
| Modeler: | Avery Dennison SPD |
| Manufacturing Process: | Gravure |
| Printer: | Avery Dennison (AVR) |
| Printed at: | AVR Clinton SC |
| Press Type: | Dia Nippon Kiko (DNK) |
| Stamps per Pane: | 20 |
| Print Quantity: | 25 million stamps |
| Paper Type: | Prephosphored Type II |
| Adhesive Type: | Pressure-sensitive |
| Processed at: | AVR Clinton SC |
| Colors: | Yellow; Magenta; Black; Cyan; PMS 7409 [Dark-yellow] & PMS 534 [Dark-blue] |
| Stamp Orientation: | Horizontal |
| Die Cut: | 10¾ x 10½ (AVR) |
| Image Area (w x h): | 1.420 x 1.085 in. 36.068 x 27.56 mm |
| Overall Size (w x h): | 1.56 x 1.225 in. 39.62 x 31.11mm |
| Full Pane Size (w x h): | 7.25 x 7.5 in. 184.15 x 190.5 mm |
| Plate Size: | 200 stamps per revolution |
| Plate Numbers: | “V” followed by six (6) single digits |
| Marginal Markings: | .. |
| — Front: | Header: “DISTINGUISHED SAILORS” • Each sailor’s name and vessel named after them under header of pane • Plate numbers in four corners of pane |
| — Back: | © 2009 USPS • Plate block position diagram • Barcodes “465800” in two corners of pane • USPS logo • Price: “.44 x 20 = $8.80” |
