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Forever Purple Heart - 2011 Date
Die Cut 10¼ x 10¾ (SSP)
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Scott 4529
Forever Purple Heart
2011 Date
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Technical Notes
| Issue: | Purple Heart with Ribbon Stamp Announcement 11-26: Purple Heart with Ribbon Postal Bulletin 22308 — 2011 April 07 |
| Item Number: | 114900 |
| Denomination: | Forever |
| Type of Issue: | Special |
| Format: | Pane of 20 (1 design) |
| Series: | N/A |
| Issue Date: | 2011 May 05 |
| Issue City: | San Diego CA 92199 |
| Designer: | Jennifer Arnold Washington DC |
| Art Director: | William Gicker Washington DC |
| Typographer: | Greg Breeding Charlottesville VA |
| Photographer: | Ira Wexler Braddock Heights MD |
| 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 |
| Print Quantity: | 500 million stamps |
| Paper Type: | Phosphor Tagged Block |
| Adhesive Type: | Pressure-sensitive |
| Processed at: | Unique Binders Fredericksburg VA • |
| Colors: | Purple; Cyan; Magenta; Yellow; Black; PMS 266 [Purple]; PMS 1805 [Red] & PMS 7401 [Beige] |
| Stamp Orientation: | Vertical |
| Die Cut: | 10¼ x 10¾ (SSP) |
| Image Area (w x h): | 0.71 x 0.82 in 18.03 x 20.83 mm |
| Overall Size (w x h): | 0.87 x 0.98 in 22.10 x 24.89 mm |
| Full Pane Size (w x h): | 5.35 x 4.88 in 135.89 x 123.95 mm |
| Plate Size: | 200 stamps per revolution |
| Plate Numbers: | “S” followed by eight (8) single digits |
| Marginal Markings: | .. |
| — Front: | Header: “Purple Heart The Medal for the Combat Wounded” • Plate block numbers in four corners |
| — Back: | © 2010 USPS • USPS logo • Plate position diagram • Barcode (114900) in four corners |
