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Scott 5827
$9.85 Priority Mail: Pillars of Creation
Die Cut 10¾ x 10¾ (APU)
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Scott 5827
$9.85 Priority Mail: Pillars of Creation
Pane Single
(reference or stock image)Scott 5827
$9.85 Priority Mail: Pillars of Creation
Pane of 4
(reference or stock image)
Technical Notes
| Issue: | Pillars of Creation Stamp Announcement 24-05: Pillars of Creation Stamp Postal Bulletin 22641 — 2024 January 11 |
| Item Number: | 122800 |
| Denomination: | 9.85 |
| Type of Issue: | Priority Mail |
| Format: | Pane of 4 (1 design) |
| Series: | N/A |
| Issue Date: | 2024 january 22 |
| Issue City: | Greenbelt MD 20770 |
| Art Director: | Greg Breeding Charlottesville VA |
| Designer: | Greg Breeding Charlottesville VA |
| Existing Photo: | NASA; ESA; Canadian Space Agency and the Space Telescope Science Institute |
| Modeler: | Joseph Sheeran |
| Manufacturing Process: | Offset |
| Microprint: | “USPS” |
| Printer: | Ashton Potter (USA) Ltd (APU) |
| Press Type: | Muller A76 |
| Stamps per Pane: | 4 |
| Print Quantity: | 2.5 million stamps |
| Paper Type/Tagging: | Nonphosphored Type III Block Tag Applied |
| Adhesive Type: | Pressure-sensitive |
| Colors: | Black; Cyan; Magenta; Yellow |
| Stamp Orientation: | Horizontal |
| Die Cut: | 10¾ x 10¾ |
| Image Area (w x h): | 1.4200 x 1.0850 in. 36.0680 x 27.5590 mm |
| Overall Size (w x h): | 1.5600 x 1.2250 in. 39.6240 x 31.1150 mm |
| Full Pane Size (w x h): | 4.1200 x 3.4500 in. 104.6480 x 87.6300 mm |
| Plate Size: | 120 stamps per revolution |
| Plate Numbers: | “P” followed by four (4) single digits |
| Marginal Markings: | .. |
| — Front: | Plate number in two corners |
| — Back: | “© 2023 USPS” • USPS logo • Four barcodes (122800) • Plate position diagram (6) • Promotional text |
