1999.02.25   Unite States - Flag over City

Billions of stamps featuring the stars and stripes of the American flag flying over a skyscraper-filled cityscape was unfurled on February 25, 1999 when the 33-cent City Flag stamp was officially dedicated in Orlando, Fla.

As a boy growing up in Japan, the artist who created the stamp, Hiro Kimura, imagined ‘Old Glory’ and the skyscrapers of a city reaching into a cloudless sky. "This is the picture that formed in my mind when I thought about the United States," he said.

The stamp, which pays for the first ounce of a First-Class letter or package, was go on sale at post offices nationwide February 26.


 
Format: Self-Adhesive Pane of 20
Self-Adhesive Booklet of 10
Self-Adhesive Booklet of 15
Convertible Booklet of 20		 Self-adhesive Coil of 100
Self-adhesive Coil of 3,000
Self-adhesive Coil of 10,000		 Water-activated Pane of 100
Water-activated Coil of 100
Water-activated Coil of 3,000
Water-activated Coil of 10,000
Series:
N/A
Issue Date & City: 
February 25, 1999, Orlando, FL 32862
Illustrator:
Hiro Kimura, Brooklyn, NY
Designer:
Richard Sheaff, Scottsdale, AZ
Engraver:
North American Roto Engravers, Inc.
Bureau of Engraving and Printing (BEP)
Art Director:
Richard Sheaff, Scottsdale, AZ
Typographer:
Richard Sheaff, Scottsdale, AZ
Manufacturing Process:
Gravure
Printer:
Avery Dennison (AVR)
Bureau of Engraving and Printing (BEP)
Printed at:
AVR, Clinton, SC
BEP, Washington, DC
Press Type:
Dia Nippon Kiko
Andreotti 601
Paper Type:
Pre-phosphored Type I
Gum Type: 
Self-adhesive
Self-adhesive
Water-activated
Processed at:
AVR, Clinton, SC
BEP, Washington, DC
Colors (PMS Colors):
Process Magenta, Cyan, Yellow, Black
Yellow (PMS 156C), Red (PMS 187C), 
Light Blue (PMS 326C) Dark Blue (PMS 2995C) 
Stamp Orientation:
Vertical
Image Area:
18.29 x 20.78 mm
18.0 x 20.8 mm
Overall Size:
22.10 x 24.94 mm
22.1 x 24.4 mm
Plate Number:
"V" followed by four (4) single digits
 four (4) single digits

 
Scott No. Full Pane Size Plate Size Marginal Markings Quantity
Self-Adhesive
Pane of 20 3278 109.73 x 149.23 mm 400 stamps per revolution “© USPS 1998” · Plate Numbers · Position Diagram · Price  500 million stamps
Booklet of 10 3278 44.196 x 165.100 mm 440 stamps per revolution “© USPS 1998” · Plate Numbers · Position Diagram · "Peel this strip and fold here"  600 million stamps
Booklet of 15 3278 44.196 x 222.250 mm 300 stamps per revolution “© USPS 1998” ·  · Position Diagram · 375 million stamps
Booklet of 20 3278 109.73 x 149.23 mm 400 stamps per revolution “© USPS 1998” ·  Plate Numbers · Peel here to fold · Self-adhesive stamps · DO NOT WET  1.2 billion stamps
Coil of 100 3281
/
 480 stamps per revolution
N/A
 7 billion stamps
Coil of 3000 3282
/
 378 stamps per revolution
N/A
 1,000,080,000 stamps
Coil of 10000 3282
/
 378 stamps per revolution
N/A
 1 billion stamps
Water-Activated
Pane of 100 3277 44.16 x 136.68 mm 480 stamps per revolution “© USPS 1998” · Plate Numbers · Position Diagram · .33 x 100 = $33.00  200 million stamps
Coil of 100 3280
/
 480 stamps per revolution
N/A
 1 billion stamps
Coil of 3000 3280
/
 432 stamps per revolution
N/A
 100,008,000 stamps
Coil of 10000 3280
/
 432 stamps per revolution
N/A
 100 million stamps

 
 
Original information from USPS News