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Star Make-up Rate Definitive
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In line with the rate change effective on June 30, 2002, the 3c make-up
rate stamps, depicting a stylized five-point star, issued on June 7th to
meet the need of remaining 34c stamps mailer may still in hand. Two printers
made the pane stamps, with the "2002" year date appears in two different
locations in the stamp bottom. The third printer made the stamps in coil.
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3c Star Definitive
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Date of Issue
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June 7, 2002; Washington, D.C.
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Design and Denomination
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3c Star
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Designer,
Art Director and Typographer
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Phil Jordan, Falls Church, Va.
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Modeler
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BCA
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Donald H. Woo
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Size
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0.70 inches by 0.80 inches (image);
0.84 inches by 0.99 inches (overall);
9.31 inches by 5.63 inches (pane)
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0.72 inches by 0.81 inches (image);
0.87 inches by 0.96 inches (overall)
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Colors
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process black, Pantone Matching System 072 blue and PMS 032 red
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Paper
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nonphosphored type III
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Gum
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self-adhesive
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Printing Processes
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gravure
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offset
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gravure
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Presses
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Cerutti R118
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Goebel 670
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Rotomec 3000
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Printers
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GG under contract to BCA (stamps with "2002" year date in bottom-right
corner)
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BCA (stamps with "2002" year date in bottom-left corner)
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APC under contract to SSP
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Format
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pane of 50
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die-cut rolls of 10,000
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Print Quantities
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1 billion stamps
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2 billion stamps
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400 million stamps
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Plate Numbers
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"B" followed by three single digits
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"S" followed by three single digits
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| Note:
APC: American Packaging Corporation, Columbus, Wis.
BCA: Banknote Corporation of America, Browns Summit, N.C
GG: Guilford Gravure, Guilford, Conn. |
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Original information and image from USPS
News and Linn's Stamp News
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