2001.03.06 USA Nine-Mile Prairie, Apple & Orange, Flag Definitive
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On March 6, USPS released four different self-adhesive postage stamps in Lincoln, Neb. They are the 70c Nine-Mile Prairie stamp, the 34c Apple and 34c Orange stamps and another 34c Flag Over Farm stamp.
The new 70c stamp, the fourth stamp in the United States Scenic American Landmarks series, depicts Nine-Mile Prairie, a sweeping tallgrass prairie so named because it is five miles west and four miles north of downtown Lincoln, Neb.. Nine-Mile Prairie is one of the largest unplowed, virgin tallgrass prairies left in Nebraska. Some 210 acres of the 230-acre prairie have never been plowed. The prairie, owned by the University of Nebraska Foundation, has been preserved for nature study, teaching and research. The 70c postage satisfies the rate for an international postcard to countries other than Mexico and Canada
The se-tenant 34c Apple and 34c Orange stamps, bearing the design similar to the 32c Peaches and Pear stamps issued in 1995, issued in flat panes of 20 that may be folded by removing a peel-off strip from the middle of the pane, also usually called as convertible booklets.
The newest version of the 34c Flag Over Farm stamp is in peel-and-stick
panes of 20 with selvage on all four sides. This is the fifth format (nondenominated
or denominated) of this new flag design, after three nondenominated visions
in water-activated panes of 20, self-adhesive panes of 20 and self-adhesive
panes of 18 on Dec. 15, 2000 and one 34c vision in water-activated panes
of 100 on Feb. 27.
Technical Details
Issue | 70c Nine-Mile Prairie definitive stamp |
Issue Date and Place | March 6, 2001, Lincoln, NE 68501 |
Photographer | Michael Forsberg, Lincoln, Neb. |
Designer, Art Director and Typographer | Ethel Kessler, Bethesda, Md. |
Modeler | Joseph Sheeran |
Process | offset (microprinting, one line: "USPS") |
Printer and Processor | Ashton Potter USA Ltd., Williamsville, N.Y. |
Press | Stevens variable-size security press |
Colors | black, cyan, magenta, yellow, Pantone Matching System 877 silver |
Paper | nonphosphored type III, block tagged |
Gum | self-adhesive |
Print Quantity | 85 million stamps |
Format | pane of 20, from 180-subject sheet, 9 panes per revolution |
Size | 1.40 inches by 0.84 inches (image);
1.56 inches by 0.99 inches (overall); 7.14 inches by 5.90 inches (pane) |
Plate Numbers | "P" followed by five single digits |
Marginal Markings | "©UUSPS 2000," pane position diagram, bar codes and price |
Issue | 34c Apple and Orange definitive stamps |
Issue Date and Place | March 6, 2001, Lincoln, NE 68501 |
illustrator and designer | Ned Seidler, Hampton Bays, N.Y. |
Art Director and Typographer | Howard Paine, Delaplane, Va. |
Modeler | Banknote Corporation of America, Browns Summit, N.C. |
Process | offset (microprinting, one line: "USPS") |
Printer and Processor | BCA, Browns Summit, N.C. |
Press | Goebel 670 |
Colors | black, cyan, magenta, yellow |
Paper | prephosphored type I |
Gum | self-adhesive |
Print Quantity | 3 billion stamps |
Format | pane of 20 from 500-subject sheet, 25 panes per revolution |
Size | 0.72 inchesby 0.83 inches (image area, single stamp);
0.87 inches by 0.98 inches (overall, single stamp); 4.35 inches by 4.13 inches (pane of 20) |
Plate Numbers | "S" followed by four single digits |
Marginal Markings | "©UUSPS 2000," plate numbers and removal instructions |
Issue | 34c Flag Over Farm definitive stamp |
Issue Date and Place | March 6, 2001, Lincoln, NE 68501 |
Illustrator | Hiro Kimura, Brooklyn, N.Y. |
Designer, Art Director and Typographer | Richard Sheaff, Scottsdale, Ariz. |
Modeler | Joseph Sheeran |
Process | offset (microprinting, one line: "USPS") |
Printer and Processor | Ashton Potter USA Ltd., Williamsville, N.Y. |
Press | Stevens variable-size security press |
Colors | process black, cyan, magenta, yellow |
Paper | prephosphored type I |
Gum | self-adhesive |
Print Quantity | 200 million stamps |
Format | pane of 20 from 240-subject sheet, 12 panes per revolution |
Size | 0.71 inchesby 0.82 inches (image);
0.84 inches by 0.99 inches (overall); 5.04 inches by 4.95 inches (pane) |
Plate Numbers | "P" followed by four single digits |
Marginal Markings | "©UUSPS 2000," plate numbers, pane position diagram, bar code |