US Postal Service - First 2012 Postal Bulletin - Errors!

The US Postal Service has just released its first 2012 bi-weekly Postal Bulletin at this link:

http://about.usps.com/postal-bulletin/pb2012.htm

Unfortunately, for we philatelists, the document is loaded with both minor and major errors. We'll have to see if the USPS just lets it go or provides a correction or addendum to the release.

I may not have caught all of the errors, but this is a highlight of some that I have found:

1. The date of the Postal Bulletin is shown at the above link as January 14, 2012, when in fact, the downloaded document is correctly dated January 12, 2012.

2. The Sailboats Postal Cards date of issue is in error. According to USPS Facebook, the date of issue is Sunday, January 22, 2012, however, the Postal Bulletin is indicating the date of issue as January 20, 2012. Somebody's wrong (and I suspect it is the data in the Postal Bulletin).

3. The Wedding Cake Stamp is incorrectly showing the graphic for the already issued 64-cent stamp. The new stamp is to be the 65-cent denomination.

4. The Bonsai Forever Stamps (which I would anticipate to be quite popular) are said to NOT HAVE AUTOMATIC RELEASE TO POST OFFICES. THIS IS THE ONLY "FOREVER" STAMP THAT INDICATES SUCH RESTRICTED DISTRIBUTION. In other words, it is unlikely many, if any, post offices will have them on the first day of issue, unless they are specifically ordered. Is this a Postal Bulletin error?

5. NONE OF THE ODD VALUE DENOMINATIONS ARE TO BE AUTOMATICALLY DISTRIBUTED TO POST OFFICES. This includes the 32c Aloha Shirts, the 65c Dogs at Work; the $1.05 Lancaster County stamp, the 85c Birds of Prey Stamps, the 65c Butterfly Stamp and the 65c Wedding Cake Stamp. In other words, it is unlikely many, if any, post offices will have them on the first day of issue, unless they are specifically ordered.

6. While I previously mentioned the 32c Aloha Shirts, the specifications for the pane of 20 (page 68) is also inaccurate as the plate number is described as being "V" followed by five (7) single digits. Which is it 5 digits? 7 digits? Who knows?

I always thought the Postal Bulletin was supposed to be the definitive source for release of such data, but it appears not to be so, as this is just further proof that the stamp and philatelic data being posted on-line through Beyond the Perf, and social media such as USPS Facebook, as well as in documents such as this contain significant inconsistencies and in some cases, contain downright erroneous information and no one seems to be taking the lead in avoiding what I view to be a significant embarrassment for an organization such as the US Postal Service.

So much for my two cents. Let's see what (if anything) the USPS does to correct any of this data.

VSC is also reporting an error in the address for the 65c Butterfly first day of issue cancellation.

There is also questionable quantity printed totals listed for some of the Blue Martin postal stationery items.