Patriotic Spiral Stamp Details

[USPS Bulletin]


On August 19, 2016, the U.S. Postal Service® will issue the Patriotic Spiral stamp (Forever® priced at 47 cents) in one design. The formats available are a pressure-sensitive adhesive (PSA) coil of 10,000 stamps (760000), issued in Kansas City, MO, and a PSA booklet of 10 stamps (671300) issued in Falls Church, VA.
The stamp will go on sale nationwide August 19, 2016.

To accommodate business use, the Postal Service™ will issue Patriotic Spiral, a Forever stamp sold in self-adhesive coils of 10,000 and self-adhesive booklets of 10. This festive and energetic stamp design features 50 blue and red stars spiraling around a central gold star on a white background. The idea for the design was to illustrate a community of stars protectively orbiting a central star that in an abstract sense stands for our nation's steadfast idealism and hope for a more perfect union. Antonio Alcalá art directed the project with stamp design and typography by Polygraph, a Washington, D.C. design firm.


Issue: Patriotic Spiral Stamp
Item Number: 760000
Denomination & Type of Issue: First-Class Mail® Forever
Format: Coil of 10,000, 1 design
Series: N#8260;A
Issue Date & City: August 19, 2016, Kansas City, MO 64108
Art Director: Antonio Alcalá, Alexandria, VA
Designer: Polygraph, Washington, DC
Typographer: Polygraph, Washington, DC
Modeler: Joseph Sheeran
Manufacturing Process: Offset, Microprint
Printer: Ashton Potter (USA) Ltd. (APU)
Printed at: Williamsville, NY
Press Type: Muller A76
Stamps per Coil: 10,000
Print Quantity: 300,000,000 stamps
Paper Type: Nonphosphored Type III, Block Tag Applied
Adhesive Type: Pressure-sensitive
Processed at: Ashton Potter (USA) Ltd. (APU)
Colors: PMS 654 Blue C, PMS 485 Red C,
PMS 10127 Gold C, PMS Cool Grey 6 C
Stamp Orientation: Vertical
Image Area (w x h): 0.73 x 0.84 in.#8260;18.54 x 21.34 mm
Stamp Size (w x h): 0.87 x 0.98 in.#8260;22.10 x 24.89 mm
Plate Size: 594 stamps per revolution
Plate Numbers: "P" followed by four (4) single digits
Coil Number Frequency: Plate numbers every 27th stamp below stamp image



Issue: Patriotic Spiral Stamp
Item Number: 671300
Denomination & Type of Issue: First-Class Mail® Forever
Format: Booklet of 10, 1 design
Series: N#8260;A
Issue Date & City: August 19, 2016, Falls Church, VA 22046
Art Director: Antonio Alcalá, Alexandria, VA
Designer: Polygraph, Washington, DC
Typographer: Polygraph, Washington, DC
Modeler: Joseph Sheeran
Manufacturing Process: Offset, Microprint
Printer: Ashton Potter (USA) Ltd. (APU)
Printed at: Williamsville, NY
Press Type: Muller A76
Stamps per Booklet: 10
Print Quantity: 100,000,000 stamps
Paper Type: Nonphosphored Type III, Block Tag applied
Adhesive Type: Pressure-sensitive
Processed at: Ashton Potter (USA) Ltd. (APU)
Stamp Orientation: Vertical
Image Area (w x h): 0.73 x 0.84 in.#8260;18.54 x 21.34 mm
Stamp Size (w x h): 0.87 x 0.98 in.#8260;22.10 x 24.89 mm
Full Booklet Size (w x h): 1.74 x 5.32 in.#8260;44.20 x 135.03 mm
Colors: PMS 654 Blue C, PMS 485 Red C,
PMS 10127 Gold C, PMS Cool Grey 6 C
Plate Size: 700 stamps per revolution
Plate Numbers: "P" followed by four (4) single digits
Marginal Markings: • Plate numbers in peel strip area
• © 2016 • USPS in peel strip area
• Cover – Ten First-Class Forever Stamps, Promotional Text