Definitive 44¢
On July 23, 2009, in Biloxi, Mississippi, the Postal Service™ will issue 44-cent, Gulf Coast Lighthouses commemorative stamps in five designs in a pressure-sensitive adhesive (PSA) pane of 20 stamps (Item 464500) and a booklet of 20 stamped postal cards (Item 896800). Designed by Howard E. Paine of Delaplane, Virginia, the stamps go on sale nationwide July 23, 2009.
The U.S. Postal Service® continues its popular series of lighthouse stamps by Artist Howard Koslow, Toms River, New Jersey, with the 2009 issuance of five Gulf Coast Lighthouses stamps: Matagorda Island, Sabine Pass, Biloxi, Sand Island, and Fort Jefferson. Each stamp features an original acrylic painting by Koslow based on recent photographs of the lighthouses. Koslow also painted the five Pacific Lighthouses stamps issued in 2007; Southeastern Lighthouses stamps issued in 2003; the Great Lakes Lighthouses stamps issued in 1995; and the five stamps in the 1990 lighthouses booklet.
Technical Details
| Issue: | Gulf Coast Lighthouses Stamps |
| Item Number: | 464500 |
| Denomination & Type of Issue: | 44¢ Commemorative |
| Format: | Pane of 20 (5 designs) |
| Series: | Lighthouses #5 |
| Issue Date & City: | July 23, 2009, Biloxi, MS 39530 |
| Designer: | Howard E. Paine, Delaplane, VA |
| Art Director: | Howard E. Paine, Delaplane, VA |
| Typographer: | Howard E. Paine, Delaplane, VA |
| Artist: | Howard Koslow, Toms River, NJ |
| Modeler: | Joseph Sheeran |
| Manufacturing Process: | Offset |
| Printer: | Ashton Potter (USA) Ltd. (APU) |
| Printed at: | Williamsville, NY |
| Press Type: | Mueller Martini, A76 |
| Stamps per Pane: | 20 |
| Print Quantity: | 100 million stamps |
| Paper Type: | Nonphosphored, Type III, Block Tagged |
| Adhesive Type: | Pressure-sensitive |
| Processed at: | Ashton Potter (USA) Ltd. |
| Colors: | Black, Cyan, Magenta, Yellow, PMS 3155 (Blue) |
| Stamp Orientation: | Vertical |
| Image Area (w x h): | .84 x .1.42 in./21.37 x 36.07 mm |
| Overall Size (w x h): | .98 x 1.56 in./24.89 x 39.62 mm |
| Full Pane Size (w x h): | 5.92 x 7.50 in./150.37 x 190.50 mm |
| Plate Size: | 240 stamps per revolution |
| Plate Numbers: | “P” followed by four (4) single digits |
| Marginal Markings Front: | © 2008 USPS • Header: “Gulf Coast Lighthouses — FIFTH IN A SERIES” • Plate position diagram • Price • Plate numbers in four positions |
| Marginal Markings Back: | USPS logo • Barcode (464500) in two positions • Descriptive text on back of each stamp |
| Withdrawn: | December 31, 2010 |
©2009 USPS
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