First Class One Ounce Forever
Technical Details
| Issue: | Shirley Chisholm Stamp |
| Item Number: | 471600 |
| Denomination & Type of Issue: | First-Class Mail Forever Commemorative |
| Format: | Pane of 20 (1 design) |
| Series: | Black Heritage #37 |
| Issue Date & City: | January 31, 2014, Brooklyn, NY 11201 |
| Designer: | Ethel Kessler, Bethesda, MD |
| Art Director: | Ethel Kessler, Bethesda, MD |
| Typographer: | Ethel Kessler, Bethesda, MD |
| Existing Art: | Robert Shetterly |
| Engraver: | WRE |
| Modeler: | CCL Label, Inc. |
| Manufacturing Process: | Gravure |
| Printer: | CCL Label, Inc. |
| Printed at: | Clinton, SC 29325 |
| Press Type: | Dia Nippon Kiko (DNK) |
| Stamps per Pane: | 20 |
| Print Quantity: | 33.5 million stamps |
| Paper Type: | Phosphor Tagged, Block; Nonphosphored, Type III |
| Adhesive Type: | Pressure-sensitive |
| Processed at: | CCL Label, Inc., Clinton, SC |
| Colors: | Cyan, Magenta, Yellow, Black |
| Stamp Orientation: | Vertical |
| Image Area (w x h): | 0.84 x 1.42 in./21.34 x 36.07 mm |
| Overall Size (w x h): | 0.98 x 1.56 in./24.89 x 39.62 mm |
| Full Pane Size (w x h): | 5.85 x 7.25 in./148.59 x 184.15 mm |
| Plate Size: | 200 stamps per revolution |
| Plate Numbers: | “C” followed by four (4) single digits |
| Marginal Markings Front: | Header: “BLACK HERITAGE” • “37TH IN A SERIES • Plate numbers in four corners of pane |
| Marginal Markings Back: | ©2013 USPS • Verso text • USPS logo • Plate position diagram • Barcode (471600) in upper right and lower left corners of pane • Promotional text |
| Withdrawn: | March 31, 2016, |
©2014 USPS
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