1995 32c Flag Over Porch, blue date, booklet single
# 2920b - 1995 32c Flag Over Porch, blue date, booklet single
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US #2920b
1995 Flag Over Porch
- Self-adhesive Booklet stamp
- Small year date (larger date was later used)
- Issued ahead of schedule because of demand for self-adhesive stamps
- Additional versions were released over the next two years
Category of Stamp: Definitive
Value: 32¢, First-Class Mail rate
First Day of Issue: April 18, 1995
First Day City: Washington, DC
Quantity Issued: Unknown
Printed by: Avery Dennison
Printing Method/Format: Photogravure. Panes of 21 (20 stamps and 1 non-stamp label), from cylinders of 20 panes (5 across, 4 down)
Perforations: Die Cut
Reason the stamp was issued: This stamp design was issued in sheet, booklet, and coil formats to fulfill the First-Class mail rate. They were released over a month before the scheduled date because of the high demand for self-adhesive stamps.
About the stamp design: The design was created by commercial illustrator Dave LeFleur. He was given the assignment to show a flag hanging from the front porch of a Victorian-era house. The flag is in the foreground and a portion of the porch and house is in the background. The house was not based on an existing house but one in the artist’s imagination.
Special design details: The year date on the first printing of these stamps was small. Later printings featured a larger year date (stamp #2920). Avery Dennison explained that the original date image was too small to be printed clearly, so they got permission from the USPS to make the date larger.
About the printing process: Avery Dennison produced self-adhesive coil and booklet stamps. These were the first self-adhesive stamps produced by this printer. Large rolls of coil stamps and sheet stamps with the same design were produced by Stamp Venturers. The Bureau of Engraving and Printing produced these stamps in coils and booklets.
First Day City: The self-adhesive Flag Over Porch stamps were scheduled to be issued on May 19 at the Rompex stamp show in Denver, Colorado. Instead, they were released on April 18 with no official ceremony.
History the stamp represents: Featuring a Victorian-style house behind a waving American flag, this 32-cent stamp was produced as both a self-adhesive and a normally gummed version. The original plans for releasing both versions of the stamps on May 19, 1995, were changed due to the huge demand from the public for the easy-to-use self-adhesives. As a result, the self-adhesive version was released a month earlier than scheduled, on April 18, 1995.
The Flag Over Porch stamp also marked the first time a self-adhesive stamp was issued with simulated perforation die cuts, so that it appeared to be perforated.
In 1996 and 1997, additional Flag Over Porch stamps were issued in self-adhesive format to meet consumer demand. Produced as a coil and booklet, these stamps mark the first time the self-adhesive format was printed at the Bureau of Engraving and Printing since 1974. The 1997 release differs from the 1996 Flag Over Porch printed by Stamp Venturers only in the perforation measurement and in the absence of a liner or backing paper. Instead of a peel-off backing paper, the front of the linerless stamps received a special silicone coating to prevent the self-adhesive stamps from sticking to one another when coiled.
US #2920b
1995 Flag Over Porch
- Self-adhesive Booklet stamp
- Small year date (larger date was later used)
- Issued ahead of schedule because of demand for self-adhesive stamps
- Additional versions were released over the next two years
Category of Stamp: Definitive
Value: 32¢, First-Class Mail rate
First Day of Issue: April 18, 1995
First Day City: Washington, DC
Quantity Issued: Unknown
Printed by: Avery Dennison
Printing Method/Format: Photogravure. Panes of 21 (20 stamps and 1 non-stamp label), from cylinders of 20 panes (5 across, 4 down)
Perforations: Die Cut
Reason the stamp was issued: This stamp design was issued in sheet, booklet, and coil formats to fulfill the First-Class mail rate. They were released over a month before the scheduled date because of the high demand for self-adhesive stamps.
About the stamp design: The design was created by commercial illustrator Dave LeFleur. He was given the assignment to show a flag hanging from the front porch of a Victorian-era house. The flag is in the foreground and a portion of the porch and house is in the background. The house was not based on an existing house but one in the artist’s imagination.
Special design details: The year date on the first printing of these stamps was small. Later printings featured a larger year date (stamp #2920). Avery Dennison explained that the original date image was too small to be printed clearly, so they got permission from the USPS to make the date larger.
About the printing process: Avery Dennison produced self-adhesive coil and booklet stamps. These were the first self-adhesive stamps produced by this printer. Large rolls of coil stamps and sheet stamps with the same design were produced by Stamp Venturers. The Bureau of Engraving and Printing produced these stamps in coils and booklets.
First Day City: The self-adhesive Flag Over Porch stamps were scheduled to be issued on May 19 at the Rompex stamp show in Denver, Colorado. Instead, they were released on April 18 with no official ceremony.
History the stamp represents: Featuring a Victorian-style house behind a waving American flag, this 32-cent stamp was produced as both a self-adhesive and a normally gummed version. The original plans for releasing both versions of the stamps on May 19, 1995, were changed due to the huge demand from the public for the easy-to-use self-adhesives. As a result, the self-adhesive version was released a month earlier than scheduled, on April 18, 1995.
The Flag Over Porch stamp also marked the first time a self-adhesive stamp was issued with simulated perforation die cuts, so that it appeared to be perforated.
In 1996 and 1997, additional Flag Over Porch stamps were issued in self-adhesive format to meet consumer demand. Produced as a coil and booklet, these stamps mark the first time the self-adhesive format was printed at the Bureau of Engraving and Printing since 1974. The 1997 release differs from the 1996 Flag Over Porch printed by Stamp Venturers only in the perforation measurement and in the absence of a liner or backing paper. Instead of a peel-off backing paper, the front of the linerless stamps received a special silicone coating to prevent the self-adhesive stamps from sticking to one another when coiled.