1997 Flag Over Porch, bk pane 5+ label
# 2921d - 1997 Flag Over Porch, bk pane 5+ label
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US #2921d
1997 Flag Over Porch
- Booklet pane of 5 plus a label
- From self-adhesive booklet pane of 15
- Produced by Bureau of Engraving and Printing
- Additional versions were released over two years
Category of Stamp: Definitive
Value: 32¢, First-Class Mail rate
First Day of Issue: January 24, 1997
First Day City: Tucson, Arizona
Printed by: Bureau of Engraving and Printing
Printing Method/Format: Photogravure. One pane of 10 and one pane of 5, from cylinders of 360 subjects (15 across, 24 down)
Perforations: Die Cut
Reason the stamp was issued: This booklet pane of five stamps and a label shares a design with stamps issued in sheet, booklet, and coil formats to fulfill the First-Class mail rate. The Flag Over Porch stamps were first issued in 1996.
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 small red “1997” sets this stamp apart from other Flag over Porch stamps produced in previous years.
About the printing process: Avery Dennison produced self-adhesive coil and booklet stamps. 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: There was no official First day of Issue ceremony for this stamp. They were released at the Aripex 97 stamp show.
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 #2921d
1997 Flag Over Porch
- Booklet pane of 5 plus a label
- From self-adhesive booklet pane of 15
- Produced by Bureau of Engraving and Printing
- Additional versions were released over two years
Category of Stamp: Definitive
Value: 32¢, First-Class Mail rate
First Day of Issue: January 24, 1997
First Day City: Tucson, Arizona
Printed by: Bureau of Engraving and Printing
Printing Method/Format: Photogravure. One pane of 10 and one pane of 5, from cylinders of 360 subjects (15 across, 24 down)
Perforations: Die Cut
Reason the stamp was issued: This booklet pane of five stamps and a label shares a design with stamps issued in sheet, booklet, and coil formats to fulfill the First-Class mail rate. The Flag Over Porch stamps were first issued in 1996.
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 small red “1997” sets this stamp apart from other Flag over Porch stamps produced in previous years.
About the printing process: Avery Dennison produced self-adhesive coil and booklet stamps. 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: There was no official First day of Issue ceremony for this stamp. They were released at the Aripex 97 stamp show.
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.