#2907 – 1996 10c Eagle and Shield, self-adhesive coil

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US #2907
1996 Eagle and Shield

  • Fourth stamp to use Eagle and Shield design
  •  First Self-adhesive with this design
  •  Intended for Bulk Rate mail

Category of Stamp:  Definitive
Value:  10¢, Third-Class Bulk Rate
First Day of Issue:  May 21, 1996
First Day City:  Washington, DC
Quantity Issued:  450,000,000
Printed by:  Stamp Venturers
Printing Method/Format:  Photogravure. Coils of 10,000, from printing cylinders of 252 subjects (12 across, 21 down)
Perforations:  Die Cut

Reason the stamp was issued:  The Eagle and Shield self-adhesive stamp was issued for bulk mailers to use instead of a stamped envelope.

About the stamp design:  The design for this stamp was first used in 1991.  This stamp represents the fourth time the same design was used, but the first time it was issued as self-adhesive.  It features the artwork of Christopher Calle, the artist behind some of America’s space stamps.

Special design details:  The 1996 self-adhesive Eagle and Shield stamp has the year date below the design.  When Stamp Venturers printed this stamp with water-activated gum in 1993, there was no date.

First Day City:  There was no First Day of Issue ceremony for this stamp.

 
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US #2907
1996 Eagle and Shield

  • Fourth stamp to use Eagle and Shield design
  •  First Self-adhesive with this design
  •  Intended for Bulk Rate mail

Category of Stamp:  Definitive
Value:  10¢, Third-Class Bulk Rate
First Day of Issue:  May 21, 1996
First Day City:  Washington, DC
Quantity Issued:  450,000,000
Printed by:  Stamp Venturers
Printing Method/Format:  Photogravure. Coils of 10,000, from printing cylinders of 252 subjects (12 across, 21 down)
Perforations:  Die Cut

Reason the stamp was issued:  The Eagle and Shield self-adhesive stamp was issued for bulk mailers to use instead of a stamped envelope.

About the stamp design:  The design for this stamp was first used in 1991.  This stamp represents the fourth time the same design was used, but the first time it was issued as self-adhesive.  It features the artwork of Christopher Calle, the artist behind some of America’s space stamps.

Special design details:  The 1996 self-adhesive Eagle and Shield stamp has the year date below the design.  When Stamp Venturers printed this stamp with water-activated gum in 1993, there was no date.

First Day City:  There was no First Day of Issue ceremony for this stamp.