Castillo de San Marcos

Release Date:  24 January 2021

Issue City:  St. Augustine, Florida 32084

Priority Mail Rate (USD $7.95) Stamp

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Priority Mail Rate Pre-Stamped Envelope

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Sheet Version:

Issue: Brush Rabbit Stamp
Item Number: 121100
Denomination &Type of Issue: Non-denominated Additional Ounce Rate
Format: Pane of 20 (1 design)
Series: N/A
Issue Date & City: January 24, 2021, Sacramento, CA
Art Director: Ethel Kessler, Bethesda, MD
Designer: Ethel Kessler, Bethesda, MD
Typographer: Ethel Kessler, Bethesda, MD
Existing Art: Dugald Stermer
Modeler: Joseph Sheeran
Manufacturing Process: Offset, Microprint
Printer: Ashton Potter (USA) Ltd. (APU)
Press Type: Muller A76
Stamps per Pane: 20
Print Quantity: 50,000,000 stamps
Paper Type: Nonphosphored Type III, Block Tag
Adhesive Type: Pressure-sensitive
Colors: Black, Cyan, Magenta, Yellow, PMS 7529 C Grey
Stamp Orientation: Vertical
Image Area (w x h): 0.73 x 0.84 in./18.542 x 21.336 mm
Overall Size (w x h): 0.87 x 0.98 in./22.098 x 24.892 mm
Full Pane Size (w x h): 5.35 x 4.93 in./135.89 x 125.222 mm
Plate Size: 400 stamps per revolution
Plate Number: “P” followed by five (5) single digits
Marginal Markings:
Front: Plate number in four corners of pane
Back: ©2020 USPS • USPS Logo • Two barcodes (121100) • Plate position diagram (10) • Promotional text
Coil Version:

Issue: Brush Rabbit Stamp
Item Number: 740300
Denomination &Type of Issue: Non-denominated Additional Ounce Rate
Format: Coil of 100
Series: N/A
Issue Date & City: January 24, 2021, Sacramento, CA
Art Director: Ethel Kessler, Bethesda, MD
Designer: Ethel Kessler, Bethesda, MD
Typographer: Ethel Kessler, Bethesda, MD
Existing Art: Dugald Stermer
Modeler: Joseph Sheeran
Manufacturing Process: Offset, Microprint
Printer: Ashton Potter (USA) Ltd. (APU)
Press Type: Muller A76
Stamps per Coil: 100
Print Quantity: 60,000,000 stamps
Paper Type: Nonphosphored Type III, Block Tag
Adhesive Type: Pressure-sensitive
Stamp Orientation: Vertical
Image Area (w x h): 0.73 x 0.84 in./18.542 x 21.336 mm
Stamp Size (w x h): 0.87096 x 0.98 in./21.122 x 24.892 mm
Coil Size (w x h): 87.00 x 0.98 in./2209.80 x 24.892 mm
Colors: Black, Cyan, Magenta, Yellow, PMS 7529 C Grey
Plate Size: 744 stamps per revolution
Plate Number: “P” followed by five (5) single digits
Coil Number Frequency: Plate number every 32nd stamp below stamp image

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