On August 6, 2021, in Highlands, NJ, the United States Postal Service® will issue the Mid-Atlantic Lighthouses stamps (Forever® priced at the First-Class Mail® rate) in five designs, in a pressure-sensitive adhesive (PSA) pane of 20 stamps (Item 481000). These stamps will go on sale nationwide August 6, 2021, and must not be sold or canceled before the first-day-of-issue. The Mid-Atlantic Lighthouses pane of 20 stamps may not be split and the stamps may not be sold individually.
The Postal Service™ concludes its long-running series celebrating American lighthouses with five new stamps honoring mid-Atlantic lighthouses. Each stamp features an original acrylic painting of one of the following lighthouses:
Thomas Point Shoal, Maryland;
Montauk Point, New York;
Harbor of Refuge, Delaware;
Navesink, New Jersey; and
Erie Harbor, Pennsylvania.
Howard Koslow (1924–2016) was the artist for these stamps as well as previous issuances in the Lighthouses series. Mid-Atlantic Lighthouses were the last stamps he illustrated for the Postal Service. Greg Breeding art directed the project.
Issue:
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Mid-Atlantic Lighthouses Stamps
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Item Number:
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481000
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Denomination & Type of Issue:
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First-Class Mail Forever
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Format:
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Pane of 20 (5 designs)
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Series:
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Lighthouses
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Issue Date & City:
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August 6, 2021, Highlands, NJ 07732
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Art Director:
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Greg Breeding, Charlottesville, VA
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Designer:
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Greg Breeding, Charlottesville, VA
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Artist
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Howard Koslow
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Modeler:
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Sandra Lane / Michelle Finn
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Manufacturing Process:
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Offset
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Printer:
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Banknote Corporation of America
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Press Type:
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Alprinta 74
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Stamps per Pane:
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20
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Print Quantity:
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40,000,000 stamps
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Paper Type:
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Phosphor, Block Tag
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Adhesive Type:
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Pressure-sensitive
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Colors:
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Black, Cyan, Magenta, Yellow
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Stamp Orientation:
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Vertical
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Image Area (w x h):
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0.84 x 1.42 in. / 21.336 x 36.068 mm
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Overall Size (w x h):
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0.98 x 1.56 in. / 24.892 x 39.624 mm
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Full Pane Size (w x h):
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5.92 x 7.5 in. / 150.368 x 190.5 mm
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Press Sheets Size (w x h):
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11.84 x 22.5 in. / 300.736 X 571.5 mm
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Plate Size:
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240 stamps per revolution
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Plate Number:
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“B” followed by four (4) single digits in bottom two corners
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Marginal Markings:
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Front:
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Header: Mid-Atlantic Lighthouses: Seventh In A Series • Plate number in bottom two corners
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Back:
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©2020 USPS • USPS logo • 2 barcodes (481000) • Plate position diagram (6) • Promotional text
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