Santa and Sleigh Stamps 2012

The U.S. Postal Service’s® holiday stamps for 2012 fea­ture a “classic” image of Santa and his reindeer circling around snow-covered rooftops. The scene is composed of four different stamp designs in two rows of two stamps each. Art director Howard E. Paine worked with illustrations by Paul Rogers in creating these gems. Stamp distribution offices (SDOs) and stamp distribu­tion centers (SDCs) will receive their standard automatic distribution quantity for a PSA booklet stamp. Distributions are rounded up to the nearest master carton size of 4,000 booklets.

Issue: Santa and Sleigh Item Number: 679800 Denomination & Type of Issue: First-Class Mail Forever Format: Double-sided Booklet of 20 (4 designs) Series: Holiday Celebrations Issue Date & City: October 11, 2012, New York, NY 10199 (Mega Stamp Show) Designer: Howard E. Paine, Delaplane, VA Typographer: Howard E. Paine, Delaplane, VA Art Director: Howard E. Paine, Delaplane, VA Artist: Paul Rogers, Pasadena, CA Modeler: Joseph Sheeran Manufacturing Process: Offset, Microprint, “USPS” Printer: Ashton Potter (USA) Ltd. (APU) Printed at: Williamsville, NY Print Quantity: 750 million stamps Processed at: Ashton Potter (USA) Ltd. Press Type: Mueller Martini, A76 Stamps per Booklet: 20 Paper Type: Nonphosphored, Type III Adhesive Type: Pressure-sensitive Colors: Black, Cyan, Magenta, Yellow Stamp Orientation: Horizontal Image Area (w x h): 1.05 x 0.77 in./26.67 x 19.56 mm Overall Size (w x h): 1.19 x 0.91 in./30.23 x 23.11 mm Booklet Size (w x h): 2.38 x 5.76 in./60.45 x 146.30 mm Plate Size: 880 stamps per revolution Plate Numbers: “P” followed by four (4) single digits Marginal Markings: Cover Side: Header: “SANTA and SLEIGH” • Twenty First-Class Forever® Stamps • Barcode (015645 679801) • © 2011 USPS in peel strip area • Plate block number in peel strip area