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POSTAL BULLETIN 22164 (9-29-05)
DISTINGUISHED MARINES STAMPS CAMP PENDELTON
CANCELLATION
MPO
1895 AVENIDA DEL ORO
OCEANSIDE CA 92056-9998
How to Order First Day Covers
Stamp Fulfillment Services also offers first day covers
for new stamp issues and Postal Service stationery items
postmarked with the official first day of issue cancellation.
Each item has an individual catalog number and is offered
in the quarterly USA Philatelic catalog. Customers may request
a free catalog by calling 800-STAMP-24 or writing to:
INFORMATION FULFILLMENT
DEPT 6270
US POSTAL SERVICE
PO BOX 219014
KANSAS CITY MO 64121-9014
Philatelic Products
There are two philatelic products available for this stamp
issue:
First Day Cover (Set of 4) $3.00 (Item 458963).
Cancellation Keepsake (Cover/Pane) $10.40,
(Item 458993).
These products will be available while supplies last at
postal stores, online at www.usps.com, and by telephone at
800-STAMP-24.
Distribution: Item 458900, 37-cent Distinguished
Marines PSA Pane of 20 Stamps
Stamp distribution offices (SDOs) will receive approximately
two-thirds of their standard automatic distribution
quantity for a PSA sheet stamp. Distributions are rounded
up to the nearest master carton size (40,000 stamps).
UPDATED ANNOUNCEMENT 05-F
2005 Stamps and Postal Stationery
“2005 Stamps and Postal Stationery” (Announcement
05-F, September 2005), which appears on page 115,
replaces the quarterly announcement of the same name,
previously printed and sent to customers on request
through Stamp Fulfillment Services in Kansas City. The announcement
is a listing of stamps and postal stationery
items scheduled for issuance during calendar year 2005.
Post Offices may wish to post this schedule on their bulletin
boards.
Customers may also access the Postal Bulletin through
the Postal Service Web site at www.usps.com; click on
About USPS & News, then Forms & Publications, then
Postal Bulletin.
Initial Supply to Post Offices
113
SDOs will make a subsequent automatic distribution to
Post Offices of a one-half their standard automatic distribution
quantity using PS Form 17, Stamp Requisition/Stamp
Return. SDOs must not distribute stamps to Post Offices
before November 4, 2005.
Philatelic Requirement
SDOs will not receive a separate quantity Item 458900
for their authorized philatelic centers. Philatelic centers
must be supplied their quantities from the initial automatic
distribution made to SDOs.
Additional Supply
Post Offices requiring additional stamps must requisition
Item 458900 from their designated SDO using PS Form 17.
SDOs requiring additional stamps must order them from
the appropriate accountable paper depository (APD) using
PS Form 17.
For fulfilling supplemental orders from SDOs, the Memphis,
Chicago, New York, and San Francisco APDs will
each receive 1,000,000 additional stamps; and the Denver
APD will receive 400,000 additional stamps.
Sales Policy
All Post Offices must acquire and maintain a supply of
each new commemorative stamp as long as customer demand
exists, until inventory is depleted, or until the stamp is
officially withdrawn from sale. If supplies run low, Post Offices
must reorder additional quantities using their normal
ordering procedures.
— Stamp Services,
Government Relations, 9-29-05
This announcement will be updated every 2 to 3 months,
as changes warrant.
How to Order First Day of Issue Cancellations
and Covers
Customers may purchase new stamps or postal stationery
items at their Post Office, from the USA Philatelic catalog,
by calling 800-STAMP-24, or online at www.usps.com
by clicking on Buy Stamps & Shop. Then they should prepare
their own covers by affixing new stamps to the upperright
corner of envelopes or postcards of their choice, and
address those envelopes, postcards, or postal stationery
items to themselves or others. (Postage must equal the