Photo at right is a plate strip of 11, with the plate numbered stamp centered in the strip and a
non-numbered stamp at top and bottom.

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39¢ Crops of the Americas
(Sennett Security Products)
Self Adhesive Coil of 100 (5 designs)

Scott # 4005	Plate # S1111
Scott # 4007a	Strip of 5 or 11 with plate # S1111
Series	USPS - NA ~ PNC3 - Flora and Fauna
Issue Date & City	March 16, 2006, New York, NY 10199 (Mega Stamps Show)
Nationwide Sale	March 17, 2006
Designer	Phil Jordan, Falls Church, VA
Art Director	Phil Jordan, Falls Church, VA
Typographer	Phil Jordan, Falls Church, VA
Artist	Steve Buchanan, Winstead, CT
Engraver	Southern Graphics
Modeler	Donald H. Woo
To Press / Initial Quantity	Winter 2005 / 1 Billion stamps
Coil Size	100
Printer	Sennett Security Products, (SSP)
Press	Cerutti, 950
Process	Gravure
Where Printed	American Packaging Corporation, Columbus, WI
Where Processed	Unique Binders, Fredericksburg, VA
Plate Size & Interval	950 stamps per revolution / plate # every 25 stamps
Paper Type	Prephosphored, Type II, Surface Coated
Adhesive Type	Pressure Sensitive
Tagging Type	Prephosphored, Uneven Tagging
Die Cut Gauge	10.2 Horizontally (Peak/Valley - Valley/Peak)
Colors	Magenta, Yellow, Cyan, Black
Image Size (w x h)	0.81 x 0.72 in. / 20.57 x 18.29 mm
Overall Size (w x h)	0.96 x 0.87 in. / 24.38 x 22.10 mm
Back Numbers	None
Earliest Known Use	March 3, 2006 (Linn's - 10 July)
USPS Order Numbers	784140 PSA Coil of 100 - $39.00 784163 First Day Cover - $3.85
Availability	Most post offices nationwide
Official Announcement	The Postal Service will issue Crops of the Americas definitive stamps in five designs, on March 16, 2006, in New York City at the Mega Stamp Show.  The First-Day-of-Issue ceremony will take place at the Mega Stamp Show. The stamps, designed by Phil Jordan, Falls Church, VA go on sale nationwide March 17, 2006.     These stamps will be available in three formats: ·         PSA vending booklet of 20 (Item 675700). ·         Pressure-sensitive (PSA) double-sided booklet of 20 (Item 675800). ·         PSA coil of 100 (Item 784100).   Artist Steve Buchanan, Winsted, Connecticut, created each of the five stamp designs. As reference, he used slide photographs made by his wife Rita Buchanan's research in the late 1970s on indigenous agricultural methods in the southwestern United States.   The crops depicted in the stamps - corn, chili peppers, beans, squashes, and sunflowers - had been cultivated in the Americas for centuries when Europeans first arrived in the New World.
Press Release	Click here for the story
Note	These stamps come in a stick of 10 coils with a cardboard core.  Scott lists a strip of 5 and a strip of 11 as 4007a.  The strip of 11 is pictured to the right. Below are the Scott numbers for the individual stamps in the strip: • 4003 - 39¢ Crops of the Americas - Chili peppers • 4004 - 39¢ Crops of the Americas - Beans • 4005 - 39¢ Crops of the Americas - Sunflower and seeds      This stamp exists with and without a plate number. • 4006 - 39¢ Crops of the Americas - Squashes • 4007 - 39¢ Crops of the Americas - Corn
Note	These stamps come in a stick of 10 coils. Click here for a scan of a stick of  3.