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Simpsons Postage Stamps United States Postal Cards Created and Maintained by Bruce Gomes Sr. |
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United States Postal Service
Postal cards were sold in sets of 20. Below we list individual cards, followed by the set, the credits for this issue & sets with a cachet sold by independent companies. |
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| All stamps and postal icons are copyright 2009 United States Postal Service. All Rights Reserved. Any reproduction, duplication or distribution is prohibited. These web pages, its operators and any content contained herein related to USPS are not authorized by the postal service. The ArtCraft logo and all ArtCraft cachets are copyright 2009 by The Washington Press. All Simpsons images are TM and copyright 2009 Twentieth Century Fox Film Corporation. All Rights Reserved. |
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Homer Simpson Postal Card
Scott: #UX557 Denomination: $.28 Size: 15.1 cm x 10.5 cm Date of Issue: May 7, 2009 Stamp image printed on post card Front: Homer: D'oh! Back: The Simpsons Homer Simpson is the safety inspector at Springfield's Nuclear plant, which has gone a full three days without an accident. He loves his family, donuts and beer, though not neccessarily in that order. |
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Marge Simpson Postal Card
Scott: #UX558 Denomination: $.28 Size: 15.1 cm x 10.5 cm Date of Issue: May 7, 2009 Stamp image printed on post card Front: Marge: If I wasn't a housewife, I think I'd be a homemaker. The Simpsons Marge Simpson is the backbone of the family, and as such, gets stretched and squeeezed, but is always there with hot cocoa and a warm hug for all. |
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Bart Simpson Postal Card
Scott: #UX559 Denomination: $.28 Size: 15.1 cm x 10.5 cm Date of Issue: May 7, 2009 Stamp image printed on post card Front: Bart: Don't have a cow, man! Back: The Simpsons At heart, Bart is a good kid with a few bad ideas, a couple of really bad ideas, and one or two that are still being reviewed by attorneys. |
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Lisa Simpson Postal Card
Scott: #UX560 Denomination: $.28 Size: 15.1 cm x 10.5 cm Date of Issue: May 7, 2009 Stamp image printed on post card Front: Lisa: Sometimes I pray my real family will take me away. Back: The Simpsons Lisa Simpson is a vegan, a lover of the blues, and an all-around know-it-all. If you are looking for a pen-pal who writes back promptly and uses complete sentences, send this card to her. |
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Maggie Simpson Postal Card
Scott: #UX561 Denomination: $.28 Size: 15.1 cm x 10.5 cm Date of Issue: May 7, 2009 Stamp image printed on post card Front: Maggie: (suck, suck..) Back: The Simpsons An infant who cannot talk, Maggie nonetheless leads a rich, exciting life, and is undoubtedly the happiest Simpson. |
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Simpsons
Scott: #UX561a Denomination: $.28 x 5 USPS Item No.: 679066 (for set of 20) Size: 16.6 cm x 10.5 cm x .6 cm Price: $14.95 for set of 20 cards Date of Issue: May 7, 2009 The set of twenty is glued at the top into a booklet with a separate front and back cover (shown to the left and right) and are perforated at top; the postal card removed at the perforation is 15.1 cm x 10.5 cm. The inside front and back cover is blank. |
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Credits and Specifications |
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Simpsons
Design: Matt Groening, Native of Portland, Oregon Art Director: Derry Noyes, Washington, DC Typography: Provided by William Clarke, Fox Licensing Modeler: Joseph Sheeran of Ashton-Potter Ltd. Printing: Offset-printed on an Heidelberg Speedmaster press Printer: Sterling Sommer Printed at: Tonawanda, NY Finishers: Ashton Potter (USA) Ltd. (APU) Finished at: Williamsville, NY Print quantity: 601,200 cards, i.e., 120,240 booklets Paper Type: Nonphosphored, Type III, Block Colors: Cyan, Magenta, Yellow, Black, PMS 116 (Yellow) [Pantone Matching System 116 is Simpsons Yellow] Image Area (w x h): 4.125 x 5.93 in./104.78 x 150.62 mm Overall Size (w x h): 4.125 x 6.555 in./104.78 x 166.50 mm Plate Size: 18 cards per revolution |
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ArtCraft Set
In addition to the usual First Day Covers ArtCraft also offerred a Postal Card First Day Cover set. |
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Simpsons
Scott: #UX557 - UX561 Denomination: $.28 x 5 Type: First Day Covers Date of Issue: May 7, 2009 Cachet: ArtCraft All five cards featured the black and white cachet shown below with the Simpsons First Day of Issue postmark. (UX561 Maggie shown below) |
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Definitions, Notes & Thanks! |
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United States | ||
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Commemoratives (2009) |
Postal Cards (2009) |
First Day Covers (2009) |
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Other Official (2009) |
Art Prints (2009) |
Special Postmarks (2009) |
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Other Countries |
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Australia (2005) |
Romania (2004) |
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Kyrgyzstan (2000) |
Mauritania (2003) |
Soviet Republics (1999, 2001) |
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Congo (2004) |
China (2009) |
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| All stamps and postal icons are copyright 2009 United States Postal Service. All Rights Reserved. Any reproduction, duplication or distribution is prohibited. These web pages, its operators and any content contained herein related to USPS are not authorized by the postal service. The ArtCraft logo and all ArtCraft cachets are copyright 2009 by The Washington Press. All Simpsons images are TM and copyright 2009 Twentieth Century Fox Film Corporation. All Rights Reserved. |
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