1¢ Bobcat PSA Coil of 10,000 (U.S. 2015)

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bobcat2015This version of the stamp will be issued February 21 at the ARIPEX stamp show in Mesa. An earlier version of this design is shown here.

From the January 8th Postal Bulletin:

On February 21, 2015, in Mesa, AZ, the U.S. Postal Service® will issue a 1-cent Bobcat mail-use stamp in one design, in a pressure-sensitive adhesive (PSA) coil of 10,000 stamps (Item 786900).

The stamp will go on sale nationwide February 21, 2015.

In 2012, the U.S. Postal Service first issued the Bobcat 1-cent stamp in coils of 3,000. Bobcats (Lynx rufus) are members of the feline family found across America. The stamp art is a highly stylized digital image of a bobcat with golden eyes, a pink nose, and fur in shades of brown. Nancy Stahl illustrated the stamp, under the direction of Carl T. Herrman.

How to Order the First-Day-of-Issue Postmark:
Customers have 60 days to obtain the first-day-of-issue postmark by mail. They may purchase new stamps at their local Post Office, at The Postal Store® website at http://www.usps.com/shop, or by calling 800-STAMP-24. They should affix the stamps to envelopes of their choice, address the envelopes (to themselves or others), and place them in a larger envelope addressed to:

1¢ Bobcat Stamp
Postmaster
Main Post Office
135 North Center Street
Mesa, AZ 85201-9998

After applying the first-day-of-issue postmark, the Postal Service will return the envelopes through the mail. There is no charge for the postmark up to a quantity of 50. For more than 50, customers have to pay five cents each. All orders must be postmarked by April 22, 2015.

There is one philatelic product for this stamp issue:
786916 First-Day Cover, $0.94.

Technical Specifications:
Issue: Bobcat Stamp
Item Number: 786900
Denomination & Type of Issue: 1-cent Mail-Use
Format: Coil of 10,000 (1 design)
Series: N/A
Issue Date & City: February 21, 2015, Mesa, AZ 85201
Art Director: Carl T Herman, Carlsbad, CA
Designer: Carl T Herman, Carlsbad, CA
Typographer: Carl T Herman, Carlsbad, CA
Artist: Nancy Stahl, New York, NY
Modeler: Joseph Sheeran
Manufacturing Process: Offset, Microprint — “USPS”
Printer: Ashton Potter (USA) Ltd. (APU)
Printed at: Williamsville, NY
Press Type: Muller A76
Stamps per Coil: 10,000
Print Quantity: 500 million stamps
Paper Type: Nonphosphored, Type III
Adhesive Type: Pressure-sensitive adhesive
Processed at: Ashton Potter (USA) Ltd. (APU)
Colors: Black, Cyan, Magenta, Yellow
Stamp Orientation: Vertical
Image Area (w x h): 0.73 x 0.84 in./18.54 x 21.34 mm
Stamp Size (w x h): 0.87 x 0.98 in./22.10 x 24.89 mm
Plate Size: 594 stamps per revolution
Plate Numbers: “P” followed by four (4) single digits
Marginal Markings: © 2012 Copyright • Sequential numbering in increments of 10 located behind every 10th stamp throughout the coil • plate number frequency every 27th stamp

4 thoughts on “1¢ Bobcat PSA Coil of 10,000 (U.S. 2015)”

    • Don’t believe everything you read on the internet, especially on the online USPS Postal Store. The 05 suffix on the SKU indicates that it is a COIL of 100, not a SHEET of 100 (BTW, the USPS no longer produces sheets of 100).

  2. Interestingly, the same page at the USPS website shows the first-day date as both February 20th and 21st, within three lines! (Click on “show more.”) The FDC shown for sale (preorder) is of the coil version.

  3. On my stamps, coils, the microprinting on the bobcat’s leg is USPS. 2015 is top right and not micro. Is there a pane of these stamps, or just coils?

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