World Stamp Show-NY 2016 Folio (U.S. 2016)

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Updated October 13th: According to the October 13th Postal Bulletin, local post offices may now order this folio for sale, although they may not sell less than the entire product.

Unveiling the stamps at the first-day ceremony:wssstamps_unveilFrom left to right: CSAC member Cheryl Ganz; Randy L. Neil, editor, American Stamp Dealer and Collector Magazine; David McKinney, American Philatelic Society Young Philatelic Leaders Fellowship (2012); Ambassador Robert E. Lamb, American Topical Association Board of Directors; James Cochrane, Chief Marketing and Sales Officer and Executive VP, U.S. Postal Service; Laurie Timmons, Northeast Area Marketing Manager, USPS; Janet Klug, Chair, CSAC;Antonio Alcala, USPS art director for this issue; Michael Dyer, stamp design artist. Ceremony photographs courtesy USPS.

[press release]
U.S. Postal Service Dedicates World Stamp Show-NY 2016 Forever Stamp Folio

NEW YORK CITY — The U.S. Postal Service dedicated a Forever Stamp Folio celebrating World Stamp Show-NY 2016, which opened today at the Jacob Javits Convention Center in New York City and continues through June 4. The United States plays host to the sanctioned international stamp show only once every 10 years, the first since being held in Washington in 2006.

wssstamps_cochrane“Whether you’re a seasoned collector or you’re new to the hobby, these stamps will serve as a wonderful souvenir of the show,” said U.S. Postal Service Chief Marketing and Sales Officer Jim Cochrane while dedicating the new stamps. “The show gives visitors the unique opportunity to meet with thousands of fellow philatelists, expand their own collections and gain a greater appreciation of the many stamps and collections on display from around the world,” added Cochrane.

wssstamps_neilTo add to the excitement and appeal for stamp collectors, these new stamps have been printed in intaglio – line engraving reminiscent of fine 19th-century stamps and banknotes. These stamps will be sold only at the stamp show in New York, and through mail, telephone and online ordering channels for those unable to attend the show. The stamps will not be available through local Post Offices. They will be sold only as a complete set / Folio of 24 stamps, and the price is $11.28 (24 X $0.47). (Photo left: Randy Neil, editor, American Stamp Dealer & Collector, who as a boy wssstamps_lambattended the last “international” held in New York, FIPEX, in 1956. Photo right: Bob Lamb, former executive director, American Philatelic Society.)

The stamps are produced as an elegant folio presenting two panes of stamps, similar in design to the stamps issued in 2015 to announce World Stamp Show-NY 2016. The intaglio printing reverses the colors on the earlier stamps. The 2016 stamps have a white background and the intricate lines and ornamentation appear in blue or red. One pane features red stamps with a blue selvage, while the other pane has blue stamps and a red selvage. Verso text provides details about the show. Antonio Alcalá served as art director and Michael Dyer was both designer and typographer for the stamp pane.

Updated May 26th from the Postal Bulletin:

Technical Specifications:

s_wss_sheetIssue: World Stamp Show-NY 2016 Folio
Item Number: 586900
Denomination & Type of Issue: First-Class Mail Forever®
Format: Folio of 24 (2 designs)
Series: N⁄A
Issue Date & City: May 28, 2016, New York, NY 10199
Designer: Michael Dyer, Brooklyn, NY
Art Director: Antonio Alcalá, Alexandria, VA
Typographer: Michael Dyer, Brooklyn, NY
Modeler: Sandra Lane⁄Michelle Finn
Manufacturing Process: Intaglio, Offset
Printer: Banknote Corporation of America
Printed at: Browns Summit, NC
Press Type: Alprinta 74, Phoenix
Stamps per Folio: 24
Print Quantity: 9,600,000 stamps
Paper Type: Phosphor Tagged Paper, Overall
Adhesive Type: Pressure-sensitive
Processed at: Banknote Corporation of America, Browns Summit SC
Colors: PMS 7626⁄Red, 647⁄Blue
Stamp Orientation: Vertical
Image Area (w x h): 0.84 x 1.42 in.⁄21.33 x 36.06 mm
Overall Size (w x h): 0.98 x 1.56 in.⁄24.89 x 39.62 mm
Full Pane Size (w x h): 10.5 x 6.5 in.⁄266.7 x 165.10 mm
Press Sheets Size (w x h): 21.25 x 13.25 in.⁄ 539.75 x 336.55 mm
Plate Size: 96 stamps per revolution
Plate Numbers: N⁄A
Marginal Markings: Back:
© 2015 USPS • USPS logo • Verso: World Stamp Show logo • Barcode (586900) • Promotional text • Summary for “World Stamp Show-NY 2016” • Two World Stamp Show Seals

Updated May 11th, from the Postal Bulletin: The World Stamp Show NY-2016 folio will be available for purchase at the World Stamp Show on May 28. The folio can also be purchased through The Postal Store® website at http:⁄⁄www.usps.com⁄shop or by calling our toll-free number, 800-782-6724. These stamps will not be available for purchase at Postal Retail Units.

Note: Images and technical details for the World Stamp Show-NY 2016 folio will be provided when they become available.

Updated April 29th, with the official illustration of this product: s_wss_sheet

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Updated April 29th, from the Postal Bulletin:
On May 28, 2016, in New York, NY, the U.S. Postal Service® will issue the World Stamp Show NY-2016 folio (Forever® priced at 47 cents) in two designs, in a pressure-sensitive adhesive (PSA) pane of 24 stamps (Item 586900). The World Stamp Show NY-2016 folio may not be split, and the stamps may not be sold individually.

s_wss_sheetThe folio, which will appear in the May 12, 2016 edition of the Postal Bulletin (PB 22441), will go on sale nationwide May 28, 2016.

In 2016, the U.S. Postal Service continues a nearly century-long tradition of commemorating international philatelic exhibitions held every decade in the United States with specially designed issuances: stamps, souvenir sheets, and even covers. This year, the Postal Service™ celebrates World Stamp Show-NY 2016, an eight-day philatelic extravaganza that runs from May 28–June 4, 2016, in New York City, with the issuance of an elegant folio presenting two panes of stamps reminiscent of classic engraved 19th century newspaper periodical stamps and banknotes. Similar in design to the stamps issued in 2015 to announce World Stamp Show-NY 2016, these stamps are printed in intaglio, a process that reverses the colors on the stamps. The 2016 stamps have a white background and the intricate lines and ornamentation appear in blue or red. One pane features red stamps with a blue selvage, while the other pane has blue stamps and a red selvage. Verso text provides details about the show. Antonio Alcalá served as art director and Michael Dyer was both designer and typographer for the stamp pane.

Initial Supply to Post Offices: Item 586900, $11.28, World Stamp Show NY-2016 Folio (Forever priced at 47 cents) Commemorative PSA Pane of 24 Stamps:

There will be no initial supply to Post Offices™ as these stamps will only be available through The Postal Store® website at http:⁄⁄www.usps.com⁄shop or by calling 800-782-6724.

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 through The Postal Store website at http:⁄⁄www.usps.com⁄shop or by calling 800-782-6724. 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:

Special Events Coordinator
380 West 33rd Street
New York, NY 10199-9998

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. There is a 5-cent charge for each additional postmark over 50. All orders must be postmarked by July 28, 2016.

There are eight philatelic products for this stamp issue:

  • 586906, Press Sheet with Die-cut, $45.12 (print quantity 3,000)
  • 586910 Keepsake, $14.95
  • 586916 First-Day Cover (set of 2), $1.82
  • 586921 Digital Color Postmark (set of 2), $3.24
  • 586924 Framed Art, $49.95
  • 586929 2015 and 2016 Show Collector Keepsake, $28.95
  • 586930 Ceremony Program (random single), $6.95
  • 586933 Panel, $17.95

Technical details for the World Stamp Show NY-2016 folio will appear in the May 12, 2016 edition of the Postal Bulletin (PB 22441).

From the USPS:

2 designs on 2 panes
FDOI: May at the World Stamp Show – NYC 2016, Jacob Javits Center
Format: Two Panes of 12

s_wss_sheetThis souvenir sheet commemorates the decennial World Stamp Show that will be held from May 28 to June 4, 2016, at the Jacob Javits Convention Center in New York City. The design will be based on the two stamps issued in 2015 to announce the upcoming World Stamp Show-NY 2016 and inviting philatelists and amateur stamp enthusiasts to attend. Printed in Intaglio.

Note: Stamp Services chief Mary-Anne Penner told reporters that customers will have to buy both sheets. They will not be sold individually. -LdeV

Designer: Michael Dyer and Antonio Alcalá
Art Director: Antonio Alcalá

12 thoughts on “World Stamp Show-NY 2016 Folio (U.S. 2016)”

    • Is this the best design that the organizers could come up with? They are awful looking. If that’s the new creativity, then I’ll stay with the old and beautiful engraved stamps.

  2. From visiting USPS.COM for these stamps & philatelic items:
    The Souv. Sheet of 24 uses 58 6 904, but everything else uses 58 9 9xx.
    Page 21 of today’s postal bulletin has everything 58 6 9xx. Be careful
    of any orders you place, you may get the wrong stuff.

    • Upon Closer Look!!!
      The USPS.COM Site has Advance-Sales for the New Stamps to be issued in NYC, But All of the Philatelic Items Currently Listed are from GRAND RAPIDS MI in 2015, hence the USPS Item numbers 5899xx.
      The items marked 58 6 9xx are for the NYC show This Year (2016) and only pictures of the ‘Folio of 24 stamps’ have been released.
      So Look Closely Before you place an advance order.

  4. This will be a most difficult folio to collect due to it’s size and weight. On an 8 1/2 by 11 page it certainly will have to be folded to fit in the album. @#$%
    I recall a folio of submarines, of Louis and Clark and a couple of others that always seem to want to fall out of the album every time you open it. Ugly huh?

    Then there’s the issue, will it come form KC already folded? Will it have to be folded to fit on the page. Guess we’ll see when the spec’s are announced this Thur. When and only when it’s in hand can one figure out what kind of mount to use. Grrrrrrr!

  5. From: Lefty Dundee
    Sent: Friday, May 06
    To: Bessette, Maurice USPS Oneco CT
    Subject: NYC Stamp Show ‘package’?

    Hi, Will you have all of these for sale, after the show in NYC ends on June 3 ?
    ( Only the Planets and National Parks are on Auto-distribution. )

    586904 SS-24 11.28 World Stamp Show Red and Blue
    586704 SS-12 4.70 Repeal Stamp Act
    561104 SS-12 5.64 Service Cross Medals
    473604 SS-16 7.52 Planets
    586604 SS-4 1.88 Pluto & Marainer
    586804 SS-6 2.82 Classics Black and Blue
    560604 SS-16 7.52 National Parks
    681004 BK-20 9.40 Colorful Celibrations

    One of Each $50.76

    =====
    From: Bessette, Maurice USPS Oneco CT Tuesday, May 10

    We will NOT have the $11.28 and the $2.82. ( World Stamp Show and Classics )
    They will Only be Available from The Caves and At The Show. We WILL get the rest.
    Maurice

    NNNN

    • From the 28 APR Postal Bulletin:

      There will be NO INITIAL SUPPLY to Post Offices™ as these
      stamps will ONLY be available for ordering through The
      Postal Store® website at http://www.usps.com/shop, by
      calling 800-782-6724, or at the World Stamp Show.

      • From Postal Bulletin 13 OCT 2016 page 51. The Classics and World Stamp Show NYC 2016 stamps will be available for purchase at Postal Retail Units, not Just Stamp Fullfillment Services. ( The Caves. ) I’m Reasonably certian that the Postmaster Must Order them, they will not be Automatically Distributed. ( Pushed )

  6. error Mariner went to Mars. Spacecraft on these stamps is the New Horizon.
    (showing my age…)

  7. From Postal Bulletin 26 May Image of full folio of 24 and tech details.
    Again, This Folio and the 6 Classics stamps Will Not be sent to your local post office for purchase. They Will Only be At The Show in NYC, via USPS.COM, or (800)STAMP24. (Depending on how many they have left after the show, some MAY be sent to Philatelic Windows at select Post Offices. At The moment, all of my contacts say no.)

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