Grapes Stamps

Grapes Stamps

Additional Postage 5¢ | Multiple Formats

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Issue Date: 2/19/2016

This is the 5 cent additional postage stamp of Grapes.

Denominated rates guarantee postage at the face value and should be used as additional postage for oversized, overweight, or other special service mail.

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  • In 2016, the U.S. Postal Service® issues Grapes, a five-cent definitive stamp.

    Two clusters of deep-purple Pinot noir grapes are depicted growing on vines among several green leaves. The artist used pen and ink and watercolor to produce the original art.

    A member of the genus Vitis, grapes have been cultivated for thousands of years dating back to the very beginning of civilization. Grapes can be eaten as a table fruit, dried to produce raisins, or crushed to make wine or juice. According to the Department of Agriculture, 7.8 million tons of grapes were grown commercially in the U.S. in 2014.

    The Pinot noir grapes pictured in the stamp art are aptly named. The deep-purple fruit-noir, French for “black”-grow in tight clusters shaped like a pinecone; pinot is a variant of pineau, the diminutive of pin, which means “pine” in French. The name refers to both the grape and the wine it produces.

    Believed to be one of the oldest cultivated grapes in the Vitis genus, the Pinot noir grape can produce one of the most highly prized and elegant wines in the world. Once thought to grow well only in Burgundy, France, the Pinot noir grape is now successfully grown in cooler climates around the world, including areas of the United States-northern California, New York, and Oregon, among others.

    Art director Derry Noyes designed this stamp with an existing illustration by John Burgoyne.

    Made in the USA

  • Issue:Grapes
    Item Number:781900
    Denomination & Type of Issue:5-cent Denominated
    Format:Coil of 10,000, 1 design
    Series:N⁄A
    Issue Date & City:February 19, 2016, Kansas City, MO 64108
    Art Director:Derry Noyes, Washington, DC
    Designer:Derry Noyes, Washington, DC
    Typographer:Derry Noyes, Washington, DC
    Existing Photos:John Burgoyne, West Barnstable, MA
    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:10000
    Print Quantity:150,000,000 stamps
    Paper Type:Nonphosphored Type III
    Adhesive Type:Pressure-sensitive
    Processed at:Ashton Potter (USA) Ltd. (APU)
    Colors:Black, Cyan, Magenta, Yellow, PMS 7667 C Purple, PMS Warm Grey #4
    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 six (6) single digits
    Coil Number Frequency:Plate numbers every 27th stamp below stamp image

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