On October 3, 2018, in Santa Fe, NM, the U.S. Postal Service® will issue the “Madonna and Child” by Bachiacca stamp (Forever® priced at the First-Class Mail® rate) in one design, in a pressure-sensitive adhesive booklet of 20 stamps (Item 682200). The stamp will go on sale nationwide October 3, 2018, and must not be sold or canceled before the first-day-of-issue.
This Christmas stamp features a detail of Madonna and Child, an oil-and-gold-on-panel painting by Italian Renaissance artist Francesco d’Ubertino Verdi (1494–1557), known as Bachiacca. Dating from the early 1520s, the painting is part of the Jack and Belle Linsky Collection at the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York City. William J. Gicker served as art director for this stamp, and Greg Breeding was the designer.
Issue: | “Madonna and Child” by Bachiacca Stamp |
Item Number: | 682200 |
Denomination &
Type of Issue: | First-Class Mail Forever |
Format: | Double-Sided Booklet of 20 (1 design) |
Series: | N/A |
Issue Date & City: | October 3, 2018, Santa Fe, NM 87501 |
Art Director: | William J. Gicker, Washington, DC |
Designer: | Greg Breeding, Charlotesville, VA |
Typographer: | Greg Breeding, Charlottesville, VA |
Existing Art: | Bachiacca |
Modeler: | Sandra Lane/Michelle Finn |
Manufacturing Process: | Offset, Microprint |
Printer: | Banknote Corporation of America |
Press Type: | Alprinta 74 |
Stamps per Booklet: | 20 |
Print Quantity: | 300,000,000 stamps |
Paper Type: | Phosphor Tagged Paper, Block Tag |
Adhesive Type: | Pressure-sensitive |
Processed at: | Banknote Corporation of America |
Colors: | Pantone 8003, Cyan, Magenta, Yellow, Black |
Stamp Orientation: | Vertical |
Image Area (w x h): | 0.77 x 1.05 in./19.558 x 26.67 mm |
Stamp Size (w x h): | 0.91 x 1.19 in./23.114 x 30.226 mm |
Full Booklet Size (w x h): | 5.743 x 2.375 in./145.872 x 60.325 mm |
Press Sheet Size (w x h): | 11.486 x 9.5 in./ 291.74 x 241.3 mm |
Plate Size: | 800 stamps per revolution |
Plate Numbers: | “B” followed by five (5) single digits |
Marginal Markings: | |
Front: | Header: “Madonna and Child by Bachiacca” Twenty First-Class Forever Stamps • USPS logo • Barcode • Plate number in peel strip area |
Back: | ©2018 USPS in peel strip area • Promotional text in peel strip area |
