(STAMP COLLECTING NEWS) Following are the technical details for the Farm Flag postage stamp being issued in an ATM format on Dec. 17 in Washington, DC. The stamp will be issued without a ceremony.

TECHNICAL DETAILS

Issue: Farm Flag
Item Number: 560900
Denomination & Type of Issue: 34-cent (ATM)
Format: Self-adhesive Sheetlet of 18 (1 design)
Series: N/A
Issue Date & City: December 17, 2001, Washington, DC 20066
Illustrator: Hiro Kimura, Brooklyn, NY
Designer: Richard Sheaff, Scottsdale, AZ
Engraver: Southern Graphics System
Art Director: Richard Sheaff, Scottsdale, AZ
Typographer: Richard Sheaff, Scottsdale, AZ
Modeler: Avery Dennison
Manufacturing Process: Gravure
Printer: Avery Dennison (AVR)
Printed at: AVR, Clinton, SC
Press Type: DNK Nippon Kiko
Stamps per Sheet: 18
Print Quantity: 300,024,000 stamps
Paper Type: Nonphosphored Type III
Gum Type: Self-adhesive
Processed at: AVR, Clinton, SC
Colors: Yellow, Magenta, Cyan, Black
Stamp Orientation: Vertical
Image Area (w x h): 0.720 x 0.818 in./16.16 x 20.815 mm
Overall Size (w x h): 0.870 x 0.982 in./20.098 x 24.942 mm
Full Booklet Size (w x h): 2.61 x 6.125 in./66.294 x 155.1 mm
Plate Size: 540 Stamps per revolution
Plate Numbers: "V" followed by four (4) single digits
Marginal Markings: "O USPS 2000" * Plate Numbers * Peel here to fold
Self-adhesive stamps * DO NOT WET * Color registration dots
Catalog Item Number(s) 560940 ATM Sheetlet of 18 - $6.12
560961 First Day Cancellation - $0.55