Front:
Pluribus Unum
BEACH,
INIA
NOV
10
1989
23459
25
Fri
VA
Back:
EXTRAORDINARY
First Day of Issue: November 10, 1989
First Issue Location: Virginia Beach, Virginia
The U.S. Postal Service calls the stamp on this Maximum
Card EXTRAordinary, and it is absolutely right. The highly
unusual 25¢ pressure-sensitive stamp, with its depiction
of a bold American eagle, contains many “extra" features
not found in regular “lick-and-stick” issues. Because it
was designed to be peeled off a paper backing and affixed
by finger pressure, the stamp was “extra" sanitary — no
licking involved. Because the paper backing covered the
sticky surface of the stamps until the stamps were used,
stored stamps couldn't accidentally bind together no
matter how humid the weather – hence were "extra"
moisture resistant. And the strong adhesive on the back of
the stamps and lack of connecting perforations made the
stamps "extra" easy and safe to use. Issued during First
Day ceremonies commemorating the stamp show VAPEX
'89 in Virginia Beach, Virginia, the EXTRAordinary issue
is complemented on this Maximum Card by a patriotic
eagle artwork by Basil Smith.
No. 89-34
©1989 The Maximum Card Collection
A Division of Unicover Corporation • Cheyenne, WY 82008-0007
Original painting by Basil Smith
