Charlie Brown Christmas 2015 First-Class Postage USPS Forever Stamps 100pcs/Pack (10PCS/Booklet)

Background:

October 30th is the first date of use of the new Charlie Brown design in APC / SSK postal kiosks, although the stamps are issued prior to that date. The distribution of the boxes with the sheets of labels was carried out in different stages, and many post offices received the Christmas labels during the month of November.

As in previous years, the SSK (Self-Service Kiosk) labels replicate the image featured on one of the ‘traditional’ stamps forming part of the annual Christmas series.

As has happened before, because of the lack of strict regulations for the release of these types of issues, the new Christmas design was progressively placed in some postal kiosks throughout the months of November and December 2021, and was available until the end of the Christmas season or until stocks were exhausted.

The SSK kiosks use sheets of ten self-adhesive labels, fan folded and die-cut between sheets. The size of the label is 47 x 26.50 mm., and is manufactured on thermal paper with a colorless vertical fluorescent 4 mm. strip on the left of the label. The pre-printed design is on the right, and has a glossy surface coating.

The kiosk prints a Datamatrix – 2D barcode, the vertical numerical code, and the ‘FOREVER’ value indicator on the labels. This is the only possible value for this type of issue, and corresponds to the postage for domestic priority (‘First-Class’) letters up to one ounce.

The sheets come in five rows and two columns of labels (left) and, after printing, the kiosk guillotines the sheets horizontally, so stamps are only issued in multiples of two.

10 years since the Postal Service released its first set of special labels in October 2012 for use in its postal kiosks during the Christmas season.