2012 US Code
Title 39 - Postal Service
Part I - GENERAL (§§ 101 - 606)
Chapter 4 - GENERAL AUTHORITY (§§ 401 - 416)
Section 405 - Printing of illustrations of United States postage stamps
| Publication Title | United States Code, 2012 Edition, Title 39 - POSTAL SERVICE |
| Category | Bills and Statutes |
| Collection | United States Code |
| SuDoc Class Number | Y 1.2/5: |
| Contained Within | Title 39 - POSTAL SERVICE PART I - GENERAL CHAPTER 4 - GENERAL AUTHORITY Sec. 405 - Printing of illustrations of United States postage stamps |
| Contains | section 405 |
| Date | 2012 |
| Laws in Effect as of Date | January 15, 2013 |
| Positive Law | Yes |
| Disposition | standard |
| Source Credit | Pub. L. 91-375, Aug. 12, 1970, 84 Stat. 724. |
| Statutes at Large Reference | 84 Stat. 724 |
| Public Law References | Public Law 91-375 |
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(a) When requested by the Postal Service, the Public Printer shall print, as a public document for sale by the Superintendent of Documents, illustrations in black and white or in color of postage stamps of the United States, together with such descriptive, historical, and philatelic information with regard to the stamps as the Postal Service deems suitable.
(b) Notwithstanding the provisions of section 505 of title 44, stereotype or electrotype plates, or duplicates thereof, used in the publications authorized to be printed by this section may not be sold or otherwise disposed of.
(Pub. L. 91–375, Aug. 12, 1970, 84 Stat. 724.)
Effective DateSection effective July 1, 1971, pursuant to Resolution No. 71–9 of the Board of Governors. See section 15(a) of Pub. L. 91–375, set out as a note preceding section 101 of this title.
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