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Wile E. Coyote and Road Runner Coming April 26

The Postal Service will issue a 33¢ Wile E. Coyote and Road Runner stamp ? the fourth stamp in the self-adhesive Looney Tunes series ? in Phoenix, Ariz., on April 26. The stamp and a matching picture postal card, designed and illustrated by Frank Espinosa and Ed Wleczyk of Los Angeles, Calif., go on sale nationwide April 27.

Wile E. Coyote appeared in more than 40 cartoons with Road Runner, the speedy object of his appetite.

The stamps have a smaller press run than their 1997-99 predecessors, as well as a new printer. Whereas the earlier 10-stamp panes were produced by Avery Dennison, the 33¢ Wile E. Coyote and Road Runner stamp was printed by Banknote Corp. of America.

BCA printed 300 million of the offset stamps (30 million 10-stamp panes) on the Goebel 670 Press at its facility at Browns Summit, N.C. The stamps also have unspecified microprinting.

Also as on prior Looney Tunes issues, the stamps will be offered in six-pane top half and bottom half press sheets. According to information that USPS Spokesman Don Smeraldi obtained, the bottom half press sheets will display the margin inscription 'LT001,' corresponding to the plate numbers on bottom half sheets of the stamps produced by Avery Dennison.