Benjamin Franklin was unanimously chosen as the first postmaster general.When was the last time you saw a Fantasy Baseball draft where not a single starting pitcher went in Round 1?
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In 1775, the Continental Congress passed a decree stating that "a postmaster general be appointed for the United Colonies." A salary of $1,000 a year plus $300 for a secretary was to go with the post. These new Kenya issues are available at your local stamp shop.Īs we celebrate the 200th anniversary of the Constitution with a number of postal items, we are reminded that efforts to establish a postal system in what was to become the United States date even farther back - to 1676 in the Massachusetts Colony and to 1683 in the Pennsylvania Colony. The 1.20-shilling shows a pair of giraffes the 3.40-shilling has a picture of a giraffe lowering its long neck to drink from a water hole the 4.40-shilling features a pair of adult giraffes touching each other's necks and the 5.50-shilling pictures a giraffe feeding on vegetation from the branches of a tree.Įach stamp bears the panda emblem of the World Wildlife Fund however, the accompanying 30-shilling souvenir sheet does not. The reticulated giraffe is now found only in the northern and eastern regions of Kenya and in parts of neighboring Somali. Postal officials of the East African nation have joined many Third World countries in issuing stamps that focus attention on endangered species. The endangered reticulated giraffe is the subject of a new set of four stamps issued by Kenya.
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That's when the Postal Service will issue a special stamp in the Historic Preservation Series in tribute to Carnegie Hall's centennial. Collectors who ask, "How do you get to Carnegie Hall?" will have to wait two years for a philatelic answer. Also on the agenda is a 25-cent envelope with a design incorporating the word "Love" in conjunction with the American First Day Cover Society Convention in McLean, Va. The Wall of Stamps, located at Postal Headquarters in Washington, D.C., is dedicated to him. He is responsible for the 1970, 1972, 1974, 19 Christmas stamps. Dohanos has designed 26 stamps and four postcards, and has supervised artwork for more than 300 U.S. The soon-to-be-released 1989 contemporary Christmas stamp was designed by Stevan Dohanos, of Westport, Conn.
They might also wish to ask: "Where have you gone, Joe DiMaggio?" Vincent adhesives to their collections of baseball memorabilia. The Hall of Famers honored on the stamps are Ty Cobb, Willie Mays, Stan Musial, Ernie Banks, Lou Gehrig, Jackie Robinson, Bob Feller, Ted Wiliams and Al Kaline, plus the three most recent inductees - Johnny Bench, Red Schoendienst and Carl Yastrzemski.Īlso honored on the new issues are 1988 Cy Young Award winners Orel Hershiser and Frank Viola 1988 Rookies of the Year Walt Weiss and Chris Sabo and last season's MVPs, Kirk Gibson and Jose Canseco.īaseball buffs who only collect postage stamps to use on mail might wish to add these latest St. Earlier, the island nation had issued a single stamp honoring Babe Ruth and a souvenir sheet hailing the 1988 World Series.The latest offering of diamond stars consists of 12 $2 stamps in tribute to players elected to the Baseball Hall of Fame two sheetlets, each with nine 60-cent stamps, hailing great rookies of the past a single sheetlet of nine 60-cent stamps dedicated to winners of the Most Valuable Player, Cy Young and Rookie of the Year awards and a $5 souvenir sheet honoring players from the 1989 All-Star Game. Vincent in the West Indies has issued a second series of commemoratives saluting major league baseball. Some stamp collectors may call it "baseball madness." But to others, especially those who specialize in sports or baseball on stamps, it's just plain "good news."
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