Posted on 12/13/2010 12:06:08 PM PST by jazusamo
If it was "morning in America" for President Ronald Reagan, a new commemorative postage stamp due in February to mark "the Gipper's" birth centennial will forever view the sunrise.
The new commemorative stamp, whose design was unveiled Monday at the Ronald Reagan Presidential Library in Simi Valley, Calif., always will be valid for a 1-ounce first-class letter, the U.S. Postal Service confirmed. It officially will be released at the library on Feb. 10, 2011, four days after the 100th anniversary of Reagan's birth.
Texas artist Bart Forbes did the portrait, based on a 1985 photograph of Reagan taken at Rancho del Cielo, near Santa Barbara, Calif.
The design was published first in Linn's Stamp News, a hobbyist publication. Earlier this year, Linn's broke the news that a Reagan Centennial postage stamp would be released.
Although the preliminary design shows a 44-cent value, the postal agency recently announced that all commemorative, or special, issues will be inscribed with "Forever," instead of a face value, meaning they would sell for the then-current first-class rate but would remain valid for first-class mail even when rates increase.
A USPS spokesman who asked not to be identified by name said a revised version showing the "Forever" inscription will be released Dec. 28.
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I bet you could get the post master there to arrange for you to get as many as you want on Ronnie’s birthday.
No football here. The sionnsareens have dictated "Hogmanay with the Gaelic Society."
GO for it!!
LOL!
As if I had a choice. But the Atholl Brose is ready.
If you see Hogman, tell him I said “Eh!”
LOL. Happy New Year!
“Borders” didn’t have Walter Williams’ new book or anything by Theodore Dalrymple. But they did have “Mad Libs.”
Thank you - and back atcha.
Until you go to your local post office and ask for the stamps by name. Last year I asked for the Gerald Ford stamp and the old lady behind the counter said, in an irritated tone, “I’ll give you all the Ford stamps you want.”
Borders — I seem to have reached “Gold” status level with them. Didn’t think I’d spent that much there ($100), but maybe I was in there often enough with the 33% - 50% off coupons. I did stock up on reading material.
I saw two books I want to read, but the library will get them. Strangely, Mecklenburg County seems to have shut off the online library catalog for the weekend. Maybe it saves them money!
I guess I’ll try Union County, which didn’t blow the library budget on a fancy new downtown building and a bunch of arts programs, and so still has all its branches open and a working catalog.
Union doesn’t have them, either. Phoop.
My dog likes to chew on my socks. I could deal with it but she only does this when I am still in them. She has made the transition in my house with out any little surprises left for me on the floor when I come home.
Odd. the K key is now a bit sticky. Time to wash the keyboard I guess.
No appreciable snowmelt the past couple of days. Oh well, it relieves the gloom.
Household finally up.
Wow. Mine is thinking maybe it’s bedtime ;-).
59, raining, and getting dark. DP dropped Tom, Elen, and Sally at the movies to see “Tangled” and went to the gym.
I’m thinking so too, but it is not to be. We are about to head out into the cold bright clear. It’ll be good to see these folks again, but a reminder of why I don’t see them much (travel).
Have a good time! I need to see about getting some supper made, or I’ll never get to bed.
Heh. Reminds me of a little tale...
My wife took some pictures of the kids playing in the snow, some time ago, and couldn't find them on the SD card when she went to download them into the computer. They were just — gone.
Since then, we've got a card reader we use, instead of using the USB cable to transfer the images. Well, about two weeks ago, we had downloaded the images off of a card, but hadn't put it back into the camera; my wife turned the camera on, and saw the indicator saying there were pictures in memory.
Wouldn't you know; they were the "lost" snow pictures. My wife had shot all of them with no card in the camera, so they'd been saved to the camera's built-in memory where they'd been safely kept the whole time.
small adjustment ;-)
Sorry I haven’t been much company today. Three long phone calls has about done me in. So I’ll be going to bed soon. Maybe tomorrow will be a better day for me.
:o])
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