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	Commemorative stamp - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The United States 15-cent fl stamp of 1866 depicts Abraham Lincoln, and was the first stamp issued after his assassination in 1865, but it was not officially declared as a memorial to him.
		Commemoratives followed in 1891 for Hong Kong and Romania, then in 1892 and 1893 a half-dozen nations of America issued commemoratives for the 400th anniversary of the discovery by Christopher Columbus.
		The appearance of commemoratives caused a backlash among some stamp collectors, who balked at the prospect of laying out ever-larger sums to acquire the stamps of the world, and they formed the Society for the Suppression of Speculative Stamps around 1894 to fllist what they deemed to be excessive stamps.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Commemorative_stamp (405 words)

	Facts about topic: (Commemorative stamp) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		A commemorative stamp is a postage stamp (A token that postal fees have been paid) issued to honor or commemorate a place, event or person.
		Commemorative stamps are usually used alongside ordinary or regular-issue stamps of the time, although in some cases their use has been obligatory.
		The US issued stamped envelope (additional info and facts about stamped envelope) s for the Centennial Exposition (additional info and facts about Centennial Exposition) in 1876, although technically these are postal stationery (additional info and facts about postal stationery) and not stamps.
	www.absoluteastronomy.com /encyclopedia/c/co/commemorative_stamp.htm (191 words)

	USPS - The 2005 Commemorative Stamp Program
		With this 28th stamp in the Black Heritage series, Philadelphia native Marian Anderson, one of the greatest classically trained singers of the 20th century and important figure in the struggle of fl Americans for racial equality, is commemorated.
		Stamp designer Ethel Kessler began with a photograph by Barbara Bordnick in 1978 in her studio in New York, then added other elements including a rainbow and the lyric fragment from Harburg's Oscar-winning song.
		Five commemorative stamps featuring the sporty look of American cars designed in the 1950s—a decade marked by post-World War II euphoria and economic prosperity—will be issued late summer or early fall.
	www.usps.com /communications/news/stamps/2004/sr04_076.htm (4721 words)

	Commemorative Stamp
		They mailed letters similar to the one included with this issue of the Windmillers' Gazette addressed to the Citizens' Stamp Advisory Committee to ask that a windmill commemorative stamp be considered.
		A commemorative stamp marking Daniel Halladay's 1854 invention of the first successful self-governing windmill meets all twelve of the criteria for Citizens' Stamp Advisory Committee stamp subject selection.
		It features an important American subject, well over ten years have passed since the last stamp related to the subject (the wind-power stamp booklet in 1980), the anniversary is in the required multiple of fifty years, and the event is of truly national appeal and significance.
	www.vintagewindmills.com /Stamp.htm (374 words)

	Sunbirds.com: Cosmonaut Day 1985 - Commemorative Stamp and Envelope - Russian Lacquer item (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		Many stamp collectors have differing views on the subject of their roll in the philatelic world since a formal arena was never established.
		The first is the commemorative envelope with a stamp that matches the thematic material on the envelope.
		Thus, with the postmark of the day of issuance and the stamp itself from that day, an envelope does not really become a collectible unless it has a commemorative decoration that matches the postmark and the stamp.
	www.sunbirds.com /lacquer/box/994407 (734 words)

	Four Chaplains Stamp - The story of the original first design by Louis Schwimmer
		The Four Chaplains stamp commemorates an act of bravery during World War II which stands today as a foremost example of interfaith courage and bravery in action in the United.
		The stamp design at left, and in full screen size was the original stamp design by Louis Schwimmer.
		The issuance of the stamp was unique because it was issued less than than ten years after the men died.
	www.schwimmer.com /fourchaplains (1078 words)

	WTC Commemorative Stamp - SuffolkJournal.com
		Purchase of the stamp is strictly voluntary and other stamps will continue to be available at the regular first class rate.
		Stamps used for postage and carry a voluntary surcharge for charitable purposes are known as semi-postal stamps.
		The Postal Service is producing 205 million stamps titled "Heroes of 2001." While the unveiling coincided with the sixth month anniversary of the tragedy, the stamps will not become available until next month.
	www.suffolkjournal.com /news/2001/pages/WTC_9-11-01/2002/Stamp.htm (533 words)

	U.S. Commemorative Stamps
		These stamps were very unpopular when issued, I suppose because the concept of stamps was still a new one, and people expected the new ones to look like the old ones, with portraits of famous people, which most of these did not have.
		Their cost was an issue because there were already many stamp collectors, who wanted to own an example of every stamp issued, and felt frustrated both by the prohibitive cost of a mint set of the stamps, and the impossiblity of finding used examples of many of the higher denominations.
		The stamp for Harding created a stir, resulting in a rule that all Presidents should be honored on a stamp within a year of their deaths, generally on the anniversary of their birth.
	alphabetilately.com /commems.html (1917 words)

	USPS - Jan 3, 2002 - WRITER/POET LANGSTON HUGHES HONORED IN BLACK HERITAGE COMMEMORATIVE STAMP SERIES
		The stamp commemorates both the centennial of Hughes' birth and the 25th anniversary of the Black Heritage series.
		The stamp art is a 1946 fl-and-white photograph of Hughes taken in New York City by the renowned photographer Henri Cartier-Bresson,--a friend of Hughes.
		They should affix the stamps to envelopes of their choice, address the envelopes (to themselves or others) and place them in a larger envelope addressed to: LANGSTON HUGHES COMMEMORATIVE STAMPS, 421 8TH ST RM 2029B, NEW YORK, NY 10199-9998.
	www.usps.com /news/2002/philatelic/sr02_004.htm (973 words)

	commemorative stamp
		The Commemorative Stamp Committee of the American Federation of Mineralogical Societies is responsible for the efforts to obtain stamps featuring the birth stones.
		A commemorative stamp is a postage stamp issued to honor or commemorate a place, event or...
		Commemorative stamps are usually used alongside ordinary or...
	auctions-andmore.com /articles/52/commemorative-stamp.html (275 words)

	Centennial State Libraries - January 2000
		The stamp will be issued on the library's bicentennial date, April 24, 2000, in a ceremony at the library's Thomas Jefferson Building in Washington, D.C. The stamp, designed by Ethel Kessler known for her work as the designer of the breast cancer stamp, shows the interior rotunda of the Library of Congress.
		When a new stamp is issued by the United States Postal Service, it is initially offered for sale in one city on the first day and then throughout the country on the second day and thereafter.
		Typically at stamp issue ceremonies, a library or community representative presides over the event, welcomes the guests to the ceremony, and dedicates the stamp.
	www.cde.state.co.us /libnewsletter/sl0100a6.htm (537 words)

	Library Commemorative Stamp and Coins
		Legislation calling for a Library of Congress commemorative coin prograrm was introduced in the House of Representatives by Rep. William M. Thomas (R-Calif.), then chairman of the Joint Committee on the Library, and in the Senate by Sen. Ted Stevens (R-Alaska), the Joint Committee's current chairman.
		The Citizens' Stamp Advisory Committee, a group of independent citizens appointed by the Postmaster General to review the more than 40,000 suggestions for stamps received each year, recommended a commemorative stamp for the Library.
		Designed by Ethel Kessler, who is known for her work on the breast cancer stamp, the Library's stamp features a photograph by Michael Freeman of the interior dome of the Library's Main Reading Room in the 1897 Thomas Jefferson Building.
	www.loc.gov /today/pr/2000/00-054.html (657 words)

	Commerative Stamp Letter
		EGA has petitioned the Citizens' Stamp Advisory Committee to issue a stamp celebrating the art of needlework.
		Zweigert fabrics donated many yards of ribband, which were distributed to the Region Directors, asking them to have their region members sign them, either in ink or embroidery and identify the chapter if ribband was given to each chapter.
		I believe a needlework related stamp would present an image that would be widely accepted by the stamp-buying public.
	www.egausa.org /Programs/CommStamp.htm (481 words)

	Coal Miner Stamp Web Site
		For the last decade and a half, perhaps longer, individuals and groups have tried to persuade the U.S. Postal Service to issue a stamp, or series of commemorative stamps, recognizing and honoring the coal miners of this nation.
		Those wishing to obtain a stamp have not made the case to the Postal Authorities of the historical and industrial national significance of the contribution of coal miners to the industrial might of this nation.
		Millions of citizens of this nation are descended from coal mining families, and they would wish to see the hard and dangerous work of their ancestors memorialized in the form of a stamp, or series of stamps.
	www.coalminerstamp.com (467 words)

	African American Heritage Stamps
		In its January 2004 publication African Americans on Stamps: A Celebration of African American Heritage the U.S. Postal Service highlights the many African Americans who have been featured on stamps since the Black Heritage stamp series was begun in 1978, with a stamp honoring Harriet Tubman.
		The stamp, which will be dedicated on January 28, 1997, at the Washington, D.C., National Guard Armory, depicts Davis at the height of his career on an inspection tour near the American front in France in August 1944.
		Four stamps feature gospel singers Roberta Martin, Sister Rosetta Tharpe, Clara Ward, and Mahalia Jackson, all known for their stirring renditions of songs that touched the heart and soul of listeners across the nation.
	usinfo.state.gov /usa/blackhis/stamps.htm (1330 words)

	Vietnam commemorative stamp
		The Vietnam War stamp was selected by the public during nationwide balloting in May 1998 as one of 15 commemorative stamps saluting the 1960s.
		The Celebrate The Century series of 150 commemorative stamps, available on 10 stamp panes honoring each decade of the 20th century, captures 100 years of American history in a colorful and educational way.
		The 1970s stamps are scheduled to be issued in November 1999, the 1980s in January 2000, and the 1990s in April 2000.
	www.warbirdforum.com /stamp.htm (805 words)

	Postal History Primer - Commemorative Stamp Issues (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		Commemorative Stamps are issued in remembrance of an event or as a tribute to an individual and only for a limited time; usually one year.
		The Rhode Island Tercentenary Stamp was issued on May 4, 1936 to commemorate the 300th anniversary of the founding of Rhode Island.
		The first true U. commemorative stamp issue was the Columbian Exposition issue of 1893, issued to celebrate the World Columbian Exposition held in Chicago, Illinois.
	rhodeisland-philatelic.com /postal-history/p2.htm (196 words)

	The Official Kwanzaa Web Site - The Founder's Message 2000 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		In creating Kwanzaa, I have tried to honor this ancient African teaching that the fundamental meaning and mission of human life is to constantly bring good into the world and that this good is always a shared good, a good which enriches those who give it as well as those who receive it.
		The release of the Kwanzaa stamp by the U.S. Postal Service and the national and communal activities organized around it are a deserved recognition of the importance of Kwanzaa to African people throughout the world African community.
		Indeed, it represents the results of a beautiful act of cultural self- determination that caused the country and the world to recognize and respect both in a special way the holiday and the people who embrace it.
	www.officialkwanzaawebsite.org /kwanzaastamp.html (835 words)

	3/24/2003 Press Release -- Congress Urges Postal Commission to Issue Port Chicago Commemorative Stamp (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		We are writing to urge that the Citizen Stamp Advisory Commission initiate research that will lead to the issuance of a stamp memorializing the 320 American sailors and merchant seamen who were killed in the Port Chicago Naval Magazine explosion of July 17, 1944.
		We believe the Port Chicago disaster meets the criteria established for stamp selection as an event of “widespread national appeal and significance” and for that reason we strongly support the issuance of a stamp honoring the men who served and died at Port Chicago.
		With World War II veterans passing away at the rate of 1,100 a day, we very much hope the Citizen Stamp Advisory Commission will recommend the issuance of a commemorative stamp to these lost sailors of World War II before it is too late for them to know their country remembers and honors them.
	www.house.gov /georgemiller/rel32403.html (804 words)

	Looney Tunes: Bugs Bunny
		Collectors worried that the stamp would overly commercialize the commemorative program, while others argued that the cartoon character would displace more historically significant subjects.
		This stamp therefore needed to satisfy a wide audience, including collectors, the general public, and especially children.
		Printed by Avery Dennison, the Bugs Bunny stamp sheet featured a special ten-stamp design and was the first self-adhesive souvenir sheet issued by the U.S. Postal Service.
	www.postalmuseum.si.edu /artofthestamp/SubPage%20table%20images/artwork/rarities/Bug%20Bunny/bugsbunny.htm (186 words)

	The Reinhard Heydrich (Death Mask) Commemorative Postal Stamp
		A commemorative stamp honoring a so-called "Martyr of Germany," Reinhard Tristan Heydrich.
		Value-added stamps have a premium attached (over the face value) which is usually targeted for some charitable purpose.
		This stamp was issued on the 28th of May 1943, exactly one year and a day after the attack on Heydrich.
	www.collectinghistory.net /heydrichstamp/index.html (1002 words)

	Dáil Éireann - Volume 338 - 27 October, 1982 - Written Answers. - Cardinal Mannix Commemorative Stamp.
		Meaney asked the Minister for Posts and Telegraphs if he will consider having a commemorative stamp issued in honour of Dr. Daniel Mannix who was well-known internationally for his support for Ireland's cause especially in Australia, and who was born on 4 March 1864.
		Wilson): A stamp on the subject of Dr. Daniel Mannix (1864-1963) is not planned at present.
		In general, stamps in honour of persons are issued only on the centenary year of their birth or death.
	www.oireachtas-debates.gov.ie /D/0338/D.0338.198210270060.html (100 words)

	Rotary International (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		"The peak periods for Rotary commemorative stamps were in 1955 for the 50th year anniversary of Rotary and again in 1980 for the 75th, and we expect the same for the centennial in 2005," says Jerry FitzSimmons, Rotary-on-Stamps chairman.
		The number of commemoratives expected to be issued in honor of the Rotary Centennial should far exceed the more than the 60 that were issued for the 75th anniversary, although it is too early to know how many countries will issue such stamps.
		Other rare stamps, such as the first Austrian set of six, can be traded for $200, while three souvenir sheets of the Korea 1955 issue can sell for nearly $400.
	www.rotary.org /centennial/lookback/feature/2003/210403.html (975 words)

	Commemorative Items - The Stamp
		On the Bicentennial date, April 24, a ceremony was held in the majestic Great Hall of the Thomas Jefferson Building for the issuance of a 33-cent Library of Congress commemorative stamp by the U.S. Postal Service.
		The stamp's designer, Ethel Kessler, also designed the breast cancer stamp.
		The selvage on the 20-stamp sheet notes that "the Library of Congress, America's library, is celebrating its 200th birthday in 2000.
	www.loc.gov /bicentennial/items_stamp.html (217 words)

	Commemorative Stamp
		This Committee of the American Federation of Mineralogical Societies is responsible for the efforts to obtain stamps featuring subjects of interest such as minerals, fossils, gems and general geology.
		The mechanism is to encourage both AFMS members and the public at large to send requests to the Citizens Stamp Advisory Committee of the USPS.
		There have been, in addition to the two sets of mineral stamps which were the direct result of the AFMS Committee's work, many prehistoric animals including dinosaurs, the Klondike and California Gold Rush stamps and other geology related subjects on stamps, not a result of the this Committee's efforts.
	www.amfed.org /stamps.htm (417 words)

	Hospice care commemorative stamp issued
		A commemorative U.S. stamp for hospice care was unveiled in Abilene Tuesday.
		The special cancellation stamps increase their value to collectors and make them more of a keepsake.
		The stamp recognizing hospice care is among 30 issued this year out of more than 40,000 applicants, she said.
	www.texnews.com /1998/1999/local/stamp0217.html (341 words)

	Stamp Professor's Commemorative Panel Index Page
		The first USPS Commemorative Panel was issued September 20, 1972 for the 8c Wildlife Issue Block of 4 (Scott #1464-67).
		The stamps or sheets are mounted in plastic mounts (such as Showgards) to maintain their mint never hinged condition.
		As you know, or may discover, some USPS Commemorative Panels are easy to acquire and others are very difficult.
	www.stampprof.com /cp/docs/indexcp.html (435 words)

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