This
is really cool. From Linn’s Stamp News:
The newest stamp in the
United States Postal Service's Literary Arts commemorative series will honor
author Flannery O'Connor. The nondenominated (93¢) 3-ounce rate stamp will be
issued June 5 during the Napex stamp show in McLean, Va.
Information about the
stamp was first revealed May 18 during a teleconference hosted by Mary-Anne
Penner, the new acting Stamp Services director for the USPS.
The design of the stamp
shows a portrait of O'Connor digitally created by Sam Weber, based on a
photograph. In the background are images of peacock feathers, a nod to
O'Connor's fondness for the exotic birds that were referenced in her writings,
and which she raised on the Georgia farm where she lived.
I
guess there is a news service dedicated to stamps. It’s not a standard postage so I hope my
local post office sells them. I’d like a
couple, or maybe a whole page of stamps that I can frame. It's due to come out tomorrow. The stamp looks pretty cool. What do you think?
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