There has been a big discussion going on about a genealogy stamp. If you
have seen this note from another list - please delete - if not please
read - and call or write if you feel it is worth it.
Kay
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It takes 3 years to get a stamp issued so we need to get busy and call
the
1-800-stamp24 or write to the address below. Genealogy meets all the
criteria for a stamp. I believe we just need enough pressure to make it
happen, so pass it along and let us generate a landslide of pressure to
get
one of our passions recognized.
EMail to US Postal Service: customer(a)email.usps.gov
From the US Postal Service Pages:
http://www.usps.gov/
Ideas for stamps subjects that meet the criteria may be addressed to the
Citizens' Stamp Advisory Committee, c/o Stamp Management, U.S. Postal
Service, 475 L'Enfant Plaza, SW, Room 4474EB, Washington, DC 20260-6756.
Subjects suggestions should be submitted at least three years in advance
of
the proposed date of issue to allow sufficient time for consideration
and
for design and production if the subject is approved.
The selection of subjects for U.S. postage stamps and stationery is a
difficult task, since only a limited number of new commemorative items
can
be issued annually. To help in the selection process, the Postmaster
General
established the Citizens' Stamp Advisory Committee (CSAC) over 30 years
ago
to recommend subjects and designs. Members are appointed to the
Committee by
the Postmaster General. They reflect a wide range of educational,
artistic,
historical and professional expertise.
Once a subject is approved, the Postal Service relies, to a great
extent, on
the design coordinators for the Advisory Committee in selecting artists
to
execute the designs. Stamp designing is an unusual art form requiring
exacting skill in portraying a subject within very small dimensions. Due
to
the demands of stamp design and reproduction requirements, it is our
policy
not to review nor accept unsolicited artwork.
-----Original Message-----
From: theresa Carhart <theresac(a)gte.net>
To: CIVIL-WAR(a)rootsweb.com <CIVIL-WAR(a)rootsweb.com>
Date: Friday, December 05, 1997 11:25 PM
Subject: Genealogy stamp
Hi rooters,
I found out today that the U.S. post office has no genealogy stamp,
so I ask how we(Genealogist) could request one be designed and they told me
to call this number, I feel, they have stamps on everything and everyone,
but genealogy. How about calling.
1-800-stamp24
It would be wonderful to mail bio. and other facts to people with a
genealogy stamp.
What do you think of my idea.
Please let me know Theresa Conley Carhart
theresac(a)gte.net Theresa Carhart
P.O. Box 11282
College Station
Texas 77841
"What does he plant who plants a tree?
He plants a friend of sun and sky;"
Henry Cuyler Bunner Aug 3,1855 d.May 11,1896