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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Been waiting for this.
Yeah, but I think the rule is the honoree has to not be among the living any more. So it wouldn’t happen anytime soon.
Ugh. Morning.
My neighbor had her TV cranked up last night, and I finally dozed off about 8:30, but woke again an hour later, and read for a couple of hours, trying to ignore the noise.
I didn’t want to get up this morning. There are several things that need to be done today, but I’m going to concentrate on the ones that take the least amount of effort.
I’m going to get my hair cut today, and also get catsand.
I’m reading an interesting book about Cuba now.
I need to do something with my hair before my son and DIL show up next week. So much of it is falling out that it’s looking really ugly.
Meanwhile, I have to make a path from the front door into the living area. Whatever I can lift will be going outside.
Cuba has always interested me. Of course, LOTS of countries interest me!
The author is a sportswriter from Florida whose father and uncles owned restaurants in Havana before the revolution. He’s visiting the ruins, as it were, and some of their old friends who still live in Cuba. A few years ago, when Fidel first got sick. 2006? In the current chapter, he’s visiting La Cabana prison, where they were held after their first attempt to leave Cuba.
Interesting!
Back from the hairdresser, and also the Harris Teeter had cat litter for half price.
Maybe I look a little like Judi Dench, instead of Albert Einstein!
At least you don’t look like Helen Thomas...;o]
*shudder*
Iknowhuh?
Not that it's a bad or down day. Just a little dull, taking a pre-training course training course, and have just completed the pre-training course training course training module in preparation for next week's training course.
And surprise teleconference just called for half an hour from now.
Anyway, gotta go for now.
Cloudy and getting colder here. I’m reading the Iliad to some byos.
maybe one of these will give you some respite:
Sunny, cold and windy. I was out in it, but wish I hadn’t gone.
Nothing else worthy of note. Today, I’m wishing a had something fun to do besides playing with a virtual aquarium. The inhabitants ignore me and the cost is prohibitive, so I don’t do anything that costs “sand dollars.”
I really want to lie down and take a nap but if I do, I most likely won’t sleep tonight. Even 45 minutes’ sleep is enough to set the mind racing for hours. *sigh*
(If I had Miss Daisy back...I could at least drive to St. George for the night.)
It never got warmer that the med 60’ here.
60 was our high. 32 the low. I’m SO ready for summer!!
Mammals are hanging around me complaining that they’re not being given pizza. We expect them to eat pet food, like lesser creatures? Frank had several pizza and a bath. Anoreth says I look like Judi Dench with my new haircut.
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