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Elvis remains the king of postage stamps
AP ^ | 12/26/06 | RANDOLPH E. SCHMID

Posted on 12/26/2006 9:48:43 AM PST by teacherwoes

WASHINGTON - This year's Wonders of America set climbed to second place in the most popular stamps, but Elvis is still the King, the Postal Service said Tuesday.

Some 124.1 million of the 1993 Elvis Presley stamps were saved by Americans, according to the post office, which does an annual survey of 10,000 households to determine which stamps are most popular.

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TOPICS: Music/Entertainment; Society
KEYWORDS: elivs; elvispresley; postoffice; revenuescheme; rockandroll; stamps; worthlessinvestments

1 posted on 12/26/2006 9:48:45 AM PST by teacherwoes
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To: teacherwoes

"Some 124.1 million of the 1993 Elvis Presley stamps were saved by Americans"

Including my mom and dad (RIP). But then, they "saved" everything. Lordie, did they have the junk.

I still have the Elvis stamps. But I'm taking offers. /sar


2 posted on 12/26/2006 10:27:36 AM PST by garyhope (It's World War IV, right here, right now courtesy of Islam.)
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