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Schwarzenegger Gets Austrian Stamp
NewsMax ^ | Monday, July 19, 2004

Posted on 07/18/2004 7:39:25 PM PDT by Stoat

VIENNA, Austria -- California Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger can expect a €1 ($1.25) birthday gift from the postal service in his home country.

A stamp of that denomination honoring the Austrian-born movie star-turned-politician will be released July 30, Schwarzenegger's 57th birthday, the postal service said in a statement on its Web site. The stamp features a portrait of a serious-looking Schwarzenegger in a suit and tie in front of the U.S. and Austrian flags. It also bears his name, the word Austria in English and the number 100, signifying that it is worth 100 cents. Designed by Hannes Margreiter, the Schwarzenegger stamp is part of a collectors' series called "Austrians living abroad" and will be printed in 600,000 copies, the postal service said.

Originally from the village of Thal, Schwarzenegger made his first visit to Austria as California governor last weekend, when he represented the United States at the state funeral of President Thomas Klestil.

Schwarzenegger also met privately with Simon Wiesenthal, the Austrian Holocaust survivor and Nazi hunter. The Los Angeles-based Wiesenthal center, which has an office in Vienna, helped Schwarzenegger research his father's past as a Nazi storm trooper.

Schwarzenegger remains hugely popular in his home country, and a sports stadium in the southern city of Graz -- near his birth village -- has been named after him.


TOPICS: Culture/Society; Extended News; Foreign Affairs; Government; Miscellaneous; News/Current Events; US: California
KEYWORDS: ahnuld; arnold; austria; california; europe; governator; schwarzenegger; stamp; terminator
It's nice to see that the Austrian Postal Service isn't run by a bunch of "girlie men" :-)
1 posted on 07/18/2004 7:39:29 PM PDT by Stoat
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2 posted on 07/18/2004 8:18:28 PM PDT by FairOpinion (FIGHT TERRORISM! VOTE BUSH/CHENEY 2004.)
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Thank you for finding the picture and posting it! :-)

It's very much appreciated.


3 posted on 07/18/2004 8:32:37 PM PDT by Stoat
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I admire Mr. Schwarzenegger. He embodies the American dream.


4 posted on 07/18/2004 8:47:37 PM PDT by Huntress
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In America, he would have to be dead to get this honor.
5 posted on 07/18/2004 8:56:02 PM PDT by Vigilanteman (crime would drop like a sprung trapdoor if we brought back good old-fashioned hangings)
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I've been to the stadium in Graz, complete with it's 5 foot by 5 foot "museum" of Arnold showing pictures of him and a few sets of rusting weights that he touched in his youth.


6 posted on 07/18/2004 9:02:18 PM PDT by DeuceTraveler (Freedom is a never ending struggle)
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7 posted on 07/18/2004 9:51:54 PM PDT by nwrep
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What strikes me as odd is the US Flag on a foreign stamp. How common is that?


8 posted on 07/18/2004 9:58:26 PM PDT by weegee (Government does not solve problems; it subsidizes them. ~~Ronald Reagan)
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Schwarzenegger Calls Dems 'Girlie Men'
9 posted on 07/18/2004 10:00:13 PM PDT by weegee (Government does not solve problems; it subsidizes them. ~~Ronald Reagan)
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Pretty rare I think. It's on the Grenadian stamp honoring Ronald Reagan. Reagan's face even...
10 posted on 07/18/2004 10:02:43 PM PDT by cyborg (http://mentalmumblings.blogspot.com/)
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