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Reagan birth centennial stamp debuts
The Washington Times ^ | December 13, 2010 | Mark A. Kellner

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.


(Excerpt) Read more at washingtontimes.com ...


TOPICS: Culture/Society; Government; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: isawthismovie; molassesmiasma; morninginamerica; penguinhumor; presidents; reagan; reaganforever; ronaldreagan; sionnsar; stamp; therealpresident; usps
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To: Darksheare
"Gigio"

Yah. I saw that and tried to correct it, but a typso put it into your spelllling.

1,441 posted on 02/03/2011 5:37:11 PM PST by sionnsar (IranAzadi|5yst3m 0wn3d-it's N0t Y0ur5:SONY|Why are TSA exempt from their own searches?)
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To: sionnsar; Tax-chick; Monkey Face

And they’re always hungry.


1,442 posted on 02/03/2011 5:38:15 PM PST by Darksheare (I shook hands with Sheryl Crow and all I got was Typhus and a single sheet of toilet paper.)
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To: sionnsar

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uEio4rQDU5A
S’aright is at the above link at least once.


1,443 posted on 02/03/2011 5:40:54 PM PST by Darksheare (I shook hands with Sheryl Crow and all I got was Typhus and a single sheet of toilet paper.)
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To: Darksheare

*feebly waving*
I think this is the big one, folks...don’t wait for me...just...carry on..

*swoon*


1,444 posted on 02/03/2011 5:41:17 PM PST by Monkey Face (Seen on the marquis of local bar and grill: Grave Happy Hour! 4:00 - 7:00 AM)
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To: Monkey Face; sionnsar; Tax-chick

I’ve never seen carnivorous luggage.
So far.
The only place I’ve heard tell of such is on Discworld.


1,445 posted on 02/03/2011 5:44:19 PM PST by Darksheare (I shook hands with Sheryl Crow and all I got was Typhus and a single sheet of toilet paper.)
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To: Monkey Face
*thud*

Exactly!

That's why the TRAVEL Closet is securely located here in the computer room. Them nasty 'cases would have to sneak the door open (it squeaks and sighs) and tiptoe past a truly vast array of ever-alert computing machinery (both of them when powered up, the rest are held in reserve) in order to make a nefarious escape.

Hasn't happened yet, though a few months ago I caught a malingerer hanging out way overtime in a family member's bedroom. "It's tae th' CLOSET wi' ye, ye miscreant!" *\;^)

1,446 posted on 02/03/2011 5:45:50 PM PST by sionnsar (IranAzadi|5yst3m 0wn3d-it's N0t Y0ur5:SONY|Why are TSA exempt from their own searches?)
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To: sionnsar; Darksheare

Your TRAVEL Closet should be a closely held secret, sion. I mean, were you to loose this on the world, (accident, design or somewhere in between) the world as we know it may be radically changed.

Think of it:
Al Gore could be right;
Zero could be white;
Mrs O could be kind;
and watermelons could have no rind.

Global warming could affect us all;
And I could be very short, not tall;
Hangers could mate with single sox;
And we’d all be stuck with hangerox.


1,447 posted on 02/03/2011 5:56:36 PM PST by Monkey Face (Seen on the marquis of local bar and grill: Grave Happy Hour! 4:00 - 7:00 AM)
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To: Darksheare
You got me laughing quite out loud at that!! I don't remember that exact skit, but what I remember is in that vein. Thanks!!!!

Good clean fun and humor... sometimes I miss the 60s.

1,448 posted on 02/03/2011 6:01:44 PM PST by sionnsar (IranAzadi|5yst3m 0wn3d-it's N0t Y0ur5:SONY|Why are TSA exempt from their own searches?)
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To: sionnsar

I was born in the 70’s and grew up in the 80’s.
But I remember seeing reruns and hearing about the old Ed Sullivan show.


1,449 posted on 02/03/2011 6:06:03 PM PST by Darksheare (I shook hands with Sheryl Crow and all I got was Typhus and a single sheet of toilet paper.)
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To: Monkey Face
"bif one"? 'Face, I am worried.

But if it's merely toddling off to bed, just say so.

1,450 posted on 02/03/2011 6:06:45 PM PST by sionnsar (IranAzadi|5yst3m 0wn3d-it's N0t Y0ur5:SONY|Why are TSA exempt from their own searches?)
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To: Monkey Face; sionnsar
The travel closet would just try to eat smaller containers.
At first.
After extincting the smaller containers, and thus being hungry again, they would traipse on over to larger prey.
funny pictures - Breaking News - Cereal Killer strikes again!
1,451 posted on 02/03/2011 6:07:21 PM PST by Darksheare (I shook hands with Sheryl Crow and all I got was Typhus and a single sheet of toilet paper.)
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To: Tax-chick

I have a fluke too.


1,452 posted on 02/03/2011 6:34:24 PM PST by ThomasThomas (If bacon grew on trees my dog would be a vegetarian.)
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To: ThomasThomas; Darksheare; sionnsar; Monkey Face

I’m puzzled by people who have closets without shoes.


1,453 posted on 02/03/2011 6:38:32 PM PST by Tax-chick (We don't like original material, unless it's been done before.)
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To: Tax-chick

I like puzzles but I usually don’t wear shoes working on them. I knew someone who kept their shoes by the front door, I haven’t looked in their closets, maybe they keep puzzles in their closet.


1,454 posted on 02/03/2011 6:47:36 PM PST by ThomasThomas (If bacon grew on trees my dog would be a vegetarian.)
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To: ThomasThomas

If you have enough people in your house, there are shoes in every closet. And catz. I like to do puzzles on the dinner table (although not during meals) rather than on the doorstep.


1,455 posted on 02/03/2011 6:54:38 PM PST by Tax-chick (We don't like original material, unless it's been done before.)
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To: Monkey Face; sionnsar
"Arby’s is SO meat! Yah. I like that. (But can I afford the $5?"

Arby's has a dollar menu.

It's not a lot of meat, but with a dash of horsey sauce, and a dab of ketchup, it tastes just like food.

1,456 posted on 02/03/2011 7:09:44 PM PST by NicknamedBob ( Watching this administration is very Zen-inspiring. It's the sight of one hand high-fiving.)
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To: Tax-chick; ThomasThomas; Darksheare; sionnsar; Monkey Face
"I’m puzzled by people who have closets without shoes."

Unlike Sionnsar's travel closet, my closet is not in the habit of traipsing around the house, or the globe.

So it doesn't need shoes.

1,457 posted on 02/03/2011 7:17:26 PM PST by NicknamedBob ( Watching this administration is very Zen-inspiring. It's the sight of one hand high-fiving.)
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To: NicknamedBob

Nah. Thanks, Bob, but I have this health problem that means I need more meat than potatoes. And ketchup is not in my current Food Pyramid.

I usually buy the $5 jobbie, add two or three packets of Horsy Sauce and discard the buns. I know...expensive way to get it, but ohsogood and it feels almost like junk food!


1,458 posted on 02/03/2011 7:21:05 PM PST by Monkey Face (Seen on the marquis of local bar and grill: Grave Happy Hour! 4:00 - 7:00 AM)
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To: Darksheare

Yah. Like that.


1,459 posted on 02/03/2011 7:21:51 PM PST by Monkey Face (Seen on the marquis of local bar and grill: Grave Happy Hour! 4:00 - 7:00 AM)
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To: Monkey Face

I know all the dollar menus.


1,460 posted on 02/03/2011 7:33:01 PM PST by NicknamedBob ( Watching this administration is very Zen-inspiring. It's the sight of one hand high-fiving.)
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