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All Forums Category: US Stamps and Covers Discussions Forum: US Modern Stamps - As Issued and Used

USPS Announces A Maya Angelou Stamp For 2015

 
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wt1
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Posted 02/23/2015   1:01 pm  Show Profile Bookmark this topic Add wt1 to your friends list Get a Link to this Message
Just announced today -- February 23, 2015 (but no specific details on the image or date of issue yet):

http://www.usatoday.com/story/life/...mp/23885531/
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wt1
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The official USPS announcement for the Maya Angelou Stamp:

http://about.usps.com/news/national...pr15_014.htm
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Cjd
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We haven't even hit the one-year anniversary of her death.
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Posted 02/23/2015   8:17 pm  Show Profile Bookmark this reply Add blcjr to your friends list  Get a Link to this Reply
Do we really know that this stamp will be issued in 2015? The announcement didn't actually say so.

I, too, question the timing, as indicating some political strings have been tugged on.
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wt1
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Quote:
Do we really know that this stamp will be issued in 2015?


Yes. Definitely a 2015 issue. The USPS Facebook page "breaking news" post has confirmed it:

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TheArtfulHinger
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I'd look for the USPS to start doing this more frequently with recently deceased celebrities and statesmen. They'll sell more stamps that way. If they wait until the 100th anniversary of their birth or some other far-off anniversary, no one will remember or care by then. Angelou is certainly a worthy subject, notwithstanding the debate around the timing.
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They're going to do what they're going to do, so reasonable minds will have to agree to disagree.
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