New Reagan Stamp a Big Seller!

[The Finman]

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SIMI VALLEY -- Some of the most popular items for sale at the Ronald Reagan Presidential Library these days are the new commemorative Reagan postage stamps and an array of related items.

The gift shop was packed Wednesday with shoppers buying the stamps along with special gift cachet envelopes, post cards and framed combinations of Reagan memorabilia.

Also for sale are T-shirts emblazoned with the Ronald Reagan stamps, mugs, pins, key chains and even mouse pads.

Sue Morris, postmaster of Simi Valley, expected crowds on Wednesday when the stamp was officially issued at the Reagan Library, but was still surprised by the turnout.

I'm meeting people from Chicago and Washington state."

She said having envelopes postmarked is like creating a work of art for some collectors.

"A lot of people tell us exactly where they want it stamped.

It's an experience just to watch a first-day-of-issue, even if you are not a stamp collector.

Everybody's very excited and happy to be here."

In addition to the items available at the gift shop, the U.S. Postal Service is offering collectibles for sale at its Internet site -- www.usps.com -- and some post offices.

These items include an 11-by-14-inch numbered print of the stamp image autographed by artist Michael Deas for $149.99.

There is also a 7-by-10 inch plaque of the stamp for $24.95, and a 6 3/8-by-7 9/16 inch Keepsake Folio set that commemorates Reagan's life through photographs for $12.95.

On Wednesday, hundreds of stamp collectors and Ronald Reagan fans lined up for hours at his Presidential Library to buy the new commemorative postage stamp featuring the smiling face of the former president.

The hilltop library served as the official first-day-of-issue site for the commemorative stamp, but because the stamp was so popular, official ceremonies were also held Wednesday at the Ronald Reagan Building and International Trade Center in Washington, the California state Capitol in Sacramento and in Dixon, Ill., childhood home of the 40th president.

Wednesday to write letters to 20 family members before coming to the Reagan Library to get the stamps and mail the first-day-cancellations to 20 relatives, including her son working for the U.S. Army in Afghanistan.

Stamps will receive the first-day-of-issue cancellations through March 9 if they are mailed to Simi Valley in self-addressed envelopes, officials said.

"We wanted to produce a stamp that embodied Ronald Reagan's warmth, personality and humanity," James Miller, chairman of the Postal Service board of governors, said in prepared remarks in Washington, D.C. "This stamp captures the twinkle of his eyes and the charismatic grin that reflected Ronald Reagan's eternal optimism."

Miller, who served as head of the Office of Management and Budget under Reagan, recalled the former president as a down-to-earth man who could help others break the tension.

Once, when Congress and the president couldn't agree on a budget and the government was faced with a shutdown, Miller said, "he turned to me, put his hand on my shoulder, and said, 'Jim, Jim, just settle down.

During the ceremonies at Reagan Library in Simi Valley, officials read letters drafted for the occasion by former British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher and former Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev, who said that Reagan was a "remarkably prolific letter writer ...


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[Guardian Angel]

Can I buy rolls of them yet? I want to use them at my office. (My boss is a flamin' Dem!)

[The Finman]

Originally posted by Guardian Angel:
Can I buy rolls of them yet? I want to use them at my office. (My boss is a flamin' Dem!)

It doesn't appear that you can buy them in rolls, just panes. [img]graemlins/ohwell.gif[/img]


http://shop.usps.com/cgi-bin/vsbv/po...9271&info=more

[Amawalk John]

A Gipper stamp. Perfect! Just the thing for mailing a copy of Form 180 to Senator Ketchup for him to sign.

http://www.archives.gov/research_roo...d_form_180.pdf