Ronald Reagan Stamps Draw Huge Interest
by Lucas Everidge
SIMI VALLEY, Calif. (AP) - Ronald Reagan's image will appear on a commemorative
postage stamp to be issued in early 2005, Postal Service officials announced
in a November, 2004 press release. The stamp honoring the nation's 40th
president was ceremoniously unveiled Nov. 9 at Reagan's library in Simi
Valley where he was buried in June.
The Postal Service traditionally doesn't honor prominent Americans
with a stamp until at least 10 years after their deaths. U.S. presidents
are the exception, who may be honored with a stamp after the first birth
anniversary following their death.
Reagan was born Feb. 6, 1911 in Dixon, Illinois. The first-day-of-issue
stamp dedication ceremony will take place February 9, 2005 at the library.
"The Postal Service is pleased to honor President Ronald W. Reagan," Postmaster
General John E. Potter said. "He led our nation during a momentous
time in world history and never lost the ability to reach Americans on
a truly personal level."
Former first lady Nancy Reagan said she was grateful to the Postal
Service for honoring her husband so soon after his death.
"My husband would be humbled by the issuance of this stamp," Mrs.
Reagan said. "And probably a little amused by picturing himself
arriving in mailboxes around the country stuck on the upper right hand
corner of an envelope."
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