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Topic: Space stamps absent so far in 2012 US designs
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Robert Pearlman
Editor Posts: 42985
From: Houston, TX
Registered: Nov 1999
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posted 09-05-2011 09:20 AM
   
Over the past seven weeks, the U.S. Postal Service (USPS) has been revealing its 2012 stamp designs through Twitter, Facebook and the website, Beyond The Perf. We're revealing one stamp from the upcoming 2012 program every weekday at 7:30 a.m. EDT. According to Linn's Stamps News, "it appears that this week's subjects are bringing an end to the string of unveilings," though the newspaper acknowledges that "it is expected that additional 2012 stamps designs will be unveiled, but a USPS representative indicated that future images will appear sporadically." ("USPS wraps up unveiling of 2012 stamps — for now," Vol. 84, No. 4325)Further, collectSPACE has learned that NASA has not been contacted about a space-themed stamp for 2012. For this year's Mercury Project and MESSENGER Mission stamps, the USPS consulted with the space agency months in advance. Under the subject selection criteria, U.S. postage stamps primarily feature American or American-related subjects. For a stamp to honor specific individuals, the individuals must be deceased for at least five years and will usually will be issued on, or in conjunction with significant anniversaries of their birth. Events of historical significance are only considered for commemoration on anniversaries in multiples of 50 years. For 2012, possible eligible subjects included the 50th anniversary of the first, second and third U.S. orbital manned spaceflights (Mercury-Atlas 6, Mercury-Atlas 7 and Mercury-Atlas 8). A 'meta' release was also possible: a stamp honoring the 50th anniversary of the surprise 4¢ 1962 Project Mercury stamp. |
onesmallstep
Member Posts: 1310
From: Staten Island, New York USA
Registered: Nov 2007
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posted 09-07-2011 04:01 PM
Don't forget an unmanned mission anniversary, the Mariner 2 flight to Venus in August 1962, the first to successfully fly to another planet... |
spaceman1953
Member Posts: 953
From: South Bend, IN
Registered: Apr 2002
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posted 09-08-2011 09:21 PM
Linn's Stamp News, in its issue next week available online this week, talks about the USPS being interested in if collectors are interested in more Prestige booklets. The USPS put out three (??): The Submarine, the Old Glory, and the Lewis and Clark booklets over the past several years.I thought/think that the space program would make a great topic for one, with stamps for Grissom/Glenn and the rest of our Mercury anniversaries, etc. They could easily come up with 20 different stamp designs to put in a Prestige booklet. Guess I have to go read that again about where to send my suggestion. |
LM1
Member Posts: 667
From: New York, NY
Registered: Oct 2010
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posted 09-09-2011 12:42 AM
I agree. That is a great idea. If the USPS issues more booklets like that, perhaps they would not have to close my local post office. |
cspg
Member Posts: 6210
From: Geneva, Switzerland
Registered: May 2006
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posted 09-09-2011 01:26 AM
And they probably wouldn't have to close your local post office if they would sell their stamps to international customers (it used to be the case, by the way).   It's quite strange to see so few stamps commemorating US space achievements... it's almost as if the country wasn't proud of its space program, manned and unmanned. |
LM1
Member Posts: 667
From: New York, NY
Registered: Oct 2010
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posted 09-09-2011 01:54 AM
We are proud of our accomplishments in space. Government priorities have changed. The FOREVER stamps are apparently damaging our relations with worldwide stamp collectors. I have asked the postal clerks several times if I can use FOREVER stamps on mail to foreign countries. They always say NO. I then mention that this is a mistake because many collectors like to see the latest US issues on their mail. I mention that collectors in Mexico and South America will never see the Salina and Tito Puente stamps. As for closing my local post office - that would be a disaster. I live about 100 feet from my PO and I go there every day with eBay items. I actually moved recently to a cheaper apartment and having the PO that close was a great incentive to move there. The USPS can do a great deal to please collectors that will increase their profits. |
LM1
Member Posts: 667
From: New York, NY
Registered: Oct 2010
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posted 09-10-2011 07:24 AM
Collectors should send their suggestions for space-related stamps to the Citizens Stamp Advisory Committee in Washington. |
alec
Member Posts: 37
From: Romania
Registered: Apr 2008
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posted 09-14-2011 09:30 AM
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Originally posted by spaceman1953:
I thought/think that the space program would make a great topic for one, with stamps for Grissom/Glenn and the rest of our Mercury anniversaries, etc. They could easily come up with 20 different stamp designs to put in a Prestige booklet.
I have designed the latest space stamps for Romania and the "special booklet" was sold out in the first day of issue. Even some of the astronauts and cosmonauts that took part at the events related to the first day of issue were not able to obtain the booklets.Even that the main subject was Gagarin, Prunariu and COPUOS, I've tried to include in the design most of the important space missions of these fifty years of space conquest, ASTP, Shutlle-MIR and ISS. Too bad that USPS do not think to issue at least a stamp for the shuttle this year. | |
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