There has been a big discussion going on about a genealogy stamp. If you have seen this note from another list - please delete - if not please read - and call or write if you feel it is worth it. Kay --------------------------------------- It takes 3 years to get a stamp issued so we need to get busy and call the 1-800-stamp24 or write to the address below. Genealogy meets all the criteria for a stamp. I believe we just need enough pressure to make it happen, so pass it along and let us generate a landslide of pressure to get one of our passions recognized. EMail to US Postal Service: [email protected] >From the US Postal Service Pages: http://www.usps.gov/ Ideas for stamps subjects that meet the criteria may be addressed to the Citizens' Stamp Advisory Committee, c/o Stamp Management, U.S. Postal Service, 475 L'Enfant Plaza, SW, Room 4474EB, Washington, DC 20260-6756. Subjects suggestions should be submitted at least three years in advance of the proposed date of issue to allow sufficient time for consideration and for design and production if the subject is approved. The selection of subjects for U.S. postage stamps and stationery is a difficult task, since only a limited number of new commemorative items can be issued annually. To help in the selection process, the Postmaster General established the Citizens' Stamp Advisory Committee (CSAC) over 30 years ago to recommend subjects and designs. Members are appointed to the Committee by the Postmaster General. They reflect a wide range of educational, artistic, historical and professional expertise. Once a subject is approved, the Postal Service relies, to a great extent, on the design coordinators for the Advisory Committee in selecting artists to execute the designs. Stamp designing is an unusual art form requiring exacting skill in portraying a subject within very small dimensions. Due to the demands of stamp design and reproduction requirements, it is our policy not to review nor accept unsolicited artwork. -----Original Message----- From: theresa Carhart <[email protected]> To: [email protected] <[email protected]> Date: Friday, December 05, 1997 11:25 PM Subject: Genealogy stamp >Hi rooters, > > I found out today that the U.S. post office has no genealogy stamp, >so I ask how we(Genealogist) could request one be designed and they told me >to call this number, I feel, they have stamps on everything and everyone, >but genealogy. How about calling. > > 1-800-stamp24 > > It would be wonderful to mail bio. and other facts to people with a >genealogy stamp. > What do you think of my idea. > Please let me know Theresa Conley Carhart > [email protected] Theresa Carhart > P.O. Box 11282 > College Station > Texas 77841 > > > "What does he plant who plants a tree? > He plants a friend of sun and sky;" > Henry Cuyler Bunner Aug 3,1855 d.May 11,1896