For you info.-Bill ---------- > From: Allen <jamesdallen@worldnet.att.net> > Subject: Re: Genealogy stamp > Date: Sunday, December 07, 1997 1:02 PM > > 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: customer@email.usps.gov > >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 <theresac@gte.net> > To: CIVIL-WAR@rootsweb.com <CIVIL-WAR@rootsweb.com> > 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 > > theresac@gte.net Theresa Carhart > > P.O. Box 11282 > > College Station > > Texas 77841 > >theresac@gte.net > > > >