Commemorative Ronald Reagan Stamp Planned

[Khephra]

SIMI VALLEY, Calif. -- Ronald Reagan's image will appear on a commemorative postage stamp to be issued early next year, Postal Service officials announced Wednesday.

The stamp honoring the nation's 40th president will be 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 -- they may be honored with a stamp after the first birth anniversary following their death.

Reagan was born Feb. 6, 1911. The first-day-of-issue stamp dedication ceremony will take place Feb. 9 at the library.

http://www.newsday.com/news/politics/wire/sns-ap-reagan-stamp,0,408573.story?coll=sns-ap-politics-headlines

[SoCalDem]

1. you know, I don't really mind this..

He won the election twice, he WAS president, and even though I did not like him, putting his mug on a stamp does not bother me at all..

I DO object mightily to renaming every building, highway and bridge in the USA after him, and I definitely don't want him on my money, but a stamp is a nice gesture:)

[Dr Fate]

2. I agree- the stamp is fine.

But I really dont need him on my money or much else.

[Mr E McSquare]

23. How about the thousand...

dollar bill. That way the people that supported him can look at him all they want and the rest of us who will never see a thousand dollars will never see it.

[FlemingsGhost]

4. Me either. Think of the envelope cartoon possibilities!

I'm looking forward to a Ronald Reagan stamp.

:evilgrin:

[Sabriel]

6. Hmmm, the possibilities

I'm going to write something about AIDS statistics and draw an arrow to his smarmy face. Thanks, post office! I can't wait!

[tinnypriv]

8. So you're not opposed to lauding terrorists?

How about a stamp of Bin Laden issued in Saudi Arabia?

[ladybugg33]

25. Beside this Bush administration, Ronnie is almost appealing.

But I don't think they need to make it a war stamp. Ronnie didn't serve either. He only played war roles in the movies.

[ladybugg33]

26. Beside this Bush administration, Ronnie is almost appealing.

But I don't think they need to make it a war stamp. Ronnie didn't serve either. He only played war roles in the movies.

[flordehinojos]

3. If ever in a post office anyone tries to sell me a RR stamp, I will

decline the stamp and request a different kind.

[WannaJumpMyScooter]

5. Yep, I think this is very appropriate.

Of course, it should be a welfare stamp, for all the people his administration forced to go on it.

[MarkTwain]

7. The Wingnuts will all have woodies...

... licking Reagan's ass each time they mail their tithes to Jan and Paul Crouch, their anthrax to Democratic congressional offices, and their illiterate, misspelled, and grammar inappropriate hate mail to the various Editors of their local newspapers!

[sniffa]

9. the stamp wiLL never work properLy

because peopLe wiLL be spitting on the wrong side.

bu dum bum! :evilgrin:

[markus]

10. So is there a post office in a town named F--- You

so I can get an issue day cancellation there?

[booksenkatz]

11. Maybe it will be our first X-rated stamp

It will show Reagan raping a poor person. How vulgar. I wonder what Nancy will say?

[jobycom]

12. It will be 37 cent stamp, but you will have to pay 75 cents for it

That would be appropriate.

Also, it should show Reagan's face superimposed over a bloody flag draped over a child's coffin, and, if you can fit it, should show prison bars in front of his face.

The slimy, vile dog deserves no stamp. The day he died I smiled and breathed deeply, knowing that for the first time in my life the air was free of his murderous breath. I still can't hate Bush as much as I hate Reagan.

[noonwitch]

13. All dead presidents get stamps, don't they?

I don't know if Nixon got one, though. I don't really have a problem with Ronnie getting his stamp. I agree with everyone who wants to keep him off of money/Mt. Rushmore/anything else.

[BiggJawn]

14. Won't work...

I'll be spitting on the wrong side of it.

I asked my local PM about a Lance stamp, and he explained the "Gotta be dead 10 year" rule to me.

I said "I'm in no hurry, then..."

[johnfunk]

15. A value-added stamp to raise funds for Alzheimer's research...

... would make the stamp a HUGE bipartisan hit. Let's all drop a note to the USPS -- the idea might well have traction...

[Demeter]

16. It Ought To Be POSTAGE DUE

Ronald Reagan will never pay for the crimes he committed or permitted to occur; he's dead and gone. But his legacy is Iran-Contra, Newty Gingrich, Tom Delay, and the Bushistas, designer wars, and the Iraqi quagmire. Not to mention the deficit, his own and mad King George's. And that's only for starters. If I were in charge, I'd figure the less said about Reagan, the better. Don't see anyone pushing for a Nixon stamp, and Nixon had a lot more positive impact than Ronnie.

[arwalden]

17. Great! And Let That Be The End Of It... NO MORE!!

Reagan worshipers can buy them all up and hoard them to make them scarce and collectible ... or they can just use them... or frame them. It's all good.

Just let it be over!

-- Allen

[Demonaut]

18. the stamp will never stick, the back side has a teflon coating

[MGKrebs]

19. Is it going to be like the Elvis stamps?

Will we get a younger Ronnie (Bedtime for Bonzo), and an old (drooling) Ronnie?

[Toucano]

20. Seems reasonable.

I won't be rushing out to buy any, but it makes sense to make one.

[CBHagman]

21. It's customary, but...

...I will still hand-deliver things before I'll put that on any of my bills or letters. Perhaps I should lay in a supply of Cesar Chavez and Paul Robeson stamps for the duration.

[Tangledog]

22. No problem with that

Nixon did get a stamp; there was some slight controversy, but not much. I was OK with it.

Hell, James Buchanan is on a stamp or 2. I don't know if he was worse than GWB*, but he was worse than Reagan.

Some -- many -- of Reagan's policies were horrible. But he did at least meet with Gorbachev, and he took personal responsibility for the Challenger -- a fairly meaningless gesture in and of itself, but one that sent the message I needed to hear right then. Has B* done anything even that noble? I mean, has B* ever done anything that wasn't dishonest, fatuous, or just plain contemptible?

B* will get his own stamp, too, unless he gets indicted for treason or something. If he gets shot, he'll get his own stamp no matter what he's done, I'd think. It's sort of a tradition of nonpartisanship that not that many people are eager to break, probably because there are hardly any left to break.

Tangledog, (who sold his stamp collection this year, after 2 dormant decades, but kept his H. E. Harris "Liberty" United States album)

[auburngrad82]

24. I could SWEAR I had one of those, but I can't figure out where I put it.