STEVE Jobs, Snoopy, John
Lennon and gay rights icon Harvey Milk will likely soon share a distinct honour
- their own US postage stamps.
Well, Snoopy will probably have
to share the spotlight with Charlie Brown and the rest of the cast of the
popular Peanuts comic, according to a secret planning document obtained
by the Washington Post.But it’s the British Beatles icon John Lennon who will cause the real stir among stamp collectors.
US postage stamps are only supposed to feature citizens. Which is perhaps the reason why a date has not yet been set for the stamp’s release.
The pop culture heavy list is aimed at helping the financially strapped postal service attract a new generation of collectors, the newspaper said.
Which may explain why Sesame Street and Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer made the list of stamps set to be released in 2014 and 2015.
There will also be stamps to attract baby boomers featuring 1970s musical icons Janis Joplin, Jimi Hendrix and James Brown along with late talk show king Johnny Carson.
The post office will also reissue its best-selling stamp of all time - Elvis Presley.
And, of course, there will still be plenty of more traditional stamps like the wedding cakes, hearts and flowers used to pretty up invitations.
The list of subjects approved by the citizen’s stamp advisory committee is not final, the Washington Post cautioned.
Among the subjects who have not yet been given a release date: Presidents Bill Clinton, George W Bush and Barack Obama; music icons Michael Jackson, Tammy Wynette and Sarah Vaughn; sharks; and Dora the Explorer.
The postal service likes to keep its plans secret in order to generate more buzz with each release.
With thanks to The Herald Sun
See also
Dwight Yoakam Names His Top Five David Bowie Songs
Elvis At 21 - National Portrait Gallery, Canberra
25 Most Influential People In History By Attribute
60 Years of Rock And Roll: Elvis Presley Anniversary 2014
Baz Luhrmann Keen To Make A Movie About Elvis Presley
How Los Angeles and Hollywood Took Rock ‘N’ Roll Around The World
Rock Around the Clock: B-side Find Accidentally Launched Rock Anthem
Elvis Is Touring Australia In 2017, Sort Of
Update:
Charlton Heston to be honoured with stamp.
I think it would now be appropriate to issue a Shirley Temple stamp as well.
She made a huge contribution - social, emotional and financial - to America during the Depression.
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