The second of the 42¢ stamps comes out today - a nice selection of American journalists, covering Martha Gellhorn, John Hersey, George Polk, Ruben Salazar, and Eric Sevareid.
From the usps.com product page:
"Working in radio, television, or print, the
journalists reported — often at great personal sacrifice — some of the
most important stories of the 20th century. They did their part to keep
people informed about the world around them.
Art director Howard
Paine worked with designer Fred Otnes of West Redding, Connecticut, to
create the stamp art. The abstract backgrounds were meant to imply the
“worldliness” of the subjects, without referring to explicit events;
the fragments of text were meant to suggest headlines of articles by or
about each journalist."
Buy this stamp in a pane of 20 at your local post office or online.
The last stamp being released at this moment under the soon-to-be 42¢ cost is the Purple Heart stamp which is available for pre-order. It is being released April 30th.
Darn! It doesn't look like they're selling this stamp online now. I just placed a big stamp order and looked all over for it.
Guess I'll have to head to the Post Office!
Posted by: kelly | May 11, 2008 at 10:12 PM