Let your fingers do the moonwalking – and pick the U.S. Postal Office’s Moon Landing stamp!
The federal post office agency wants help on selecting an iconic stamp to represent the USA in an upcoming international gallery being built – and on the list is the classic $2.40 Moon Landing single!
The stamp, which features two astronauts planting the Stars and Stripes on the lunar surface, enjoyed a legacy of its own. The stamp’s designer, Christopher Calle, of Ridgefield, CT, was the son of Paul Calle, the veteran illustrator who produced the first Moon Landing tribute, a 10-cent airmail stamp issued September 9, 1969. It became one of the most popular and recognizable postage stamps ever issued.
Cast your vote and the stamp having received the most votes by January 20, 2011 will be the winner!
The new William H. Gross Stamp Gallery is set to open in 2012 in Washington, D.C.
It will include the International Collections Exhibit, which will explore geography, ancestry, history, culture, the environment, and other global topics and themes through interpretive displays of stamps and other philatelic items from around the world.
The collections will include a permanent exhibit of important international stamps as well as rotating exhibits of other key materials.
The exhibit will also feature original objects and interactive displays—including a map of the world with sliding windows that reveal stamps and other objects associated with each region.
To cast your vote, go to: http://www.postalmuseum.si.edu/vote/
By Leonard David