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LEGENDS OF HOLLYWOOD

The U.S. Postal Service, honor film and TV stars on comemorative Souvenir Sheet, Stamps and FDCs
2004 USA - John Wayne in "The Alamo" (1960)

2005 USA - Henry Fonda in "The Grapes of Wrath" (1940)

2006 USA - Jody Garland in the "Wizard of Oz" (1939)

Here some others great Legends of Hollywood !!

Edward Robinson / Lucille Ball / James Cagney / Audrey Hepburm

Marilyn Monroe / James Dean / Alfred Hitchcock

Elvis Presley: The King of the Rock 'n' Roll 1935 - 1977

Marilyn Monroe: Glamour and Sensuality ( 1923 - 1962 )

MINI-SOUVENIR SHEETS OF BELGIUM

SPACE SHUTTLE "COLUMBIA"

Space Shuttle Columbia

The world's first reusable manned spacecraft, the United States' space shuttle, Columbia, was launched into space on April 12, 1981.

Dr. Theodore von Karman (the one on the stamp) founded the NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory and the Aerojet Corporation.

Columbia's success changed space travel forever.

Space shuttles are designed so that they may be used for multiple launches.

2006 TORINO, ITALY

For United States the count of medals were 9 Gold Medals, 9 Silver Medals, and 27 Bronze Medals in this great event.

Regular Official First Day Cover

Combo Official First Day Cover

2006 Torino Combo Maximum Card

Mount Rushmore Maximum Cards

Mount Rushmore National Memorial is a huge mountain sculpture of four US Presidents, located near Keystone, in the Black Hills of South Dakota. The four figures carved in stone on Mt. Rushmore represent the first 150 years of American history: George Washington, Thomas Jefferson, Theodore Roosevelt, and Abraham Lincoln. These four Presidents were chosen to represent the founding, growth and preservation of the United States. The work was designed by the sculptor John Gutzon Borglum (March 25, 1871- March 6, 1941).

Mount Rushmore, named for New York lawyer Charles E. Rushmore, a New York lawyer investigating mining claims in the Black Hills in 1885.

SculptorGutzon Borglum (the one on the bosun chair, 1930) chose this mountain due to its height, the soft grainy consistency of the granite, and the fact that it catches the sun for the greatest part of the day.

Gutzon Borglum studied photograhs, portraits, life masks and descriptions of the presidents to create his working models. This model was changed nine different times to accomodated changes in Mt. Rushmore's desgn.

Almost 400 workers spend 14 years crating sculptor Gutzon Borglum's "Shrine of Democracy."

PATRIOTIC MAXIMUM CARDS

September 11

U.S Navy

American Bold Eagle

Abraham Lincoln: 16th President of the United States.

Among the other three Presidents, on Mount Rushmore National Memorial Park in Rapid City, South Dakota you can find the face of President Lincoln sculptored in 1941.

Lewis & Clark - 1803

In 1803 U.S President Thomas Jefferson commissioned an expedition under the leadership of Lewis & Clark to explore the American Northwest. This two men would work together as partners; they were to share joint command as they explored, mapped, and studied a new route to the Pacific navegating on Missouri River.

2006 The Art Of Disney: Romance

The United States Postal Service (USPS) issued the 39-cent commemorative stamps, The Art of Disney: Romance. With this stamps, the U.S. Postal Service honors the art of romance as imagined by Walt Disney and his studio animators. This is the third stamp pane honoring the art of Disney to be issued by the Postal Service.

2006 THE ART OF DISNEY: ROMANCE - FDCs

2006 CLASSIC DISNEY MAXIMUM CARDS

Playing Romeo & Juliet

Mimi and Mickey on Stage

Lunch time !

WWF STAMPS

Known worldwide by its panda logo, World Wildlife Fund (WWF) leads international efforts to protect endangered species and their habitats. WWF is active around the world, saving wildlife, protecting habitats, and addressing global threats.

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