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United States/Stamps : Important Centennials not celebrated by USPS

 

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30 Jul 2010
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Hey! gang! I'm curious as to why the 100th Anniversary wasn't celebrated with this stamp.
The Boy Scouts are an honorable group with good
American ideals and should have been honored as such. I know I'm not the sharpest knife in the drawer but I have an idea why ; but I want to hear what others think before I state my opinion.
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31 Jul 2010
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I'm still wondering why they haven't issued a John Lennon stamp yet. (sorry for being off topic)

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01 Aug 2010
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maybe because he's English?

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01 Aug 2010
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And it's not his 100th anniversary? ;-)

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01 Aug 2010
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Actually Bob Hope was English and deserved and received his stamp ... there is a 10 year waiting period to be placed on stamps unless your a president or such. I'm sure John will get a US stamp at some point ... if anyone deserves it I think he does even though he was years after my musical era, however his beautiful music will last long after I'm gone.

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01 Aug 2010
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Bob Hope was Born in England, but became an American citizen at age 17. It's possible that he retained his British citizenship, and thus enjoyed dual citizenship. The United States, however, does not recognize dual citizenship, so Hope would have been, in American eyes, a U.S. citizen only.

John Lennon was born in England and remained an English citizen. Some people would not consider him worthy of a stamp issued in his honor. Quoting Wikipedia:

"Lennon revealed a rebellious nature and acerbic wit in his music, his writing, on film, and in interviews, and became controversial through his work as a peace activist. He moved to New York City in 1971, where his criticism of the Vietnam War resulted in a lengthy attempt by Richard Nixon's administration to deport him, while his songs were adapted as anthems by the anti-war movement."

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01 Aug 2010
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USPS rules for commemoration have been reduced to 5, postmortem.

and, it's not that non-Americans CAN'T be commemorated (look at Kossuth and Masaryk, for instance, in the outward-looking Champions of Liberty series, as well as Winston Churchill, Kosciusko, Lafayette, or John Ericsson), it's that they seldom are. Of course, what we commemorate is growing far beyond those essential our historical salvation, so, other than the restrictions USPS might encounter when dealing with Apple (not the computer group), there's little reason not to commemorate him. Frankly, if we do, i'd rather see it in context of the Beatles, which were more important than the individuals.

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01 Aug 2010
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The Beatles were celebrated in the 1960's Celebrate the Century pane. Another British person commemorated on a US Stamp was William Shakespeare.

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02 Aug 2010
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Yo! Boy Scouts???? 100th???

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we also managed to bypass the centennial celebration of Christmas seals (1907) without even a mention from the organization on whose covers the seals rode shotgun, although one could argue that the stamp honoring Emily Bissell many years ago covered this. We did manage to issue 4 stamps honoring mahagony speed boats that same year.

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02 Aug 2010
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Great comment Carl ....

Yo!!!!!!!

I was in the Boy Scouts and later became a scout master. Since I'm beyond that energy level I had completely forgotten the celebration.

Go Boy Scouts of America!

Perry

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02 Aug 2010
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According to Linn's - This stamp celebrates the 100th anniversary of Scouting in the US. Scouting started in 1907 in England and was not honored with a stamp in 2007 in the US.

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Perry. Sorry about the Yo! was trying to get it back to boy scouts.
Bob: Exactly the Boy scouts weren't honored in 2007.
1950- issued a stamp honoring the 2nd Jamboree.
1960- honoring 50 years- 1910-1960.
I just realized I might get into some deep
fertilizer here. Let me just say they deserve better.

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02 Aug 2010
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Actually I loved the way you got us back on the subject ... I had great experiences in the Boy Scouts. Perry

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Hey! gang! I'm curious as to why the 100th Anniversary wasn't celebrated with this stamp.
The Boy Scouts are an honorable group with good
American ideals and should have been honored as such. I know I'm not the sharpest knife in the drawer but I have an idea why ; but I want to hear what others think before I state my opinion.

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31 Jul 2010
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re: Important Centennials not celebrated by USPS

I'm still wondering why they haven't issued a John Lennon stamp yet. (sorry for being off topic)

Erik

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re: Important Centennials not celebrated by USPS

maybe because he's English?

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01 Aug 2010
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And it's not his 100th anniversary? ;-)

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01 Aug 2010
01:00:21pm

re: Important Centennials not celebrated by USPS

Actually Bob Hope was English and deserved and received his stamp ... there is a 10 year waiting period to be placed on stamps unless your a president or such. I'm sure John will get a US stamp at some point ... if anyone deserves it I think he does even though he was years after my musical era, however his beautiful music will last long after I'm gone.

Perry

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01 Aug 2010
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Bob Hope was Born in England, but became an American citizen at age 17. It's possible that he retained his British citizenship, and thus enjoyed dual citizenship. The United States, however, does not recognize dual citizenship, so Hope would have been, in American eyes, a U.S. citizen only.

John Lennon was born in England and remained an English citizen. Some people would not consider him worthy of a stamp issued in his honor. Quoting Wikipedia:

"Lennon revealed a rebellious nature and acerbic wit in his music, his writing, on film, and in interviews, and became controversial through his work as a peace activist. He moved to New York City in 1971, where his criticism of the Vietnam War resulted in a lengthy attempt by Richard Nixon's administration to deport him, while his songs were adapted as anthems by the anti-war movement."

Bob

(Message edited by Bobstamp on August 01, 2010)

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re: Important Centennials not celebrated by USPS

USPS rules for commemoration have been reduced to 5, postmortem.

and, it's not that non-Americans CAN'T be commemorated (look at Kossuth and Masaryk, for instance, in the outward-looking Champions of Liberty series, as well as Winston Churchill, Kosciusko, Lafayette, or John Ericsson), it's that they seldom are. Of course, what we commemorate is growing far beyond those essential our historical salvation, so, other than the restrictions USPS might encounter when dealing with Apple (not the computer group), there's little reason not to commemorate him. Frankly, if we do, i'd rather see it in context of the Beatles, which were more important than the individuals.

David

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01 Aug 2010
08:57:33pm

re: Important Centennials not celebrated by USPS

The Beatles were celebrated in the 1960's Celebrate the Century pane. Another British person commemorated on a US Stamp was William Shakespeare.

Bob

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re: Important Centennials not celebrated by USPS

Yo! Boy Scouts???? 100th???

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re: Important Centennials not celebrated by USPS

we also managed to bypass the centennial celebration of Christmas seals (1907) without even a mention from the organization on whose covers the seals rode shotgun, although one could argue that the stamp honoring Emily Bissell many years ago covered this. We did manage to issue 4 stamps honoring mahagony speed boats that same year.

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02 Aug 2010
11:09:25am

re: Important Centennials not celebrated by USPS

Great comment Carl ....

Yo!!!!!!!

I was in the Boy Scouts and later became a scout master. Since I'm beyond that energy level I had completely forgotten the celebration.

Go Boy Scouts of America!

Perry

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02 Aug 2010
03:35:31pm

re: Important Centennials not celebrated by USPS

According to Linn's - This stamp celebrates the 100th anniversary of Scouting in the US. Scouting started in 1907 in England and was not honored with a stamp in 2007 in the US.

Bob

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04:53:20pm

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re: Important Centennials not celebrated by USPS

Perry. Sorry about the Yo! was trying to get it back to boy scouts.
Bob: Exactly the Boy scouts weren't honored in 2007.
1950- issued a stamp honoring the 2nd Jamboree.
1960- honoring 50 years- 1910-1960.
I just realized I might get into some deep
fertilizer here. Let me just say they deserve better.

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Keep Postal systems alive, buy stamps and mail often
02 Aug 2010
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re: Important Centennials not celebrated by USPS

Actually I loved the way you got us back on the subject ... I had great experiences in the Boy Scouts. Perry

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