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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Keep Postal systems alive, buy stamps and mail often 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.
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."
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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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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President - West Essex Philatelic Society www.wepsonline.org 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.
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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