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Posted in Flags on Stamps, History, Information on Nov 20th, 2008
On October 20, The Daily Flag linked to this story in The Oregonian. Today there is an update, with some exciting news for vexillologists. The response to the flag contest redesign has floored us. I quit counting more than a week ago when we already had 1,000 entries. Now, in the final days (deadline is [...]
Posted in Flags in the News, Flags on Stamps on Sep 3rd, 2008
Yesterday the U.S. Postal Service dedicated the second set of the Flags of Our Nation stamp series in a ceremony at postal headquarters in Washington, D.C. The new series features the flag of District of Columbia, and the the state and territorial flags of Florida, Georgia, Guam, Hawaii, Idaho, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa and Kansas. In [...]
Posted in Flags on Stamps, History on Aug 25th, 2008
The second set of The Flags of Our Nation stamps go on sale in September, and I am finally getting around to writing about the first set issued on June 14—Flag Day. These stamps are the first in a 60-stamp series that will be issued over three years. The stamps honor the U.S. flag, and [...]
Posted in Flags on Stamps, History, Information on Aug 7th, 2008
From the U.S. Postal Service: On April 18, 2008, in Washington, DC, the Postal Service™ issued 42–cent, definitive stamps, Flags 24/7, in four designs. The stamps, designed by Phil Jordan of Falls Church, Virginia, each feature a painting by Laura Stutzman of Mountain Lake Park, Maryland, of an American flag flying at a different time [...]
Posted in Flag Photos, Flags in the News, Flags on Stamps, History, Information on Aug 5th, 2008
Sidewalk Photographer Alex Richman and the intrepid Mrs. Richman covered a lot of ground (more than six miles on foot) in Washington D.C. during the last weekend of July. One of the photographs he took (shown below) was of the Lunar Module #2-Apollo, which was never used on a lunar mission. Now on display at [...]
