Jan 17 2009
Edgar Allan Poe Commemorative Stamp
In 2009, the U.S. Postal Service commemorates the 200th anniversary of the birth of Edgar Allan Poe, one of America’s most extraordinary poets and fiction writers. For more than a century and a half, Poe and his works have been praised by admirers around the world, including English poet laureate Alfred, Lord Tennyson, who dubbed Poe “the literary glory of America.” British author Sir Arthur Conan Doyle called him “the supreme original short story writer of all time.”The stamp portrait of Edgar Allan Poe is by award-winning artist Michael J. Deas, whose research over the years has made him well acquainted with Poe’s appearance. In 1989, Deas published The Portraits and Daguerreotypes of Edgar Allan Poe, a comprehensive collection of images featuring authentic likenesses as well as derivative portraits.
Scheduled issue date: Jan. 16 in Richmond, VA.
Courtesy of www.usps.com
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Wasn’t Edgar Allen Poe the inspiration behind I Am The Walrus? They should have made a set of stamps about that, it would have been awesome.
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Cool, I don’t usually buy special stamps but I probably will this time. I have a sheet of Greta Garbo, Poe would be a nice addition to the collection.
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yan - thanks for the award. lol he is a hottie for a dead geezer.
hindleyite - Yes he was and that’s a great idea.
violetteb - Sounds like the start of a great collection. I’ll be buying some Poe as well.