[78-L] Kate Smith stamp

[Michael Biel]

Tony DiFlorio sent out a copy of a US Postal Service press release about
a stamp honoring Kate Smith to be issued on May Day, May 1.  (There will
be a short pause for everyone to get their jokes out of their systems,
such as this is going to have to be a very big stamp, and that it is
probably intended for overweight mail.)  

I reproduce the info in this release which contains in RED in the
original the erronious info that God Bless America was written FOR HER. 
It also claims that she had at least 20 million selling records.  What
is VERY interesting is that the CD artwork that is mentioned is from an
ASV Living Era CD!!!!  The original press release included a photo of
both the stamp and the Living Era CD.  

"Postal News
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
December 30, 2009
Media Contact: Roy Betts
(O) 202-268-3207
(C) 202-256-4174
roy.a.betts at usps.gov
usps.com/news
Release No. 09-118 

  "With this 2010 stamp, the U.S. Postal Service honors Kate Smith
(1907-1986),the celebrated singer and entertainer whose signature song,
“God Bless America” (composed for her by Irving Berlin), has been
called America’s unofficial national anthem. 
  "The stamp will go on sale May 1. 
  "In a career that spanned almost five decades, Smith recorded nearly
600 songs. At least 20 of her records sold more than a million copies,
including three religious albums. 
  "The stamp art duplicates artwork created for the cover of a CD
titled,“Kate Smith: The Songbird of the South.” The artwork was
based on a photograph of Smith taken in the 1960s."


Mike Biel  mbiel at mbiel.com