[78-L] Kate Smith stamp

[bruce78rpm at comcast.net]

I assume the press release for the Kate Smith Stamp was issued by the USPS? If so, I find it appalling that the person paid by our Tax Dollars to issue such a release, does not even take a few minutes to research his so-called facts ie : "That Irving Berlin Composed the song specifically for her!!", that is just so appallingly sad, but so typical of bureaucratic ineptness !! 
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From: "David Lennick " < dlennick @ sympatico .ca> 
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Sent: Friday, January 8, 2010 10:37:30 AM GMT -05:00 US/Canada Eastern 
Subject: Re: [78-L] Kate Smith stamp 

And yet MORE record-related stamps, this time from Britain: http ://news. bbc .co. uk /2/hi/entertainment/8444156. stm What, no Robert Crumb? dl Michael Biel wrote: > 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 @ 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 > 
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