U.S. Postal Service to dedicate 50s Fins & Chrome Stamps

Ceremony highlights second set of America on the Move series

What:
Dedication of the “America on the Move: ‘50s Fins and Chrome” commemorative stamps

Who:
U.S. Postal Service Deputy Postmaster General and Chief Operating Officer Patrick Donahoe
Carlisle Events Co-Founder Bill Miller, Jr.

When:
12:30 p.m. ET
Fri., October 3, 2008

Where:
Center Stage adjacent to Grandstand
http://www.carlisleevents.com/ce/pdf/Carlisle_Map_SF.pdf
Fall Carlisle Collector Car Swap Meet & Corral
Carlisle Fairgrounds
1000 Bryn Mawr Road
Carlisle, PA 17013

(Media must pick up credentials at Vendor Services Office located outside Gate 3. Media set-up begins at 11:30 a.m. Parking will be provided.)

Background:
The U.S. Postal Service pays tribute to America’s love affair with the automobile by issuing the “America on the Move: ‘50s Fins and Chrome” stamps on Friday, October 3 at 12:30 p.m. The new stamps feature—a 1957 Chrysler 300C, 1957 Lincoln Premiere, 1957 Pontiac Safari, 1957 Studebaker Golden Hawk and a 1959 Cadillac Eldorado—will be dedicated during a special first-day-of-issue stamp ceremony at the Fall Carlisle Collector Car Swap Meet & Corral.
The Postal Service inaugurated the series in 2005 by issuing the “America on the Move: Sporty Cars of the ‘50s” stamps. The stamp pane depicted a 1952 Nash Healey, 1953 Chevrolet Corvette, 1953 Studebaker Starliner, 1954 Kaiser Darrin and a 1955 Ford Thunderbird.

Media note: The 1957 Pontiac Safari that modeled for one of the stamps will be displayed during the ceremony. Journalists interested in photographing the car and interviewing the owners should contact Ray Daiutolo at 215-931-5049.

Photo courtesy of Noel Evans

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