Brazil Single: RURAL SCENE CELEBRATES VERMONT'S BICENTENNIAL
Vermont's statehood bicentennial will be featured on a 29-cent commemorative stamp, which will be issued in March in Bennington. The stamp pictures a rural scene.Scott number 2533 has been assigned to this multicolored stamp. It will be printed in panes of 50 with four single-digit plate numbers. First-day cancel addresses are Customer Affixed Envelopes, Vermont Statehood Stamp, Postmaster, 108 Elm St., Bennington, Vt. 05201, or Vermont Statehood Stamp, Postmaster, 108 Elm St.,...
Brazil Single: DIE ESSAY DISCOVERY EXCITED COLLECTOR
A former Minneapolis resident has made a philatelic discovery that has eluded collectors and archivists for 53 years.Kent Kobersteen of Washington, D.C., recently found a single-color die essay of the 1928 red, white and blue Beacon airmail stamp, it was reported Feb. 11 by Linn's Weekly Stamp News. A die essay is a die proof of a stamp that was not issued. Kobersteen, who has a highly specialized collection of the Beacon stamp, found the blue die essay in the files of the U.S....
Brazil Single: DRIVER PROFILES
ALEX ZANARDI, 30, Monte Carlo, Monaco . . . has clinched 1997 series championship driving Target Reynard Honda for Chip Ganassi . . . leads series in victories (five), pole positions (four), laps led (338) and laps completed (1,930 of possible 2,009) . . . set CART records with six consecutive poles and 11 straight front-row starts . . . second year in the series; was Rookie of the Year and third in points in 1996 . . . has eight wins and 10 poles in 32 career starts . . . began racing in 1980...
Brazil Single: How has having a sister changed Erik's life?
"And then..." Youth Fiction Series Editor's note: This is the sixth of seven parts in the summer edition of The Town Talk Youth Council fiction series, "And then ? ."So, Erik has learned that his clone is not his clone at all, but his sister. Her name is Erica, and she is in the hospital with a broken leg - all because of his road rage. Thank heavens she doesn't need that spleen transplant! This is their first time to...
Brazil Single: STAMP MARKS ARRIVAL OF FIRST AMERICANS
In the 1992 celebration marking the 500th anniversary of Christopher Columbus' arrival in America, the U.S. Postal Service is not forgetting the first Americans. On Oct. 12, a 50-cent airmail stamp will be issued to recognize the American Indian ancestors who crossed the Bering Strait and settled in Alaska.The stamp pictures a family looking upon what Alaska might have looked like at that time. The stamp will be released in Anchorage. Other details will be announced later. On...