Twain’s been called the “father of American literature” and he was damned funny to boot, and I’m happy to see the US Postal Service is issuing a stamp in his honor:
Twain’s not doing bad for a dead guy; he’s got his own website and a stamp…
linux is for writers
I’m reading these on GoodReads.com
they like us
Website, stamp… a blog can’t be too far behind! Can’t wait to read it.
~Graham
If the Orwell folks could run a blog based on Orwell’s diaries…
TC,
Exactly.
~Graham
Why the strike through Forever? Some kind of law against reproducing a stamp in its entirety or am I missing an otherwise obvious deeper meaning?
Probably some kind of blow against counterfeiting (the graphic came that way from the USPS). A hopeless gesture in the digital age, but then, a black bar wasn’t all that expensive to add (hopefully).
A small price to pay to get a Twain pic on the Underground…