Monday, January 19, 2009
Edgar Allan Poe Bicentennial
Born Jan 19, 1809 - died Oct 7, 1849.
On January 16, 2009 the United States Postal Service issued a "Poe Bicentennial" stamp to commemorate the American writer. Issued from the Library of Virginia in Richmond, VA, (the stamp artwork portrait is by Michael Deas, who has done many 'personality' stamp portraits in the past, and a book collection of Poe images from history).
I attended the event which included lectures by Poe scholars and then the stamp issue which was mobbed politely by stamp collectors wanting the 'first day of issue' post marks... Read much more about Edgar Allan Poe here.
