The Stamp Collectors Corner

Continuing from Friday… Despite her many successes in film and radio, McDaniel was often criticized for the stereotypical rolls that she played.  She is known for saying “I’d rather make $700 a week playing a maid than earn $7 a day being a maid.”  She worked tirelessly behind the scenes to change the way that [...]

Hattie McDaniel was born on June 10, 1895 in Wichita, Kansas, but spent her childhood living in Denver, Colorado. She dropped out of school at a very early age and pursued her dreams of performing while touring with vaudeville companies, minstrel shows, and musical ensembles. Arriving in Hollywood in 1931, she is credited with appearing in [...]

Baseball has always been regarded as one of America’s favorite pastimes.  It should come as no surprise that the United States Postal Service issued a set of super cool “Baseball Sluggers” postage stamps to commemorate some of the champions of the sport. The 39 cent postage stamps were unveiled in March of 2006 at the [...]

Before the days of the internet, postage stamp collectors had a far more difficult time finding stamps from different countries.  They were likely limited to trading with other local collectors, waiting for a special letter to arrive in the mail, or if they were lucky, they knew of a good Stamp Dealer. Stamp Dealers are [...]

The United States Postal Service honored musical great, Henry Mancini with a 37 cent commemorative postage stamp on April 13, 2004.  The stamp was originally unveiled months before at the 2003 Mancini Musicale at UCLA before a very large crowd.  The postage stamp features Mancini directing with many of his famous works from film and [...]

In 1995, the United States Postal Service began producing the now popular postage stamp series called the “Legends of Hollywood” which has honored many of Hollywood’s beloved actors.  In September of 2009, Gary Cooper became the 15th person to be honored with a postage stamp in that series. Frank James Cooper, otherwise known as Gary [...]

In continuation from Monday… This sparked a wave of outrage from musicians, patrons, and the First Lady Eleanor Roosevelt.  Instead of using Constitution Hall, a free concert was arranged instead on the steps of the Lincoln Memorial in Washington DC.  Over 75,000 people were attendance and millions of radio listeners tuned in to Anderson’s remarkable [...]

Marian Anderson was a concert and operatic singer whose famous contralto voice helped her earn an honored spot as one of the people featured in the “Black Heritage” commemorative postage stamp series.  The stamp was issued by the United States Postal Service in January of 2005 and was the 28th in the very popular series. [...]

James Cagney was known as one of the most versatile American actors of all time.  He was honored by the United States Postal Service in July of 1999 with a commemorative postage stamp.  The selvage on the stamp set features a picture of Cagney in a scene from the movie “Yankee Doodle Dandy”, for which [...]

Alfred Hitchcock was commemorated by the United States postal service in 1998 with a 32 cent postage stamp.  His stamp was one of the many stamps that were issued as part of the “Legends of Hollywood” series that proved to be quite popular among collectors and fans alike.  One of the things that make these [...]