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Thanks to late night TV and the added bonus of cable channels that run older shows; most American’s have seen or at least know about the television shows that are represented in the Early TV Memories postage stamps. Issued this month by the United States Postal Service, they are already providing to be a hit among collectors and fans alike. The stamps depict different popular classic television shows from the 1950’s and 1960’s. The Twilight Zone is one of the stamps that are featur …

Louis Comfort Tiffany was the son of famed jewelry designer Charles Tiffany. Instead of joining the company business, he chose to pursue his love of art. During the 1860’s-1870’s he made a name for himself with his oil and watercolor creations. During the 1880’s he turned his attention towards interior design where he focused his efforts on making art for American homes. He is considered to be one of America’s most influential craftsmen, artists, and designers of the century. …

Daffy Duck, one of America’s much loved Looney Tunes characters, was honored with a commemorative postage stamp in April of 1999. At the time, Daffy joined his other Looney Tunes friends, Bugs Bunny and Sylvester and Tweety, as some of the top sellers in the USPS stamp selling history.Issuing the Looney Tunes postage stamps were not without some controversy though. Some opponents to the stamps thought that issuing them violated postal service policies because they thought the stamps …

Traveling through space has been a fascination for not only astronauts and cosmonauts, but regular folks around the world as well. Those of us not lucky enough to have the experience of space travel have often watched in eager anticipation as the various space crafts have lifted off to reach destinations that we can only dream about. There have been many successful missions and sadly some tragic endings to these amazing adventures. Back the 1960’s there was a race between t …

Dr. Jonas Salk was born in New York to Russian immigrant parents. He was encouraged to study hard and eventually attended medical school at New York University. He initially had a particular interest in the study of influenza. Dr. Salk’s first major accomplishment came in the development of a vaccine that controlled the spread of the flu. The original vaccine that Salk created is the basis for the flu vaccine that is still used today.Dr. Salk’s second great accomplishment came w …