Vote for fountain pen commemorative stamps!

Pen historian Rob Astyk notes at the Lion & Pen forum that 2008 will be the centennial of Walter A. Sheaffer's first pen patent, and will also mark the 125th anniversary of the founding of the Waterman company, and the 120th of Parker -- and suggests a letter-writing campaign to the Citizens' Stamp Advisory Committee promoting the idea of a series of stamps commemorating historic writing instruments. Sounds most appropriate, and probably long overdue.

As usual, actual letters get more attention than emails, so if you want to put in your vote, here's the address:

Citizens' Stamp Advisory Committee
c/o Stamp Development
U.S. Postal Service
1735 North Lynn St., Suite 5013
Arlington, VA 22209-6432.

Posted by David on July 7, 2007 9:56 AM