Retiring List Contest - Spring Summer 2009 Idea book and Catalog

I’ve a passion for Consumers and keep looking for information on it. Today, I checked if I could find more info by entering ’stamps catalog’ in Google and found this:

This list is for Stamp Sets only. . . no wheels or accessories. … If you don’t have a copy of the catalog, click here. Good luck…. The person with the most stamps set picks on the retiring list on June 1st will win a $20 gift Certificate. … DO NOT INCLUDE MINI CATALOG SETS OR HOSTESS SETS….

Hmmm, I have too look further into that for my Consumers blog.

Bob Hope Stamp First Day Cancellations

… an image that truly expresses the subject and is striking enough to excite collectors, yet can be rendered in the small scale and simple forms required of a cancellation. … It goes on to say, “Among the research materials used in the development of the stamp design was a reference file showing drawings of Hope by noted artist Al Hirschfeld….The first day ceremonies for the Hope stamp were held aboard the retired aircraft carrier USS Midway in San Diego on Friday, May 29, 2009 which would have been the c omedian’s 106th birthday. … Collectors have 60 days to obtain the first-day-of-issue postmark by mail….

Not exactly what I was looking for, nevertheless still a excellent read.