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The U.S. Postal Service issued a 41-cent Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings commemorative stamp. The stamp is the 24th stamp in the Literary Arts series. Rawlings (1896-1953) was best known for her novel The Yearling and her memoir Cross Creek. She is remembered for a series of short stories, novels and works of nonfiction about life in the Florida backwoods. The stamp depicts the author as well as a fawn at a watering hole in the Florida scrub country. The rows of spots on the fawn, which are consistent with descriptions in The Yearling, indicate that the fawn is a young male. For first-day cancellations, affix stamps to self-addressed envelopes and send to MARJORIE KINNAN RAWLINGS STAMP, POSTMASTER, 6300 SE 221ST ST, HAWTHORNE, FL 32640-9998. Orders must be postmarked by April 21. American scientists stamps The U.S. Postal Service will issue 41-cent American Scientists commemorative stamps March 6 nationwide. The second American Scientists stamps issuance honors theoretical physicist John Bardeen, biochemist Gerty Cori, astronomer Edwin Hubble and structural chemist Linus Pauling. Artist Victor Stabin created a collage for each stamp featuring the scientist along with diagrams of photographic representations that are associated with major contributions made by the scientists. Information about the elements in each collage is on the back of each stamp. For first-day cancellations, affix stamps to self-addressed envelopes and send to AMERICAN SCIENTISTS STAMPS, POSTMASTER, 421 EIGHTH AVE 2029B, NEW YORK, NY 10199-9998. Orders must be postmarked by May 5.
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