The United States Post Office has issued a Yellow Submarine stamp with The
Beatles which was illustrated by Robin Shepherd and Caleb Lawrence of
Jacksonville, Florida-based The Robin Shepherd Group. The stamp was
officially dedicated on September 17, 1999 in Green Bay, Wisconsin, and the
package of fifteen stamps will be available soon at post offices across the
country. The "Celebrate the Century" stamp series features fifteen stamps
for each decade of the twentieth century. The final stamps were determined
by vote. Each decade-specific ballot offered a total of 30 choices in five
categories: People & Events, Arts & Entertainment, Sports, Science &
Technology, and Lifestyle. The top two vote-getters in each category, along
with the next five highest vote-getters overall, became the stamps for a
total of fifteen stamps per decade. The 1960s packet features the following
topics (listed in order of most votes received from the public): Man Walks
on the Moon, Super Bowl I, Peace Symbol, "I Have a Dream," Green Bay
Packers, The Beatles, Ford Mustang, The Vietnam War, Barbie Doll, Roger
Maris, 61 in '61, The Integrated Circuit, Lasers, Woodstock, Star Trek, and
The Peace Corps. For more information on stamps visit
www.usps.com .
