Madonna stamp

Bah. I was too late to buy the Madonna stamps this year... I didn't want to get any of the other Christmas stamps because I only buy Madonna stamps, so I just picked up another sheet of the Forever First stamps.


First-Day Stamp Ceremonies
USPS News Release: “The Madonna of the Carnation” Featured on ...
Luini "The Madonna of the Carnation" Stamp - 2007 U.S. Stamp ...

I like this year's stamp, featuring the painting “The Madonna of the Carnation” by Milanese Renaissance painter Bernardino Luini (CE). I suppose I could try some post offices other than the Cupertino one to see if they still have the Madonna stamp... but I don't think I will bother.

Bernardino Luini (1480 - 1532) Artwork Images, Exhibitions, Reviews
Image at the National Gallery of Art website:

Ugh just found out the USPS is selling them online, after I had put the Liberty Bell on all of the envelopes:
Product: Christmas: Luini's Madonna of the Carnation
Product: Christmas: Luini's The Madonna of the Carnation 5 Pack

Now I have to see if I can peel any of those stamps off...

NATION GETS SNEAK PEEK OF THE FOREVER STAMP

If some local government wanted to get more revenue through traffic tickets, Cupertino (and certain other cities) would be a target-rich environment... when I was driving home a sheriff's deputy on motorcycle pulled over another Asian woman driver, right next to DeAnza...