U.S. Postal Service to Issue Cowboys of the Silver Screen Stamps
Four legends of the silver screen - Gene Autry, William S. Hart, Tom Mix and Roy Rogers - are getting first-class stamps. The stamps are part of the Cowboys of the Silver Screen stamp collection from the U.S. Postal Service. Stamp artist Robert Rodriguez of Los Angeles, CA, created the artwork under the direction of art director Carl Herrman of North Las Vegas, NV.
The 10 a.m. dedication ceremony takes place at the National Cowboy & Heritage Museum in Oklahoma City, OK, when the 44-cent first-class stamps and 28-cent stamped postal cards go on sale nationwide April 17. The ceremony coincides with the museum's 2010 Western Heritage Awards Weekend.
"The Postal Service has a long-standing tradition of honoring men and women who have helped define our great nation," said James C. Miller III, of the U.S. Postal Service Board of Governors. "Today, we continue that tradition by celebrating the 'Cowboys of the Silver Screen' -- William S. Hart, Tom Mix, Gene Autry and Roy Rogers -- four extraordinary performers who helped make the American Western a popular form of entertainment. They rode the silver screen nearly a century ago, and decades from now, our grandchildren and great-grandchildren will talk about them when discussing the history of film, radio and television."
