Disney Pixar Characters Featured on ‘Mail a Smile’ Forever Stamps


May 11, 2012 


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What:

First-Day-of-Issue dedication ceremony of the Mail a Smile Forever Stamps featuring Disney•Pixar characters.

When:

9 a.m., Friday, June 1, 2012

Where:

Walt Disney World Resort
The new Disney's Art of Animation Resort
1850 Animation Way
Lake Buena Vista, FL 32830

Background:

The Postal Service celebrates the second of two stamp sheets featuring beloved Disney•Pixar characters. Following up on Send a Hello stamps issued in 2011, the Mail a Smile stamp sheet includes five different designs spotlighting:

  • Flik and Dot from “A Bug’s Life” (1998);
  • Bob Parr (Mr. Incredible) and Dashiell “Dash” Parr from “The Incredibles” (2004), with “Dash” also shown running in the background;
  • Nemo and Squirt from “Finding Nemo” (2003);
  • Woody, Bullseye, and Jessie from “Toy Story 2” (1999); and
  • Boo, Mike Wazowski, and James P. “Sulley” Sullivan from “Monsters, Inc.” (2001).

The back of the stamp pane shows blue-pencil sketches of characters from these movies interspersed among text that exhorts readers to “mail a smile” to a loved one. Art director William J. Gicker of Washington, DC, worked with Disney•Pixar to design the stamp art.

To attend the event, the public must RSVP by registering at the following website: http://www.rsvptrack.com/pixarstamps

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