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What: |
First-Day-of-Issue Ceremony for the New Mexico Statehood Forever Stamp |
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Who: |
Mickey Barnett, vice chairman, Board of Governors, U.S. Postal Service Susana Martinez, governor, State of Mexico Marie Therese Dominguez, vice president, Government Relations and Public Policy, U.S. Postal Service Veronica Gonzales, secretary of Cultural Affairs, State of New Mexico |
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When: |
Friday, Jan. 6, 2012 |
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The New Mexico History Museum Auditorium |
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With this stamp, the U.S. Postal Service honors the 100 years that have passed since January 6, 1912, when New Mexico became the 47th state in the union. Today, New Mexico is the fifth-largest state in the U.S., known for its rich history, vibrant cultures, and stunning geographic diversity. A resident of New Mexico for more than 35 years, artist Doug West is best known for his southwestern landscapes and skies. Art director Richard Sheaff selected one of West’s existing oil paintings for the stamp art. New Mexico Statehood is being issued as a Forever® stamp. Forever stamps are always equal in value to the current First-Class Mail one-ounce rate. The 4-cent stamp issued to commemorate the 50th anniversary of New Mexico statehood was designed by Robert J. Jones and featured Ship Rock, a towering rock formation in northwestern New Mexico. |
The Postal Service receives no tax dollars for operating expenses, and relies on the sale of postage, products and services to fund its operations.
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A self-supporting government enterprise, the U.S. Postal Service is the only delivery service that reaches every address in the nation, 150 million residences, businesses and Post Office Boxes. The Postal Service receives no tax dollars for operating expenses, and relies on the sale of postage, products and services to fund its operations. We’re everywhere so you can be anywhere: www.uspseverywhere.com. With 32,000 retail locations and the most frequently visited website in the federal government, usps.com, the Postal Service has annual revenue of more than $67 billion and delivers nearly 40 percent of the world’s mail. If it were a private sector company, the U.S. Postal Service would rank 29th in the 2010 Fortune 500. Black Enterprise and Hispanic Business magazines ranked the Postal Service as a leader in workforce diversity. The Postal Service has been named the Most Trusted Government Agency six consecutive years and the sixth Most Trusted Business in the nation by the Ponemon Institute.
