For more information, please visit www.
Cheney along with a 26-page educational stamp booklet that recounts the
colorful history of the United States flag through nearly 100 photographs, and
includes twenty 37-cent stamps.
The Old Glory Prestige stamp booklet shows how parade decoration posters
and other patriotic displays were used to communicate to Americans while
giving us a look at how the Stars and Stripes were used to tell our nation's
story. postage stamps. The Postal Service
receives no taxpayer dollars for routine operations, but derives its operating
revenues solely from the sale of postage, products and services. Moreover, today's postage rates will remain stable until at least 2006. This $7.40 booklet containing twenty 37-cent stamps is
included in the Inaugural Keepsake Set and is also available separately. From the Civil War onward, the flag often adorned envelopes and letter
sheets alike, both personal and commercial. The Stars and Stripes seemed to be everywhere -- as did Uncle Sam,
Columbia, Liberty, and the American eagle -- sharing space with a host of
products .
Photographs of soldier formations -- meticulous arrangements of thousands
of military personnel -- were once all the rage. Every store, it seemed, was handing out flag pins and decals to
an eager , receptive public, who reached for Old Glory to express unity and
resolve.

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increased extravagance .

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Following is text from the Old Glory Prestige stamp booklet that contains
nearly 80 photographs. . In the 1920s,
rising sentiment against uncontrolled representations, and concern over the
lack of uniformity in the banner itself, prompted patriotic groups to
formulate flag code etiquettes. One memorable image features a dapper Uncle Sam; sporting stars and
stripes, he has been a favorite figure since the War of 1812 .

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MCOL delivers knowledge
resources to health management, managed care, and other health
professionals through Membership services, HealthcareWebSummits,
Directories and Reports from the HealthQuest Publishers division,
e-learning software, e-commerce, specialty web sites, e-business
solutions and news releases through the HealthExecWire division.htm, or
call 209-577-4888. The set includes a specially designed Inaugural
envelope with photos of President George W. To add historical color, each envelope bears
an Old Glory prestige commemorative flag stamp and is packaged with an
educational stamp set containing images of the flag throughout the nation's
history, and twenty 37-cent stamps. 20 .

Inaugural Keepsake Set: Old Glory Prestige Booklet
Issued in 2003 and containing two pages of 10 stamps each (five designs),
the Old Glory prestige booklet vividly illustrates examples of America's
colorful patriotic heritage through nearly 100 photographs taken from
collections at the American Folk Art Museum in New York City, the Smithsonian
Institution's National Museum of American History in Washington, DC, and other
well-known collections.
The Inaugural Keepsake Set can be purchased through the Postal Store at
http://www. An independent federal agency, the Postal Service
makes deliveries to more than 142 million addresses every day and is the only
service provider to deliver to every address in the nation. The flag has appeared in patriotic displays and political
campaigns, fraternal graphics and folk art, even Indian art; it has also been
featured on war bond posters and parade decorations, postcards and postage
stamps, letterheads and sheet music , uniform patches and baseball caps. . . During the Victorian era,
children (small, handheld flags ) and politicians (stars and stripes throughout
their campaigns) took to the American flag with gusto . Stars and stripes show up
on school tablets, corporate letterheads, labels, annual report covers ,
fabrics, magazines, and greeting cards.
The American flag is as popular now as it has ever been.

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MCOL
is based in Modesto, California, with additional offices in Portland,
Oregon.95 Inaugural Keepsake Set, available Jan. 20, includes a special
color Inaugural postmark on a full-color envelope bearing photographs of the
President and Vice President set into a reproduction of a historic
Presidential campaign postcard. With annual
revenues of $69 billion, it is the world's leading provider of mail and
delivery services, offering some of the most affordable postage rates in the
world. The male figure of
Brother Jonathan occasionally appeared, later followed by Yankee Doodle and
Uncle Sam . The American flag has been prominently waved during every
United States war period since. and even the holidays of Easter and Thanksgiving
were made into flag-waving events. By invoking Uncle Sam or Old Glory, many
advertisers tried to imply all-American worthiness and even government
approval .

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This unique site is dedicated to
providing a repository of historical managed care data for health care
professionals, researchers, students, speakers preparing
presentations, the media and the general public.mcol. Sheaff also
designed the Inaugural color postmark and served as art director for the
Inaugural envelope. Advance orders for the Inaugural Keepsake Set may be placed at
the Postal Store online at http://www.
Postcards are popular today, but they were nothing less than a national
craze from the 1870s to the 1940s. .
Both the advertising business and the display of the Stars and Stripes
blossomed during the Victorian era, so perhaps it was only natural that
marketers appropriated the flag and other related national symbols to promote
their goods and services. Many of these were incorporated into a 1942
act of Congress establishing guidelines for the flag's use and display. Today, more than they have in recent decades, Americans are
displaying this powerful national symbol with pride, emotion, and a renewed
allegiance to the republic for which it stands.

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Clive Riddle, MCOL president, says, "In celebration of MCOL's 10th
anniversary providing knowledge resources to managed care and health
management professionals, we're delighted to open the Managed Care
Museum, where admission will always be free of charge, and important
past information on managed care will remain readily available to
those who seek it. Organizations submitting accepted content are cited as a Museum
Patron.

Potter. "An important part of that tradition is the
inauguration of our President, amid a sea of colorful flags, bunting and other
symbols of patriotism. In addition to the photographs, a comprehensive
narrative (follows release) describes the countless ways images of the flag
were used as backdrops to promote everything from patriotism to political
advertising to piggy banks. Also popular
were "living flags" made up of civilians --often in bleachers -- wearing
clothing of red, white, and blue.

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The five stamp designs are:
* a 19th -century hand-painted carving of a woman proudly holding aloft a
sword and flag;

* an 1888 presidential campaign badge with a photograph of Benjamin
Harrison;

* the top portion of a silk bookmark that was woven at the World's
Columbian Exposition in 1893;

* an example of 20th-century folk art featuring Uncle Sam riding a high
wheel bicycle; and

* a modern folding fan with a flag design.usps. Ever since the flag
Resolution of 1777 authorized the first official flag, the stars and stripes
of Old Glory, in many variations, have graced virtually every segment of
American culture. Patriotic postcards were especially
popular throughout World War I. And we are not at all surprised to
find flags on key chains, salt and pepper shakers, wrapping paper and folding
chairs, as well as on neckties, towels , jewelry, and penny candies. flag has often been
adapted for a variety of purposes and causes.

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A virtual tour of the Managed Care Museum includes timelines;
library of narrative history; a gallery of images; a "Hall of Defunct
Plans" with a database of plans no longer in existence; 20th century
archives database with representative managed care documents and data;
and free subscription signup for the MuseumWire e-newsletter.com/about.

Collectible Presidential Inaugural Envelope Educational Old Glory Prestige Booklet Add Historical Color to Inaugural Keepsake Set

The Inaugural Keepsake Set , which includes the Old
Glory Prestige stamp booklet, perfectly captures this exciting emotion that is
at the heart of our democracy," explained Potter.com/shop.
For several decades after our nation's birth, the American flag was seen
infrequently.
Old Glory takes many forms -- from the official version we so proudly wave
and display to countless derivative designs -- and its elements appear on a
myriad of objects. Eye-catching flag-derived
patterns began to be included in American Indian art by the early 1870s, and
they became relatively common between 1880 and 1900.

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20 as the
Postal Service commemorates the 2005 Presidential Inauguration by issuing an
Inaugural Keepsake Set.
As an added convenience during Inauguration Day activities, Washington,
DC, customers may obtain the collectibles from mobile Post Offices located in
the city's high-traffic areas. Sheaff has been a design consultant to the Postmaster General's Citizens
Stamp Advisory Committee and in that capacity has been responsible for the
design or art direction of more than 200 U.
The U.
In this small booklet, we offer a representative sampling .
An embossed tin sign for soup , circa 1900, was an advertising masterpiece of
the Victorian era as well as an anticipation of later pop art. Various schools, other institutions, and
nurseries created flag-design floral arrangements .

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A link is provided in the Museum for organizations to contact
us regarding submitting such content . Many hundreds of patriotic postcards were
designed, and thousands of them were sold and sent.

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Claire Thayer, MCOL vice president of Research and Development,
adds, "While we've opened the Managed Care Museum with a very
interesting collection of information, we also continue to welcome
submission of historical content to the Museum from interested
organizations, such as representative plan documents , historical
articles and papers or current papers on the history of managed care,
links to historical photos and images, and representative historical
data.S.S. Other national symbols -- eagles, shields , the female
personifications of Liberty, Columbia, and Freedom -- were often chosen to
evoke the grandeur and spirit of the United States.
Among the most popular icons of American culture, the flag and its colors
have appeared on an astounding array of items.

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MCOL is focused on helping professionals position themselves for a
new kind of health care in the 21st Century. Bush and Vice President Richard B. The
Post Office in President Bush's hometown, Crawford , TX, also will offer these
collectibles Jan. Postal Service delivers more than 46 percent of the world's mail
volume -- some 206 billion letters, advertisements, periodicals and packages a
year -- and serves seven million customers each day at its 37,000 retail
locations nationwide. Only during the Civil War did display of the Stars and Stripes
become commonplace. Often they depicted
patriotic symbols such as the flag, the Liberty Bell, and the Statue of
Liberty. Like the George Washington portrait on the dollar bill,
the rural couple in Grant Wood's American Gothic, and the Statue of Liberty,
the symbolic and graphically appealing design of the U.

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The colorful Inaugural Keepsake envelope is based on a Presidential
campaign postcard from the early 1900s.

Since 1775 , the Postal Service has connected friends, families, neighbors
and businesses by mail.

Old Glory
A Beloved National Symbol Woven into the Fabric of American Life

The American flag is a powerful graphic design. Flag cancellations were widely
adopted from the Spanish-American War through World War I. After the
terrorist attacks on September 11, 2001, people from all walks of life, all
across the United States, began flying the Stars and Stripes from their home
and vehicles.

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WASHINGTON, Presidential campaign memorabilia,
patriotism and the history of Old Glory will be highlighted Jan.com/cgi-bin/prnh/20050113/DCTH055 )
"Despite our nation's incredible capacity for innovation and change,
tradition lies at the heart of our shared American heritage.com, through the Philatelic catalog by calling toll-free 1-
800-STAMP24 (1-800 -782-6724), and at Post Offices that display select retail
merchandise.usps.
Using flowers , political buttons, faces and countless other objects,
designers have constructed American flags in ways both wonderful and weird. Streamers of red, white, and
blue -- and images of the flag itself -- are used as backdrops and
centerpieces for nearly all political advertising.S.

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that better than Old Glory -- the red, white and blue," said Postmaster
General John E.

Inaugural Keepsake Set: Envelope
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The stamps were designed and art directed by Richard Sheaff of Scottsdale,
AZ.
With standard rates and prepayment of postage , Americans took to the
mails.