Great to hear that Sacramento is honoring this new stamp! After all, it was the Union that sent him t the Sandwich Islands. Here in Hartford we are having some hoo-ha Saturday too, with the governor unveiling a blow-up of the stamp at 11, and a special cancellation of a first-day cover at "Mark Twain House Station." But the main event, of course, is in Hannibal, so the paddleboat's in the right river! Steve Courtney 7 Union St. Terryville, CT 06786 860-589-6412 > Date: Wed, 22 Jun 2011 06:47:38 -0700 > From: [log in to unmask] > Subject: New Twain Stamp released in Sacramento > To: [log in to unmask] > > The few Sacramento Twainiacs are in for a big deal when the US Postal =20= > > Services unveils a new Mark Twain stamp with his likeness, a river =20 > (although probably not the Sacramento) and a paddle boat This Sunday, =20= > > June 25 in Old Sacramento. There's not a lot of Twain-related =20 > activities or historical sites here even though he traveled through =20 > town a few times to catch the river boat to San Francisco, calling it =20= > > variously, "The city of saloons" and "Land of eternal summer," (it =20 > was 102=B0 yesterday). He also gave his Sandwich Islands talk at the =20 > Orleans Hotel which has recently been restored. So we'll have a drink =20= > > in the heat in his honor. See the stamp and full story here: > http://www.sacramentopress.com/headline/52377/=20 > Old_Sac_Launch_Site_for_New_Postage_Stamp_Honoring_Mark_Twain > > > > Jerry Vorpahl