Why did St. Vincent Island Scoop America’s Sports Car From the USPS?
Dateline: 8.15.15 – It is ironic that a tiny, 150-square-mile island off the coast of South America would issue Corvette postage stamps 12 years before the United States Postal Service would do so. The block of 12 stamps showed 11 side-views of Corvettes and the 40th Anniversary logo as a celebration of the Corvette’s 40th birthday.
The United States Postal Service did not issue a Corvette stamp until 2005 as part of its “Sporty Cars” commemorative edition featuring the 1953 Corvette, the 1953 Kaiser-Darrin, the 1952 Nash-Healey, the 1953 Studebaker, and the 1955 Thunderbird. Obviously, the USPS also missed the Corvette’s 50th and 60th birthday.
Come on, USPS. It’s “America’s Sports Car!” – Scott
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