Andy Nachbaur wrote:
>
> Hi Roy and All,
>
> Best of the Season to You & Yours!
>
> Could anyone identify the insect and plant on this stamp for me?
>
> http://www.usps.gov/images/stamps/98/givnsha.jpg
>
> I only assumed it was a HoneyBee when I passed on the "news filler" and the
> HoneyBee  would be shown with some plant of importance to man, but  this
> looks more like some kind of "yellow jacket" and a bindweed or morning
> glory plant.<G>
>
> I guess this proves that postage stamp art is all in the eye (of the
> beekeeper), remembering the poorly colored embossed 15 cent envelope bee on
> the orange blossom of a few years ago.
>
> The OLd Drone still has some of these embossed stamped envelopes and would
> be happy to include them in his Christmas Special:
>
> two (2) hand painted and crafted chain pulls
> one (1) Pooh fan fold book
> one (1) Embossed stamped envelope (US Government Issue)
>
> All for $20.00, I pay the postage USA, Canada add postage, all others
> forget it unless you can afford the
> postage which I am sorry it is too much, IMHO.
>
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> Andy Nachbaur  (209) 826-2261, CCC (catch as catch can)
> 1522 Paradise Lane
> Los Banos,  CA 93635
>
> ttul, the OLd Drone
>
> At 04:56 PM 12/18/97 -0600, Roy Canaday wrote:
> >Andy, Thank you for the heads up on this one.  Image of the new stamp
> >should be available at
>
> > http://www.usps.gov/images/stamps/98/givnsha.jpg
>
> >Happy holidays everyone.
>
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IMHO -- not a wasp-- --this insect on the stamp does not have the needle
like portion between thorax and abdomen, so typical of wasps.  But not
photographic either !!!
 
`       Eunice