January 8 - This Day in History

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coastwatcher
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January 8 - This Day in History Jan 8, 2021 12:11:13 GMT -5 kacyds, Gordon Lee, and 3 more like this

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Post by coastwatcher on Jan 8, 2021 12:11:13 GMT -5

January 8, 1935 - Elvis Aron Presley and a twin, Jessie Garon Presley, are born to Gladys Smith and Vernon Presley in Tupelo, Mississippi. Jessie Garon died at birth. Elvis went on to become “The King of Rock N’ Roll,” with 101 gold, 57 platinum and 25 multi-platinum records. He also appeared in 33 movies, from 1956’s Love Me Tender to 1972’s Elvis on Tour. Presley died on August 16, 1977 at Graceland, his home in Memphis, Tennessee.

US Scott #2721, the most popular stamp in US history, issued on January 8, 1993

Last Edit: Jan 9, 2021 9:11:58 GMT -5 by coastwatcher

“The President of today is just the postage stamp of tomorrow.” ~ Gracie Allen

“What should I do? I think the best thing is to order a stamp with my face on it.“ - Charles, Emperor of Austria (1882-1922) on learning of his accession to the throne

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January 8 - This Day in History Jan 8, 2021 19:08:44 GMT -5 kacyds, khj, and 2 more like this

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Post by I.M. DeBear on Jan 8, 2021 19:08:44 GMT -5

Having obtained a nice stack of the official ballots (#1), I took a bit more than half of them to the Springwells post office in Detroit to get a day-of-issue cancel. When I got home, I noticed the '8' date slug in the cancel was inverted (#2, 3). I went right back and got some of the rest done, but they had fixed the canceller by then (#4), so more got the EFO cancel than didn't!

The only other permitted ballot is shown in (#5), a horizontally-formatted stapled bi-fold insert from People Magazine.

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(#2, 3)

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The 'Other Official Ballot' from People Magazine

Last Edit: Jan 8, 2021 19:28:34 GMT -5 by I.M. DeBear

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