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WASHINGTON,
May 20, 2005 - With the 11th stamp in its Legends of Hollywood
series, the U.S. Postal Service honors Henry Fonda, one of
America's greatest actors, on the hundredth anniversary of his
birth. For nearly half a century, Fonda distinguished himself in
both theater and film, winning acclaim in each medium.
The Henry Fonda commemorative postage stamp was dedicated in a
special ceremony today at the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and
Sciences in Beverly Hills.
Previous Legend of Hollywood honorees include Marilyn Monroe
(1995), James Dean (1996), Humphrey Bogart (1997), Alfred
Hitchcock (1998), James Cagney (1999), Edward G. Robinson (2000),
Lucille Ball (2001), Cary Grant (2002), Audrey Hepburn (2003) and
John Wayne (2004).
Since 1775, the U.S. Postal Service has connected friends,
families, neighbors and businesses by mail. 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 Postal Service
receives no taxpayer dollars for routine operations, but derives
its operating revenues solely from the sale of postage, products
and services. 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. Moreover,
today's postage rates will remain stable until at least 2006. The
U.S. 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.
Source: US Postal Service
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