Beep! Beep! Wile E. Coyote and Road Runner Add Zip to New Postage Stamp.Entertainment Editors & News Desks NOTE TO MEDIA: Photo is available in a Smart News Release(TM) on Business Wire's Home Page at www.businesswire.com WASHINGTON--(BUSINESS WIRE)--April 24, 2000 World-renowned animated icon Wile E. Coyote will finally catch up with the Road Runner road runner: see cuckoo. Road Runner thrives on outwitting Wile E. Coyote. [Comics: “Beep Beep the Road Runner” in Horn, 105] See : Cunning Road Runner , if only for a brief moment, when the first-ever commemorative postage stamp postage stamp, government stamp affixed to mail to indicate payment of postage. The term includes stamps printed or embossed on postcards and envelopes as well as the adhesive labels. to be issued in cyberspace by the U.S. Postal Service The U.S. Postal Service (USPS) processes and delivers mail to individuals and businesses within the United States. The service seeks to improve its performance through the development of efficient mail-handling systems and operates its own planning and engineering programs. debuts on April 26, 2000. The event marks not only the first time a U.S. stamp has been dedicated online, but also the first time consumers can purchase stamps via the Internet on the first day of issue. Traditionally, first day of issuance ceremonies are held in a single city and the stamps made available exclusively in that location for one day. The Wile E. Coyote and Road Runner Wile E. (Ethelbert) Coyote (also known simply as "The Coyote") and the Road Runner are cartoon characters from a series of Looney Tunes and Merrie Melodies cartoons, created by Chuck Jones in 1948 for Warner Brothers. stamp will be officially dedicated by Time Warner Chairman and CEO (1) (Chief Executive Officer) The highest individual in command of an organization. Typically the president of the company, the CEO reports to the Chairman of the Board. Gerald Levin, Warner Bros BROS Brothers BROS Benefits and Retirement Operations Section (King County, Washington) BROS Barnes and Richmond Operatic Society (London, UK) . Chairman and CEO Barry Meyer and James Tolbert, Postal Service postal service, arrangements made by a government for the transmission of letters, packages, and periodicals, and for related services. Early courier systems for government use were organized in the Persian Empire under Cyrus, in the Roman Empire, and in medieval executive director, Stamp Services, during a history-making live Webcast at 4 p.m. ET. The Webcast will take place on America Online See AOL. (keyword: BeepBeep), Warner Bros. Online (www.warnerbros.com) and on the Postal Service's Web site at www.stampsonline.com. The Time Warner Media Center at the Children's Museum of Manhattan The Children’s Museum of Manhattan was founded, under the name GAME (Growth Through Art and Museum Education), in 1973. With New York City in a deep fiscal crisis, and school art, music, and cultural programs eliminated, a loosely organized, highly creative group of artists will serve as the host site for the online event, where local schoolchildren schoolchildren school npl → écoliers mpl; (at secondary school) → collégiens mpl; lycéens mpl schoolchildren school will participate in the ceremony by unveiling the stamp on the Internet. "The Wile E. Coyote and Road Runner stamp is a colorful and exciting addition to our nation's commemorative stamp program," said Tolbert. "Their ongoing feud is based largely on speed and ingenuity, which is a fun-loving reminder of the Postal Service's continued success in improving the speed and efficiency of mail service to everyone, everywhere, every day." "A long time ago, Road Runner and Wile E. Coyote taught us the two essential lessons of the broadband revolution: Speed is everything, and no matter how many obstacles you may face along the way, never stop trying," said Levin. "Today, we honor these two digital pioneers with a commemorative stamp. "We at Time Warner are proud of the honor paid to two of our favorite colleagues, and we are determined to keep following their example of speed and persistence as we set the pace of innovation on the digital highway." "Warner Bros.' beloved animation director Chuck Jones invented Wile E. Coyote and the Road Runner as two tireless adversaries on a never-ending chase," said Meyer. "It's a great honor to have these classic animated characters immortalized on a U.S. stamp." The desert home of Wile E. Coyote and Road Runner will be the site of the stamp's "terra firma" first day of issue with a ceremony at 10 a.m. MST See micro systems technology. at the Pecos Station Post Office in Phoenix. The ceremony will be free and open to the public. 300 million self-adhesive Wile E. Coyote and Road Runner stamps have been printed. The stamp features the letter-delivering Road Runner perched atop a mailbox and the ever-scheming Wile E. Coyote, whose plot to make a meal out of this special mail carrier is foiled. The Wile E. Coyote and Road Runner stamp is the fourth in a series of U.S. stamps honoring Warner Bros.' famed Looney Tunes characters This is the complete list of Looney Tunes characters organised after the year of their first appearance. Note: The more famous or noteworthy Looney Tunes characters are listed in bold. . The Bugs Bunny stamp launched the series in 1997, followed by stamps honoring Sylvester and Tweety (1998) and Daffy Duck (1999). "We're proud to have joined with the Postal Service -- first with Bugs Bunny, then with Sylvester & Tweety and Daffy Duck, and now with Wile E. Coyote and the Road Runner -- to help young people across the country discover the joy of stamp collecting," said Dan Romanelli, president, Warner Bros. Worldwide Consumer Products. Legendary animation director Chuck Jones created the ultimate cartoon rivals when they debuted in their first animated short, "Fast and Furry-ous Fast and Furry-ous is a 1948 Warner Bros. Looney Tunes cartoon, released on September 16, 1949, directed by Chuck Jones and written by Michael Maltese. It was later reissued as a Blue Ribbon Merrie Melodies cartoon in the beginning opening, with the original Looney ." He based Wile E. Coyote's adept skill with various apparatuses and contraptions upon his own experiences as an unaccomplished un·ac·com·plished adj. 1. Not completed or done; unfinished. 2. Lacking special skills or abilities; unpolished, as in the social graces. handyman. Jones then partnered Wile E. Coyote with the Road Runner, whose modus operandi [Latin, Method of working.] A term used by law enforcement authorities to describe the particular manner in which a crime is committed. The term modus operandi is most commonly used in criminal cases. It is sometimes referred to by its initials, M.O. is to deliver a well-timed "Beep beep - bell ! Beep!", unfurl his tongue and speed blithely by, eluding Wile E. Coyote and all of his failed Acme products. The unconventional chase has become a classic in cartoon history. For more information on U.S. stamps, or to order many stamps and philatelic phi·lat·e·ly n. The collection and study of postage stamps, postmarks, and related materials; stamp collecting. [French philatélie : Greek phil-, philo-, philo- + Greek items, visit www.stampsonline.com. Stamps can also be ordered by calling toll-free 800/STAMP-24.
TECHNICAL DETAILS
Issue: Wile E. Coyote and Road Runner
Item Number: 559100
Denomination & Type of Issue: 33-cent commemorative
Format: Souvenir Sheet of 10 (one design)
Series: Looney Tunes
Issue Date & City: April 26, 2000, Phoenix, AZ 85026
Illustrator: Ed Wleczyk, Warner Bros.,
Los Angeles, CA
Designer: Ed Wleczyk, Warner Bros.,
Los Angeles, CA
Character Art: Frank Espinosa, Warner Bros.,
Los Angeles, CA
Concept: Brenda Guttman, Warner Bros.,
Los Angeles, CA
Art Director: Terrence W. McCaffrey, USPS
Modeler: Banknote Corporation of America,
Inc. (BCA)
Manufacturing Process: Offset/Microprint
Printer: Banknote Corporation of America,
Inc. (BCA)
Printed at: BCA, Browns Summit, NC
Press Type: Goebel, 670
Stamps per Sheet: 10
Print Quantity: 300 million stamps
Paper Type: Pre-phosphored Type II
Gum Type: Self-adhesive
Processed at: BCA, Browns Summit, NC
Colors: Yellow, Magenta, Cyan, Black
Stamp Orientation: Vertical
Image Area (w x h): 0.84 x 1.41 in./21.34 x 35.81 mm
Overall Size (w x h): 0.99 x 1.56 in./25.15 x 39.62 mm
Full Booklet Size (w x h): 6.83 x 5.13 in./173.48 x 130.30 mm
Plate Size: 120 Stamps per revolution
Plate Numbers: N/A
Catalog Item Number(s) 559140 Souvenir sheet of 10--$3.30
559161 First Day Cancellation-single
--$0.54
559184 Top Press sheet--$19.80
559186 Bottom Press sheet--$19.80
559166 Stamped Cards--$6.95
559178 Stamper Cards--$3.25
559141 Special Die-Cut--$3.30
How to Order the First Day of Issue Postmark Customers have 30 days to obtain the first day of issue postmark by mail. They may purchase the stamps at their local post office, affix affix v. 1) to attach something to real estate in a permanent way, including planting trees and shrubs, constructing a building, or adding to existing improvements. the stamps to envelopes of their choice, address the envelopes (to themselves or others), and place them into a larger envelope addressed to:
Wile E. Coyote and Road Runner Commemorative Stamp
Postmaster
4949 E. Van Buren St.
Phoenix, AZ 85026-9991
After applying the first day of issue postmark, the Postal Service returns the envelopes through the mail. There is no charge for the postmark. All orders must be postmarked by May 26, 2000. Stamp Fulfillment Services also offers the first day covers for new stamp issues and postal stationery items postmarked with the official first day of issue cancellation. Each item has an individual catalog number and is offered in the quarterly USA Philatelic catalog. Customers may request a free catalog by writing to:
Information Fulfillment
Dept. 6270
U.S. Postal Service
P.O. Box 219014
Kansas City, MO 64121-9014
or by calling 800/STAMP-24. First day covers remain on sale for at least one year after the stamp's issuance. Stamp News Release Number 00-028 Note: A Photo is available at URL URL in full Uniform Resource Locator Address of a resource on the Internet. The resource can be any type of file stored on a server, such as a Web page, a text file, a graphics file, or an application program. : http://www.businesswire.com/cgi-bin/photoblob.sh?pw.042400/bb1 |
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