FOR DEAN FANS, ULTIMATE STAMP OF APPROVAL.Byline: Glenn Gaslin Daily News Staff Writer Herb Nikirk sat on the sidewalk with a pair of tweezers tweezers An instrument with pincers used to grasp or extract. See Optical tweezers. and a wet sponge, sticking tiny pictures of James Dean Noun 1. James Dean - United States film actor whose moody rebellious roles made him a cult figure (1931-1955) James Byron Dean, Dean onto envelopes. While 500 other fans gathered at Warner Bros BROS Brothers BROS Benefits and Retirement Operations Section (King County, Washington) BROS Barnes and Richmond Operatic Society (London, UK) . Studios on Monday for the unveiling of the Dean 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. , the 78-year-old collector used the time to perform postal surgery with his new collectibles. ``Then I dab it with a paper towel,'' the Los Angeles man said, centering Dean's stormy mug on an envelope. ``It works out real nice.'' Collectors and fans lined up outside tents to buy postal goodies that pay tribute to the star of ``Rebel Without a Cause,'' such as single stamps (32 cents), sheets signed by the artist Michael Deas ($29.95) and posters ($12.95). Postal workers canceled the Dean stamps with the first-day-of-issue date - a must-have for collectors. The mailable artwork could be bought Monday at the studio, the Burbank post office (where it had gone on sale at midnight) and Warner Bros. stores nationwide. It goes on sale to the general public today as part of the U.S. Postal Service's ``Legends of Hollywood'' series. Last year's stamp featuring Marilyn Monroe will be available until August. On a nearby outdoor stage at Warner Bros. - where Dean made his three films in 1954 and '55 - speakers shared stories, hyperboles and analyses about their favorite star.Carroll Baker, who co-starred with Dean in ``Giant,'' called him ``introverted in·tro·vert·ed adj. Marked by interest in or preoccupation with oneself or one's own thoughts as opposed to others or the environment. .'' Lois Smith, who played a barmaid in his first movie, ``East of Eden East of Eden is a novel by Nobel Prize winner John Steinbeck, published in September 1952. Often described as Steinbeck's most ambitious novel, East of Eden ,'' said that he ``showed us the brink of adulthood as we experience it.'' Marvin Runyon, the U.S. postmaster general POSTMASTER GENERAL. The chief officer of the post office department of the United States. Various duties are imposed upon this officer by the acts of congress of March 3, 1825, and July 2, 1836, which will be found under the articles Mail; Post Office and Postage. , described ``this comet named Dean'' with words such as ``renegade,'' ``chilling,'' ``restless'' and ``searching.'' ``It's hard to get the essence of a legend on a canvas the size of your thumb,'' he said. CAPTION(S): Photo Photo: Postal and film industry officials view the unveilin g of the new James Dean stamp at a ceremony Monday on the Warner Bros. lot in Burbank, where Dean made his three films in the mid-'50s. Associated Press |
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