Last month, a commemorative postage stamp honor Edgar Rice Burroughs was issued by the U.S. Postal Service.
According to the USPS website (August 16, 2012):
TARZANA, CA — The U.S. Postal Service will honor tomorrow one of the most prolific authors of the early 20th century and inventor of the iconic character Tarzan with the issuance of the Edgar Rice Burroughs Forever Stamp.
The stamp issuance coincides with the 100th anniversary of the publication of Burroughs’ first story, Under the Moons of Mars, and his first Tarzan story, Tarzan of the Apes, in 1912.
The Edgar Rice Burroughs Forever Stamp will be dedicated tomorrow at 11:30 a.m. PT at the Tarzana Community and Cultural Center in Tarzana, CA, and will go on sale tomorrow at Post Offices nationwide, online at usps.com and by phone at 800-782-6724.
Best known for inventing the legendary character Tarzan,Burroughs wrote more than 70 books, including historical fiction and several popular series of science fiction tales.I finally got my hands on a few of the stamps today and posted a scan of them at top. Burroughs once owned a ranch in the San Fernando Valley, Tarzana Ranch, for which the community (part of the City of Los Angeles) of Tarzana (my base of operations) is named.
Here is the news article from the Daily News of the stamp's unveiling.
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