Sent with Love and Hitchcock: US Postal Service Recognizes Horror TV!!
In 2009 when you want to send old Aunt Hilda her 200th annual birthday card, send it with love sealed with a stamp featuring someone equally as old and almost as dead inside. What the hell are we talking about and why would you speak of dear Aunt Hilda that way you ask? Well, the Hilda-shots are because I’m also dead inside, but the suggestions for mailing your card with a stamp featuring Edgar Allan Poe come from a bit of news via Variety.com. According to the trade mag, the US Postal Service is releasing a new round of commemorative stamps to honor the age of black-and-white TV. And while they’re honoring some of the expected shows like Howdy Doody and The Lone Ranger, they’re also giving horror fans a reason to do something other than complain in the post office! They’re also commemorating Edgar Allan Poe and the macabre literary icon’s 200th birthday as well as genre TV shows like Alfred Hitchcock Presents and Twilight Zone which are part of an Early TV Memories Stamp Set. While there is no release date set for the stamps, the Early TV Memories Stamp Set is set to hit Los Angeles post offices on August 11. Happy horror mailing! And again, sorry about Aunt Hilda…
