For broadcast on CBS Radio Network stations 
September 4-5, 1999:


They're talking about us.


The Stamp Collecting Report, I'm Lloyd de Vries.


Getting stamp collecting stories into the general press is 
hard work, so it was interesting in the last couple of 
weeks to see philately on the air and in print quite a bit.


Every story about Liverpool's celebration of the Beatles 
and the re-launch of "Yellow Submarine" prominently 
mentioned the unveiling of the Beatles stamp coming out 
later this month as part of the Celebrate the Century 1960s 
stamps. And, since George, Paul and Ringo didn't show up, 
what better visual element for the stories than the stamp 
design?


The American Philatelic Society held its annual convention 
in Cleveland late last month, and displayed one of the rarest 
and most valuable U-S stamps, the 150-year-old Z-Grill.  The 
Associated Press ran a story called "Antiquated Stamps." 


The latest U-S stamps -- honoring passenger trains -- were 
also issued at the show, and both received good coverage from 
the press, both local and national. One fast food worker in 
Cleveland said to me, "That's all we're hearing about."


Good.

And that's stamp collecting this week. 

I'm Lloyd de Vries, CBS News. 

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