Wonders Of The Earth And Space Are Honored

By Dominic Sama, INQUIRER STAFF WRITER
Posted: April 07, 2000

The U.S. Postal Service inches closer to its 2000 program of more than 100 stamps with 20 additional commemoratives honoring the Pacific Coast rain forest, sculptor Louise Nevelson and astronomer Edwin Powell Hubble.

A self-adhesive sheet of 10 stamps, each 33 cents, was issued March 29 depicting more than two dozen animal and plant species common to the temperate rain forest that stretches from northern California to the Gulf of Alaska.

First-day ceremonies will be held at the Elk Overlook in Woodland Park Zoo in Seattle, Wash. Requests for first-day cancellations should include self-addressed envelopes and be mailed to Pacific Coast Rain Forest, Postmaster, 415 First Ave. North, Seattle, Wash. 98109-9991.

Five commemoratives were issued yesterday honoring Nevelson and her work. Born in Russia, Nevelson came to the United States with her parents in 1905 and began studying art in 1929. It was 30 years before she sold her first work.

Nevelson worked mostly with abstract forms that included open-faced wooden boxes, chair legs and other bric-a-brac. Some of her sculptures are depicted on the five 33-cent stamps printed in panes of 20 each. First-day requests should be sent to Louise Nevelson Commemorative Stamps, Postmaster, JAF Building, Box 2001, New York, N.Y. 10116-99991.

Hubble (1889-1953) studied and practiced law before deciding that investigating space was what he wanted to do. His major finding was that not all nebulae were part of the Milky Way, that many were receding from Earth, and that the universe was expanding. In 1990, NASA launched the space telescope named for him.

First-day requests should be sent to Hubble Commemorative Stamps, Postmaster, 119 Centerway, Greenbelt, Md. 20770-9991.

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