U.S. Postal Service Honors Frank Capra, John Ford, John Huston & Billy Wilder on Forever Stamps
Channel: Kristal Hart
Date: 2012-07-14

Silver Spring, MD- Four extraordinary film directors- Frank Capra, John Ford, John Huston and Billy Wilder- received a stamping ovation with the issuance of the Great Film Directors First-Class Forever stamps.  The dedication took place at the American Film Institute Silver Theatre and Cultural Center in Silver Spring, MD. Dedicating the stamps were Jean Picker Firstenberg, AFI president emerita & Postmaster General's Citizen's Stamp Advisory Committee chair; Bernard Cook, PhD, associate dean and director of media studies, Georgetown Univ.; Ray Barry, director, AFI Silver Theatre and Cultural Center; Samuel Pulcrano, USPS V.P., and Arch Campbell, ABC television arts and entertainment critic who emceed the event. 
Customers have until July 23rd, 2012 to obtain the first-day-of-issue postmark by mail.  Affix the stamps to envelopes of your choice, address the envelopes to yourself or others and place them in larger envelopes addressed to:
Postmaster
Great Film Directors Commemorative Stamp
8616 Second Avenue
Silver Spring, MD 20910-9998
After applying the first-day-of issue postmark, the Postal Service will return the envelopes by mail.  There is no charge for the postmark.  All orders must be postmarked by July 23, 2012.