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021. U.S.S. Enterprise NCC-1701, Stamp

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No. 021
Released: 1999
Ornament: U.S.S. Enterprise NCC-1701, Stamp
Series: Star Trek: The Original Series
Product code: QXI8557
Artist: Ornament: Unknown, Stamp: Keith Birdsong
Original retail: $9.95
Dimensions: 3” H x 2.6” W x .166“ D
Branding: Keepsake
Material: Tin & porcelain
Packaging: Red box with gold trim
Magic: None
Power source: None
Front box text:
Hallmark
KEEPSAKE ORNAMENT
STAR TREK
STAR TREK
U.S.S. Enterprise™ NCC-1701 STAR TREKTM DÉCORATION DES FÊTES
CELEBRATE THE CENTURY ™ COLLECTION
Back box text: 
Beginning in 1998, the United States Postal Service issued its largest-ever series of commemorative postage stamps. By the time the program is completed in 2000, a total of 150 designs will have been released, providing a decade-by-decade look at significant personalities and events of the 20th Century.
Authentic reproductions of six noteworthy designs are featured in the 1999 Keepsake Ornament line. Each one is showcased in its own unique frame that enhances the artwork and the enjoyment of familiar images. Ideal for holiday or year-round decorating, or to display with a collection of Celebrate The CenturyTM commemorative stamps, these ornaments will be cherished well into the next century.
For decorative use only. Not for young children.
Conçue à des fins décoratives seulement. Ne convient pas aux jeunes enfants.
Paramount
CELEBRATE
100 THE CENTURY
PUT YOUR STAMP ON HISTORY 1900-2000
UNITED STATES
POSTAL SERVICE.
OFFICIAL LICENSED PRODUCT
STAR TREK TM
Ceramic and Metal ~
TM & © 1999 Paramount Pictures.
All Rights Reserved. STAR TREK and related marks are trademarks of Paramount Pictures. Hallmark authorized user.
Dated 1999
A VIACOM COMPANY
& 1999 United States Postal Service. Celebrate The Century is a trademark of the U.S.P.S. All Rights Reserved.
Bottom box text: 
Mfd. for Hallmark Cards, Inc. Kansas City, MO 64141 Made in U.S.A. with U.S. and imported parts
QX18557
Additional information: 
Star Trek stamp illustrator, Keith Birdsong, also created the cover art for several Star Trek Pocket Books novels. 
It was a long journey to get the United States Postal Service to issue a Star Trek stamp. Star Trek fan, Bill Kraft, led the effort and captured it in his book, Maybe We Need a Letter from God: The Star Trek Stamp.
Pros: Nice way to commemorate the awarding a postage stamp to the Star Trek franchise.
Cons: Ornament tarnishes terribly.

Artist Inspirations: Enterprise Stamp (1999)

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Top: Date of issue: 17th September 1999.


Star Trek stamp illustrator, Keith Birdsong, also created the cover art for several Star Trek Pocket Books novels. Unfortunately, Birdsong passed away in 2019 at the age of 59.

It was a long journey to get the United States Postal Service to issue a Star Trek stamp. Star Trek fan, Bill Kraft, led the effort and captured it in his book, Maybe We Need a Letter from God: The Star Trek Stamp.

The drive to honor Star Trek on a U.S. postage stamp is unique. “Maybe We Need a Letter from God: The Star Trek Stamp” traces an old-fashioned grassroots movement, long before easy access to the speed of the Internet, that involved a strategy of signed petitions, endorsement letters and media exposure. Fueled by the spontaneous combustion of fan fervor, the Star Trek Stamp Committee embarked on a journey that took over a decade to complete. A dubious Citizens’ Stamp Advisory Committee, a bureaucratic “force field,” thwarted the Star Trek Stamp Committee’s efforts for 13 years. The book includes over eighty endorsement letters from some of the most renowned individuals in the worlds of science, science fiction and government, along with documentation from some of the nation’s leading newspapers such as “USA Today,” the “Los Angeles Times,” the “Chicago Sun Times,” and “Time Magazine.”

21) 1999 U.S.S. Enterprise NCC-1701 (Stamp)

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Original Retail:  $9.95

Artist:  Unknown

Material:  Ceramic and Metal

Box Text:  Beginnning in 1998, the United States Postal Service issued its largest-ever series of commemoritive postage stamps.  By the time the program is completed in 2000. A total of 150 designs will have been released, providing a decade-by-decade look at significant personalities and events of the 20th Century.

Authentic reproductions of six noteworthy designs are featured in the 1999 Keepsake Ornament line.  Each one is showcased in its own unique frame that enhances  the artwork and the enjoyment of the familiar images.  Ideal for holiday or year-round decorating, or to display with a collection of Celebrate the Century commemorative stamps, these ornaments will be cherished well into the next century.

Serial #:  QXI8557

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