Not sure if there are any stamp and cover collectors here, but it might be of interest to a few.

The USPS has announced its lineup for 2011 and it includes a commemorative postage stamp honoring one of the most famous cigar smokers, Mark Twain.

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We have plenty of time, and I hope to make a philatelic souvenir cover possibly carried on board a riverboat and then posted from Hannibal, Mo., Twain's birthplace (born as Samuel Langhorne Clemens).

Heck, we have enough time to organize a herf, maybe on board a cigar-friendly riverboat, take a dinner cruise down the Mississippi or something like that? Maybe us Missouri and Illinois inmates could get together and fire one up in his memory?
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Wes, you provide the barrel of 5-cent cigars, and I'll bring the raft. :-)
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Given his penchant for what many today might call "dog rockets," I somehow think the Master would be OK with that arrangement; maybe even 2 for a nickel ones would do... :-)

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His comments on cigars are awesome...if there was a commemorative riverboat herf, I'd be tempted, and I know a couple of fellers down St. Lou way who probably would be too!! :-)
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I am a stamp collector. I will love it when this comes out. I only wish I could be there.
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I love Mark Twain/Samuel Clemmens!
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A true American hero & humorist.
Sammy boy, I salute you!:-)
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I don't know the Hannibal area very well. Anyone know if there is a local herf location or any cigar aficionados in that area of NE Missouri/West Central IL? I think the riverboat based there is called the Mark Twain II, but internet info may be dated. I do think it would be a cool idea.
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