CARLSBAD, Calif.?(AP) - Every day, millions of people see Carl Herrman's art work - and spit on it.?As a designer of at least 250 U.S.?postage stamps, he expects it.?Elvis Presley, Marilyn Monroe, James Dean and Barbie - Herrman has created some of the U.S.?Postal Services most memorable stamps since the agency moved away from staid subjects such as flags and eagles.?But it is Herrman's commemorative millennium stamp that may stand the test of time.?"It's like a calling card for America," Herrman said.?"Three hundred years from now, someone will see the millennium stamp.?It is important that it be done nicely." The stamp features a baby wearing a black top hat and blowing a horn, with streamers, confetti and a "2000" banner across the bottom.?The design is based on a drawing by American illustrator J.C.?Leyendecker, whose original appeared Jan.?2, 1937, on the cover of The Saturday Evening Post.?To obtain the Jan.?1, 2000, postmark, send a self-addressed envelope with the Millennium stamp to: Year 2000 Stamp, 900 Brentwood Road NE, Washington, D.C.?20066-9991.?All orders must be postmarked by Jan.?26.?Read more.
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