THREE TIME HEAVYWEIGHT BOXING CHAMPION……MUHAMMAD ALI……IS BEING HONORED FOR THE FIRST TIME WITH A COMMEMORATIVE U-S POSTAGE STAMP…..
A FIRST-DAY-OF-ISSUE CEREMONY FOR THE “MUHAMMAD ALI FOREVER STAMP” IS PLANNED FOR THURSDAY IN LOUISVILLE……..
EACH SHEET OF 20 STAMPS SHOWS ALI IN HIS FAMOUS BOXING POSE AND IN A PINSTRIPE SUIT…..IN RECOGNATION OF HIS WORK AS AN ACTIVITIST AND
HUMANITARIAN…..
22-MILLION STAMPS HAVE BEEN PRINTED AND ONCE THEY SELL OUT THEY WON’T BE REPRINTED……HOWEVER……BECAUSE THEY’RE “FOREVER
STAMPS”…..THE FIRST-CLASS MAIL POSTAGE WILL ALWAYS REMAIN VALID…….
