The U.S. Postal Service offered a preview of the Forever Stamp honoring Maya Angelou and announced that the First-Day-of-Issue stamp dedication ceremony will take place at April 7 in Washington, D.C. The stamp can be ordered now for delivery shortly after April 7. Designed by art director Ethel Kessler, the stamp showcases artist Ross Rossin's 2013 oil-on-canvas portrait of Angelou, which is part of the Smithsonian National Portrait Gallery's collection, where it will be on display through November 1. The stamp features this quotation: "A bird doesn't sing because it has an answer, it sings because it has a song." The pane includes an excerpt from Letter to My Daughter: "Try to be a rainbow in someone's cloud."
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