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P.S. We Love Them

Opens with music: "P.S. I Love You...."
"As I write this letter...." and under
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And next year, you'll be able to mail a letter with BEATLES stamps -- if you live in 
Britain. The post office there is kicking off the year with six stamps featuring Fab 
Four album covers -- Revolver, Abbey Road, Sergeant Pepper, Help, Let It Be. The sixth 
is With The Beatles, which was released in the U-S as MEET the Beatles.

From the moment the stamps were widely announced, there's been great interest in them, 
says stamp dealer Ian Billings of Norvic Philatelics.

"Certainly we've had a lot of inquiries, a lot of e-mail inquiries."
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Until recently, Billings says, only the Queen could appear on British stamps.

"We're moving away from that, and they don't show individuals, but only individuals as 
part of a group."
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Such as a rock band.

The U-S ALREADY has a Beatles stamp -- issued SEVEN years ago -- as part of the Celebrate 
the Century series. That one showed a--

MUSIC: "yellow submarine"
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I'm Lloyd de Vries of The Virtual Stamp Club. For more about stamps and stamp collecting, 
and the latest on the Beatles stamps, visit virtual-stamp-club-dot-com
																			  
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