zata -> RE: Paco's stamp (Apr. 19 2014 9:52:23)
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Now I see this stamp. Obviously, great work. Good to have it. But WTF!! Guitarra Espanola?? No. Total innocence on the part of the authorities, they rose admirably to the occasion. The official phone call I received confirming the favorable response to our request...I will never forget it...went like this (translated): ---------------------------------------- "Madam, we are very pleased to inform you that your request that a postage stamp be issued in honor of Paco de Lucía, has been granted. In actual fact, you have been very lucky...oh, I'm terribly sorry, please forgive me, obviously the loss of this man was a terrible tragedy...but I mean "lucky" within the circumstances. The European Philatelic Commission obliges member countries to issue certain series of stamps periodically. Right now we're issuing a series in honor of musical instruments, and by sheer coincidence, April was to have represented the "Guitarra Española". In response to your petition, the philatelic authorities called a meeting and resolved to alter the design of the stamp to include the name and image of Paco de Lucía, because the alternative would be a one-year delay until new issues are decided upon." ---------------------------------------- So by European law, the stamp had to include the words "Guitarra Española". A one-year delay would not have been a positive thing, and who knows, by then the emotion might have worn off a bit and the resolution might not have passed.
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