ROANOKE TIMES

                         Roanoke Times
                 Copyright (c) 1995, Landmark Communications, Inc.

DATE: FRIDAY, May 5, 1995                   TAG: 9505050097
SECTION: NATIONAL/INTERNATIONAL                    PAGE: A-1   EDITION: METRO 
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FUNNIES FEATURED

The U.S. Postal Service announced Thursday it would produce a new set of 20 32-cent stamps featuring some of the most popular, original and classic comic strips. The stamps help celebrate the 100th anniversary of the appearance of `The Yellow Kid' in the New York World newspaper, the first color feature comic. The new issues are the latest `pop' culture stamps to be announced, joining Elvis Presley and Marilyn Monroe among other popular subjects.



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