Tuesday, January 13, 2009
The First Gay Postmark
Sweden, in 1983, was the first country to use a gay slogan to cancel stamps. The Cancellation read "Gay Pride Week" and showed the Lambda symbol. In the United States, members of GLAAD (Gays and Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation), using Keith Haring's "Gay Pride" drawing, designed a cancellation that was used June 25, 1989, Gay Pride Day, In New York. The U.S. Postal Service set up a table on Christopher Street and canceled thousands of pieces of mail that day with the Message "Stonewall Sta., 20 years 1969-1989, Lesbian and Gay Pride, June 25, 1989, New York, NY 10199
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