Boxing legend to be on a US Postage Stamp!

Ring legend Sugar Ray Robinson will be featured on a U.S. postage stamp in April. Sugar Ray Robinson In April, the Postal Service pays tribute to six-time world-champion Boxing legend Sugar Ray Robinson on a stamp. Resembling a vintage fight poster from the 1940s and '50s, the "Sugar Ray Robinson" stamp design features block lettering and a halftone image of Robinson created from a photographic portrait made during his peak fighting years. He reigned as the undefeated world welterweight five times. awesome news, will have to buy a page.. after doing a small bit of diging, here's the stamp (unless they change the design last-minute: http://www.usps.com/history/anrpt05/images/ar05_p64_sray.jpg

Comments (12)

Super_Lightweight

well according to some of your pundits all the terrorists come through Canada, so I can probably scare some up for you. Oh jeez w/ "my" pundits. :D We just know you Canadians are sneaky and evil...always lumberjacking and such...and look at your avatar. You promote violence in the workplace! :eek: :boxing: :hijacked:

20y ago

Bombardier

Nice, huh? I would send you a letter but I'm all out of anthrax. :lol1: well according to some of your pundits all the terrorists come through Canada, so I can probably scare some up for you.

20y ago

Super_Lightweight

Damn, one of you guys is gonna have to mail me a letter so I can get one of those...that's a classy design. Nice, huh? I would send you a letter but I'm all out of anthrax.

20y ago

AintGottaClue

Oh. I guess that makes me owned. nah, just a bit of info, only took ray ray 17 years after he passed away to get on a stamp, ali might be on one to after he passes

20y ago

jabsRstiff

Dude that stamp says 39 cents postage is 37 here is it going up again? It's been raised already. You must not have mailed anything over the past two weeks. I'm definitely getting those stamps.

20y ago

Bombardier

Damn, one of you guys is gonna have to mail me a letter so I can get one of those...that's a classy design.

20y ago

jack_the_rippuh

only dead people can go on stamps Oh. I guess that makes me owned.

20y ago

AintGottaClue

They should've put Tyson. only dead people can go on stamps

20y ago

jack_the_rippuh

They should've put Tyson.

20y ago

RAESAAD

yup, it was funny but i forgot about the fight yesterday and when i woke up this morning, came on the boxing forums/webpages like usually, it hit me like Oh Yeah!! so yup, im ready. Dude that stamp says 39 cents postage is 37 here is it going up again?

20y ago

restless_438

Cool good info.....ready for Ouma tonight???? I am.... :boxing: yup, it was funny but i forgot about the fight yesterday and when i woke up this morning, came on the boxing forums/webpages like usually, it hit me like Oh Yeah!! so yup, im ready.

20y ago

RAESAAD

awesome news, will have to buy a page.. Cool good info.....ready for Ouma tonight???? I am.... :boxing:

20y ago