Washington DC- AMICO is happy to forward and support the following from Mr. Joseph Grano, President of the Costantino Brumidi Society : - The great news is that the Ambassador of Italy has met the Postmaster General of the United States drawing his attention to the Brumidi Society request to issue a Brumidi stamp.

We most sincerely thank His Excellency Claudio Bisogniero for his outreach to the Postmaster General Patrick R. Donahoe. This is an extraordinary development for which we are, indeed, most grateful. But now we must all do our part to make sure that the stamp is issued. How do we support the Ambassador and make this happen? It is no easy task to have a commemorative stamp be issued. The Postal Service receives, on average, 40 thousand pieces of mail each year regarding proposals, but only 20 to 25 commemoratives are issued each year. In most cases it takes a multi-year effort to achieve a stamp issuance.

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