Owney the postal dog delivers

[The Straight Story]

Owney the postal dog delivers

Tomorrow, the Postal Service is releasing a new Forever stamp with a picture of Owney. At the ceremony to unveil the stamp, the stuffed Owney will go back on display at the Postal Museum after being restored.



Did you know the U.S. Postal Service has a mascot? It’s a dog named Owney, and he lives at the National Postal Museum.

Well, sort of.

Owney was a fearless stray dog who wandered into the Albany, New York, post office in 1888 and began hopping on trains that carried bags of mail around the country. In those days, most mail was delivered by rail, but today it’s all done by truck or plane.

As he traveled the country on mail trains, Owney became known as a good luck charm: Mail trains used to have a lot of accidents but never a train with Owney onboard. As he traveled the country, postal clerks would add tags to his collar from each stop, but eventually Owney had so many tags the clerks had to make him a special dog vest to put them on!

http://www.washingtonpost.com/lifestyle/kidspost/owney-the-postal-dog-delivers/2011/06/29/gIQATHoDZI_story.html

[hlthe2b]

1. Now that's one "Forever stamp" I can get behind...

I think I will stock up on those....;)

[xchrom]

2. recommend

[Kingofalldems]

3. K and R for Owney

[Blue Owl]

4. Aww, what a sweet dog

:kick:

[The Straight Story]

5. Kicking for the night crew (nt)

[Liberal_in_LA]

6. cool. I want that stamp. Why is 'forever' crossed out?