Q: The first-day issue of the Walt Disney stamp(s), as I believe there were multiple designs, was issued on September 11, 1968; that happens to be the day I was born. Was there a reason for that date? How many designs were released?
Stamp, Vancouver, Washington
A: There was just a single stamp design, featuring a portrait of Walt, with a stream of children coming out of a castle, though first-day cover envelopes were issued by various companies with a variety of cachets. The release date of the 6¢ stamp was selected by the U.S. Postal Service; it does not have any particular significance to anything else in Disney history. The First Day of Issue ceremony was held in Marceline, Missouri, Walt’s boyhood hometown, with Disney family members in attendance.
Dave Smith