KBEAR: Billings' Greatest Hits » statue of liberty http://kbear.com Billings' Greatest Hits Sat, 25 May 2013 02:52:38 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.2 "That's the Wrong Statue of Liberty" and Other Postage Stamp Fails http://kbear.com/thats-the-wrong-statue-of-liberty-and-other-postage-stamp-fails/ http://kbear.com/thats-the-wrong-statue-of-liberty-and-other-postage-stamp-fails/#comments Mon, 18 Apr 2011 15:01:32 +0000 The Web Guy http://kbear.com/?p=3213 The United States Postal Service just released a new stamp featuring the Statue of Liberty. The only problem is, the Lady Liberty featured in the photo isn’t the one that has spent the last 125 years in New York Harbor, rather it’s a 14-year-old replica which currently sits in front of the New York-New York casino in Las Vegas, Nevada.

In real life, the casino Statue of Liberty is only half the size of the original. However, it is almost impossible to tell the difference between the two in the photo on the stamp.

]]> http://kbear.com/thats-the-wrong-statue-of-liberty-and-other-postage-stamp-fails/feed/ 0 Ethan Miller/Getty Images Post Office Uses Wrong Statue Of Liberty For Stamp http://kbear.com/post-office-uses-wrong-statue-of-liberty-for-stamp/ http://kbear.com/post-office-uses-wrong-statue-of-liberty-for-stamp/#comments Fri, 15 Apr 2011 20:29:01 +0000 Matt Brubaker http://kbear.com/?p=3152 Ok, we all know there are two Statues of Liberty.  The one in New York City and the fake one in Las Vegas in front of the New York New York Casino and Hotel.  When it came time to honor the statue with a stamp, which statue do you think the post office used as a model?  HERE'S THE STORY

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