Raymond Loewy commemorative stamp....and what is on it!?

[COMMANDERPINK1]

I cant tell whether its coming or going!
TOM

[Milaca]

Streamlining a pencil sharpener was a very important achievement as it allowed one to sharpen there pencil while on the run....

[Flashback]

What pencil sharpener ? It looks like a Studebaker with a handle to me !!

[texbodemer]

That particular pencil sharpener was one of Loewy's first designs in 1933.

[lschuc]

Raymond Loewy stamp

Here is a image of the stamp released last week, for those that have not seen it yet.

Also, the release from the Cooper Hewlett Museum of Industrial Design in New York:

http://www.raymondloewy.org/news.html

[Bish]

I guess...

someone was trying to make a point!! . Bish

[mdelapp]

My bad.

Meant Michael Graves.

[Corvanti]

surprised me. At first glance I would have thought it was a Peter Graves design. Looks like Graves can openers, teapots, etc.

Nope, not mine... do you like gladiator movies?
this thread will self destruct in 5 seconds. good luck jim!!!

[mdelapp]

surprised me. At first glance I would have thought it was a Peter Graves design. Looks like Graves can openers, teapots, etc.

[comatus]

Yes, of all the things Loewy designed...

[HAWK64]

At least we can say the U.S Postal Service got it right back in 2005 when they released that handsome image of the 1953 Studebaker Starliner stamp.

[Corvanti]

as a champion and (former) avanti owner all i can say is......................
nope, can't say it on this family-friendly forum.

[BubbaBear]

I had much the same reaction as everyone here when I heard the stamp was released yesterday. What were they thinking? Before I posted I did a search to see if anyone else had posted about the stamp and found this thread.

The United States Postal Service will release on Wednesday, June 29, 2011 special stamps commemorating some of the country�s greatest industrial designers � including CMG client Raymond Loewy, whose work included designing the unique look of Air Force One, the Greyhound bus, the Studebaker Avanti and Champion.
The �Pioneers of American Industrial Design� forever stamps show a variety of objects from 12 influential designers. The Loewy stamp showcases the streamlined pencil sharpener.
The stamp dedication ceremony will be at the Cooper-Hewitt National Design Museum in New York City at 11 a.m. Raymond Loewy�s grandson, Jacque Loewy, will attend on behalf of his late grandfather.
http://www.raymondloewy.com/viewheadline.php?id=2280

[JBOYLE]

The Avanti article has the USPS release on the stamps...it seems they selected well known items from the other designers featured (like the IBM Selectric typewriter), which makes it even more puzzeling why they'd select such an obscure Loewy item.

[studegary]

Having never been produced it's selection erases any envolvement with getting approval or paying hommage to a manufacture.

I don't imagine that they would have any problem with approval or payment to Studebaker.