US EditionBetty White, TV's Golden Girl, celebrated at stamp ceremony in Los Angeles
- On Thursday, March 27, 2025, the U.S. Postal Service held a first-day-of-issue ceremony at the Los Angeles Zoo to celebrate Betty White with a new Forever stamp.
- The event honored White's career, including her role on 'The Golden Girls,' and her extensive work with the Los Angeles Zoo since its opening in 1966 until her death in December 2021, just shy of her 100th birthday.
- Fans cheered behind barricades as a blue curtain dropped to reveal the stamp featuring a portrait of White against a violet-colored background with bubbly spots, a nod to her sparkling personality, and people purchased stamps, pins, and notecards.
- According to Amber McReynolds, chair of the USPS board of governors, this zoo, its inhabitants and this community meant so much to Betty White just as she meant so much to all of us.
- Richard Lichtenstein, a board member of the Greater Los Angeles Zoo Association, stated that White's financial support and advocacy were instrumental in creating exhibits for chimps, gorillas, and elephants, and that "animals were her kids" and she loved them all.
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Betty White stamp has hidden nod to her love of animals
Comedy and game show legend Betty White passed away in 2021 just shy of her 100th birthday. The star of the Mary Tyler Moore show, the Golden Girls, and the criminally underrated Hot in Cleveland has been honored with a USPS postage stamp. — Read the rest The post Betty White stamp has hidden nod to her love of animals appeared first on Boing Boing.
Betty White, TV's Golden Girl, celebrated with release of USPS stamp
LOS ANGELES — Betty White is making her mark on the nation's snail mail.The beloved actor of “The Golden Girls” fame was celebrated with a new U.S. Postal Service stamp at a first-day-of-issue ceremony at the Los Angeles Zoo on Thursday.Fans that were crowded behind barricades cheered as a blue curtain dropped to reveal the stamp featuring a portrait of White against a violet-colored background with lighter shades of bubbly spots in a nod to her…
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