{"id":104479,"date":"2016-03-07T09:40:21","date_gmt":"2016-03-07T14:40:21","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.thedetroitbureau.com\/?p=104479"},"modified":"2016-03-07T09:40:21","modified_gmt":"2016-03-07T14:40:21","slug":"four-classic-pickups-get-usps-stamp-of-approval","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thedetroitbureau.com\/2016\/03\/four-classic-pickups-get-usps-stamp-of-approval\/","title":{"rendered":"Four Classic Pickups Get USPS Stamp of Approval"},"content":{"rendered":"
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The new USPS stamp series honors pickups from the 1930s through the 1960s.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

American motorists are buying trucks at a record pace, but now, pickups have won the stamp approval from the U.S. Postal Service.<\/p>\n

The USPS plans to issue four new Forever stamps honoring four classic trucks later this year. The collection offers a look at the evolution of the pickup from the \u201830s through the 1960s. The collection is meant to honor \u201cthe rugged and reliable work vehicles that Americans have driven for nearly a century,\u201d the post office explains.<\/p>\n

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Auto Show News!<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

The new series comes as the latest in a long line of stamps meant to honor automobiles. It\u2019s an idea by no means unique to the United States, either, with postal services from Bulgaria to Benin honoring trucks, sports cars, muscle cars and motorcycles over the decades.<\/p>\n

(Pickup sales help put U.S. market on record pace. <\/em>Click Here<\/a><\/span>\u00a0for the story.)<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

<\/em><\/strong>No one quite agrees on the origins of the pickup. Studebaker was the first to use the term, but some credit the Galion Allsteel Body Company for converting a Ford Model T back in 1913. Ford followed with is own Model TT and, by the early 1920s, the concept was a mainstay for the Detroit maker and a number of its competitors.<\/p>\n

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The Pontiac GTO got its own stamp, too.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

The four new stamps don\u2019t aim to resolve the debate. The USPS decided to pick the story up a few decades later, starting with the 1938 International Harvester D-2, with its distinctive, barrel-shaped grille, fender-mounted headlamps and side-mounted spare tire. Other models in the series include:<\/p>\n