Ronald Reagan Memorial Stamp First Day Cover

Commemorating Ronald Wilson Reagan, “the Great Communicator” and 40th President of the United States.

• Our Ronald Reagan Memorial Stamp First Day Cover features the official first-class 37-cent stamp issued by the USPS on February 9, 2005, just eight months after the passing of one of the most memorable President’s of the 20th century.
• The Ronald Reagan Memorial Stamp First Day Cover also Includes an official U.S. Mint bronze medallion depicting a portrait of the former President and the words “Let Us Renew Our Faith and Our Hope, We Have Every Right to Dream Heroic Dreams” taken from Reagan’s 1981 Inauguration speech.
• Each Ronald Reagan Memorial Stamp First Day Cover contains a genuine 1950 California “gold rush” statehood stamp where President Reagan enjoyed his personal life and was the former governor of the state.

Perhaps the most significant feature included is the “First Day of Issue” postmark in Simi Valley, California - the location of the Ronald Reagan Presidential Library.

Ronald Reagan served two terms as President of the United States from 1981 to 1989. A former movie star and Govenor of California, he guided America into an era of unprecedented prosperity and was one of the most popular Presidents of all time. He died on June 5, 2004, and was buried at the Ronald Reagan Presidential Library and Museum in Simi Valley, California.

On February 9, 2005, the U.S. Postal Service issued a special memorial postage stamp honoring Reagan. The Ronald Reagan Memorial Stamp First Day Cover design was unveiled by former First Lady Nancy Reagan on November 9, 2004, at the Ronald Reagan Presidential Library and Museum.