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We cannot put the face of a person on a stamp unless said person is deceased. My suggestion, therefore, is that you drop dead.
Biography
James Edward Day (11 october 1914 - 29 oktober 1996) was an American businessman and political office-holder.
Day was born in Jacksonville, Illinois, he studied at University of Chicago and Harvard Law School and got high grades from university.
In 1942 to 1945 he went in to military service, after the war he became a businessman also serving as a political office-holder under Illinois Governor Adlai Stevenson as State Insurance Commissioner. In 1961 he became U.S Postmaster General in the administration of John F Kennedy, there he was responsible for reducing the postal deficit through increases in rate increases and for introducing the zip codes. In August 1963 he resigned as Postmaster General because of distrust of President Kennedy to his Postmaster General.
