Some people thought the idea of an Elvis stamp was a mistake from the beginning.

Besides the Elvis stamp, a special stamp booklet next year honoring seven other rock-and-roll and rhythm and blues singers will also come out next year.

The campaign for an Elvis stamp was spearheaded nine years ago by Pat Geiger of North Springfield, Vt., now 72 years old.

Some serious philatelists view the Elvis stamp as a sacrilege.

"Then after the Elvis stamp, I contacted Robert Tisch," she continued, referring to the former Postmaster General.

This delayed publication of an Elvis stamp until 1993.

He was "not particularly" interested in the Elvis stamp.

The Elvis stamp will be part of a series of stamps honoring famous musicians.

The Elvis stamp will be the first of a new series, the Legends of American Music, featuring seven other rock or rhythm-and-blues singers, as yet unidentified.

"After the Elvis stamp and the impersonator in the inaugural parade, that's it."