Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings to be Immortalized on Stamp

What: First-day-of-issue ceremony to dedicate the Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings
commemorative stamp.

Who: "Jake" J.T. Glisson, Rawling's protege and confidante, who is referred to
in her 1942 memoir Cross Creek
Mary Ann Gibbons, Senior Vice President, General Counsel, U.S. Postal Service
David Failor, Executive Director, Stamp Services, U.S. Postal Service

When: 10 a.m. ET
Thursday, Feb. 21, 2008

Where: Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings Historic State Park
18700 S. CR 325
Cross Creek, FL 32640-8403

Background: The U.S. Postal Service immortalizes novelist Marjorie Kinnan
Rawlings (1896-1953). Best known for her Pulitzer Prize-winning novel The
Yearling, and her memoir Cross Creek, Rawlings is remembered for a series of
short stories, novels and works of nonfiction about life in the Florida
backwoods. Park admission fees are waived for the event until 1 p.m. that day.

Interview opportunities: "Jake" J.T. Glisson (352-591-3314), grew up knowing
Rawlings as his next-door neighbor. Rawlings inspired Glisson to become a
writer and illustrator. He can offer many insightful -- and amusing -- stories
of the iconic writer. He lives four miles from Cross Creek in Evinston, FL.

Rawlings described Glisson in her Cross Creek memoir:

It has been good to see the three children grow tall and bright and handsome.
The oldest boy even had a year at the University. The youngest, "J.T.," was a
tragic little cripple when I first knew him. I would see him hobbling down the
road on his crooked legs, with the luminous expression on his face that seems
peculiar to those we call the "afflicted." Tom and his wife were not of the
breed to accept an evil that could be changed, and they worked day and night
to save money to send the boy away for braces and treatments. Now he too is
tall and strong, and I saw him ride by yesterday on his own dwarf-mule,
talking to himself and lifting his hand to an invisible audience. He was, I
knew, the Lone Ranger or perhaps Buck Rogers, but he took time out courteously
from his duties to call "Hey!" to me, then returned to his important and
secret activities.

Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings Historic State Park Manager Valerie Rivers
(352-466-9273) can also provide information on Rawlings and the restoration of
her property. Feel free to interview either for stories in advance of the
event.

In the foreground of the stamp art is a portrait of Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings
based on an undated photograph. The background depicts a fawn at a watering
hole in the Florida scrub. The rows of spots on the fawn, which are consistent
with descriptions in The Yearling, indicate that the fawn is a young male.

/PRNewswire-USNewswire - Feb. 15/

SOURCE U.S. Postal Service

Mark Saunders of the U.S. Postal Service, (O) +1-202-268-6524; (C)
+1-202-320-0782, mark.r.saunders@usps.gov, or Bill Tyler, (O) +1-904-858-6604;
(C) +1-904-838-6978, bill.tyler@usps.gov, both of the U.S. Postal Service