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pio2u Retired Number
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Posted: Sat Sep 20, 2014 3:48 pm Post subject: WILT CHAMBERLAIN POSTAGE STAMP! |
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Quote: | Wilt is ‘Forever’ – Actually, Wilt Chamberlain already is an NBA immortal. But he apparently will become one of the United States Postal Service’s “forever” stamps this winter.
The Babe Ruth of basketball was pitched years ago to the USPS to be honored with his own postage stamp, perhaps as part of its Black Heritage series and pegged to Chamberlain’s legendary 100-point game. |
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p0se1d0n Rookie
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Posted: Sat Sep 20, 2014 4:06 pm Post subject: |
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Great honor for the most dominant basketball player of all time! Too bad the stamp will feature him in a Philadelphia uniform and not the Forum Blue and Gold. |
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Cool426 Sixth Man
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Posted: Sat Sep 20, 2014 4:29 pm Post subject: |
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The part about watching Wilt that sticked out of my memory the most, even 40 some years later, was his free throwing.
Why did he have to step way back inside the semi-circle when attempting FT? |
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C M B Franchise Player
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Posted: Sat Sep 20, 2014 4:32 pm Post subject: |
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That is one incredibly phallic and potent stamp. _________________ http://chickhearn.ytmnd.com/
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LeBronte Jest Star Player
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Posted: Sat Sep 20, 2014 4:57 pm Post subject: |
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Probably get gonorrhea if you lick it though. |
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Dumhead Star Player
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_________________ "We got a new universe coming and he's going to control all our universes. We're going to put our universes together" - Metta World Peace |
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pio2u Retired Number
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Posted: Sat Sep 20, 2014 6:13 pm Post subject: |
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LeBronte Jest wrote: | Probably get gonorrhea if you lick it though. |
Yeah but the good thing about the stamp is that you get to use it 20,000 times |
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pio2u Retired Number
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Posted: Fri Dec 05, 2014 10:03 am Post subject: |
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Wilt’s USPS stamps unveiling:; it's finally here
Quote: | Now he’ll make a little more NBA history, as the league’s first player to appear on a USPS stamp. After a six-year campaign begun by longtime Philadelphia Tribune sportswriter Donald Hunt, Chamberlain will be honored on Friday with two events in his hometown on the official release date of the XXL stamps.
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Quote: | Big man, big numbers, big legend, big stamps.
It’s only fitting that the two Forever USPS postage stamps commemorating basketball Hall of Famer Wilt Chamberlain may barely fit on some envelopes. Chamberlain himself barely fit on the NBA scene and in a life that ended too soon at age 63 in 1999.
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Voices Star Player
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Posted: Fri Dec 05, 2014 10:20 am Post subject: |
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Cool426 wrote: | The part about watching Wilt that sticked out of my memory the most, even 40 some years later, was his free throwing.
Why did he have to step way back inside the semi-circle when attempting FT? |
Wilt even tried shooting FT underhanded, Wilt tried everything to improve his FT shooting. _________________ .....
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ALTHOUGH HE STANDS 6 FEET 2 INCHES, JIM BUSS ATTENDED JOCKEY SCHOOL WHEN HE WAS 20. |
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PrplReign Star Player
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Posted: Fri Dec 05, 2014 10:28 am Post subject: Re: WILT CHAMBERLAIN POSTAGE STAMP! |
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pio2u wrote: | Quote: | Wilt is ‘Forever’ – Actually, Wilt Chamberlain already is an NBA immortal. But he apparently will become one of the United States Postal Service’s “forever” stamps this winter.
The Babe Ruth of basketball was pitched years ago to the USPS to be honored with his own postage stamp, perhaps as part of its Black Heritage series and pegged to Chamberlain’s legendary 100-point game. |
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THE STILT |
Anybody that professes to respect the person would never refer to Wilt as "The Stilt", as he absolutely detested that nickname. Just an FYI... _________________ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mu3vkwP3GHQ |
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Posted: Fri Dec 05, 2014 10:36 am Post subject: |
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I need to buy 20,000 stamps |
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pio2u Retired Number
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Posted: Fri Dec 05, 2014 3:28 pm Post subject: Re: WILT CHAMBERLAIN POSTAGE STAMP! |
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PrplReign wrote: | pio2u wrote: | Quote: | Wilt is ‘Forever’ – Actually, Wilt Chamberlain already is an NBA immortal. But he apparently will become one of the United States Postal Service’s “forever” stamps this winter.
The Babe Ruth of basketball was pitched years ago to the USPS to be honored with his own postage stamp, perhaps as part of its Black Heritage series and pegged to Chamberlain’s legendary 100-point game. |
LINKS BELOW:
WILT
THE STILT |
Anybody that professes to respect the person would never refer to Wilt as "The Stilt", as he absolutely detested that nickname. Just an FYI... |
I'm sure we's been called much worse but that's good to know! thanks |
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venturalakersfan Retired Number
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I hear it has already been used to stamp over 10,000 women _________________ RIP mom. 11-21-1933 to 6-14-2023. |
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venturalakersfan wrote: | I hear it has already been used to stamp over 10,000 women | |
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Posted: Fri Dec 05, 2014 7:46 pm Post subject: |
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VIDEO OF WILT CHAMBERLAIN STAMP CEREMONY
WILT -STAMP |
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Nightwalker Star Player
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Posted: Fri Dec 05, 2014 7:49 pm Post subject: |
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This is pretty damn cool. |
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