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STAMPING OUT MICHAEL The Virgin Islands—a colony of Great Britain— have prepared and printed a series of eight postage stamps honoring Michael Jackson...only to discover that there's a long-standing policy that the only living persons to appear on British colony stamps are members of the British monarchy.

March 1, 1986

STAMPING OUT MICHAEL

The Virgin Islands—a colony of Great Britain— have prepared and printed a series of eight postage stamps honoring Michael Jackson...only to discover that there's a long-standing policy that the only living persons to appear on British colony stamps are members of the British monarchy. But these are the Virgin Islands—couldn't an exception be made?

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