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LOVE
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PRANCISCO
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1987
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LOVE
First Day of Issue: January 30, 1987
First Issue Location: San Francisco, California
Love has captivated mankind throughout the ages. Al-
though man has often sought to define Love in his mythol-
ogy, philosophy, and literature, he has had little success.
To the ancient Greeks, Love was embodied by the god-
dess Aphrodite. The Romans explained Love's irresistible
attraction between two people as the work of the mis-
chievous boy-god Cupid who shot his victims with “Ar-
rows of Love." The philosopher Ovid emphasized that
“... every lover is a warrior." Later, the French
philosopher, Blaise Pascal, perfectly described Love's
importance to modern-day humanity when he said,
“Who can doubt that we exist only to Love? We live not
a moment exempt from its influence.” In literature, the
Love between Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet has in-
spired the world through the centuries. And the re-
nowned poet, William Wordsworth noted that Love is
truly “... the best portion of a good man's life. ..."
Even in our modern society, no single emotion, or state
of being, is as celebrated — or as elusive — as Love.
No. 87-4
©1987 The Maximum Card Collection
A Division of Unicover Corporation . Cheyenne, WY 82008-0007
Original painting by Chris Calle.
