sheet of new stamps. The real ones — stamps,
that is — were on sale in the shade nearby for
collectors of first-day-of-issue postmarks.
For those with a taste for authenticity, all
eight of the circus posters featured on the
stamp sheet are in the collection at the Circus
Museum in The Ringling complex on North
Tamiami Trail.
The real treat for circus fans was the reap-
pearance of the Bell Wagon, the five-ton star
of many circus parades, which has returned
to Florida after a three-decade loan to the
circus museum in Baraboo, WI. Sean Marren
pulled the levers to ring the nine brass bells
and peal out any number of songs before the
suits and heels took the stage.
One new stamp celebrates the Ringling Bros shows. Contributed image
Sarasota News Leader May 9, 2014 Page 66
