KFC lobbies for its own postage stamp

LOUISVILLE, Ky. — Kentucky Fried Chicken is trying to get its founder, Colonel Harland Sanders, on a U.S. postage stamp.

KFC is urging consumers to visit kfc.com and sign an online petition asking the U.S. Postal Service to honor Colonel Sanders with his own stamp.

"The colonel's entrepreneurial spirit and hospitable nature made him an American legend," said James O'Reilly, interim chief marketing officer for KFC. "We believe that a postage stamp in his honor would be a fitting tribute to his memory."

Colonel Sanders recently was named one of America's two favorite advertising icons for 2006 and inducted into Madison Avenue's Advertising Walk of Fame. He is the first real person ever to receive this designation.