Living People To Appear On US Stamps

I saw this article online and it seems a bit unbelievable to me. Is this another USPS ploy to raise money? I thought there was a law about that?


http://www.usatoday.com/news/washin...s/50553180/1

It has happened in Australia a number of times

That is the strangest stamp rule I have ever heard of.

Australia Post released a 2011 stamp issue that is the answer.
They started a image competition to show Australian life styles and the winning images became a stamp issue.

The stamp issue is called "Living Australian".



It is nice to hear that the US Post has changed its rules on this issue of having to be dead 5 years before you can be on a stamp.
Excluding US Personal stamps of course.

So the USA has no sport stamps?

I have mixed emotions about that. Are US stamps going to go the same way as those from places like Micronesia where they create stamps especially to
pander to the collectors market? Its a scary thought to think that we may be subjected to Lady Gaga or some gangster rapper on stamps. ahahaha.

so true

It'll be nice to be able to get a souvenir sheet autographed by the subject though :)

If people like, they buy.
If the stamp is offencive they will not buy them.
It is nice when personal choice rules and not the shiny backside rules.

I nominated Jean Stapelton. I swear though, every nomination I seen was for some lady gaga?

How aboutRoy Clark and the cast of Hee-haw? :)

What about a USA Gold Medalists set next Olympics.

What about a USA Gold Medalists set next Olympics.

That would make more sense. Oh yeah and a set of the last Medal of Honor winners.

I think we are going to end up forgetting the multitude of people and historical events that are in the past but should not be forgotten.

I worry that the new US issues are going to go the way of the CTO and the "made for collectors" market. I guess we'll get Lady Gaga, Michael Jackson, Arnold Schwarzneggar....

I mentioned this on the other thread on the same subject, but I'll post it here also -- the USPS Citizens Stamp Advisory Committee revised guideline concerning living people to appear on stamps specifically reads as follows:




While I agree the above statement is subject to interpretation, I would hope that the CSAC would have enough sense to issue stamps for legitimate people who have made "extraordinary contributions" to American society and not "cheapen" the honor by issuing stamps for entertainers that may only be popular for a few years and then fall by the wayside.

There are also several news outlets, as well as on-line Stamp Clubs, that have issued polls on this entire matter, with 75% to 80% of respondents disagreeing with the entire concept. Unfortunately, US citizens can't do much to change the USPS rules, but as stated earlier in this post, achievements of historical people and events must not be forgotten with this move.