Politically Incorrect Terms On Stamps

Politically Incorrect Terms on Stamps

Spotting the word "Crippled" on the US 1969 6c Hope For The Crippled (Scott 1385) has me thinking that there must be a fair number of stamps out there bearing words we don't use any more.

I'm thinking mostly in terms of words used for gender, ethnicity, nationality, etc.

Perhaps stamps bearing Politically Incorrect Geography (the Soviet Union improving life in the near abroad) deserve their own thread.

Cheers,

/s/ ikeyPikey



Edited to add: Stamps on a postcard from the collection of Michael Lebbert.

This one has to be at or near the top of the list for US stamps. I've gotten some of these in discount postage lots before and I kind of hesitated to even use them for fear the recipient might take it the wrong way.

Cringe-worthy, Artful ... and then there is the use of that word ...

Scott 972 from 1948:

This one is not politically incorrect, per se, but recipients sometimes didn't appreciate getting them, thinking the sender was accusing them of being an alcoholic.

Sorry I don't have a depiction but I recall seeing a postmark used in the UK many decades ago - something to the effect of 'Spastics need your help'.

Merely "inept" works by me.

All too often, as it were.

Cheers,

/s/ ikeyPikey

We have already had a "spastic" charity cinderellas thread

https://goscf.com/t/8232&whichpage=1

Here's another one:



An interesting read on the subject can be found at the link below. Remember, the link dates back to 1990s when some of these terms were less problematic than they are today. Also, the article goes on to suggest that the USPS had in its plans approval for an AIDS stamp that never materialized.

http://tobaccocontrol.bmj.com/conte.../97.full.pdf

Of course, we can go back in the SCF archives and come up with this previous discussion on an entirely different subject which I find rather interesting:

https://goscf.com/t/43562

Panama semi-postal
Don

India
Help for Retarded Children
December 8, 1974

Colombia - 1956
Sc.669

Don't worry, drink lots of coffee and smoke a good cigar (Javier Pereira 167 years old!)



What would say WHO (World Health Organization) if today is issued an stamp like this one?

A lot of coffee and a cigar? 167 y.o.? the right recipe for a long life :-D

I have always wondered about this one!

My apologies! This is not a stamp.

This glassine, which stamps were sent out to
club members back in 1937, may be of interest.


It speaks of "From the Land of the Frizzy-Haired"

"Showing that Papuan civilization has progressed
from eating the white man to celebrating his
coronation on postage stamps".




Edit; Jamestown Stamps started their business in 1939!

LOL...that's hilarious! I'd keep them stored in that envelope, too. That one's a keeper.