Should This Have Been Mailed Via Special Handling?

This cover was sent by a non-profit organization. Since it contained LIVE STAMPS (per the notation on the obverse of the cover, should it not have been sent via Special Handling?

Note - my tongue is in my cheek!

All of my stamps are dead.

All of my stamps are alive, in the same way that Bugs Bunny, Elmer Fudd, and Daffy Duck are "alive".

"They live in the heart of all of us"

Many non-profits now appear to include an inducement for returning donations in provided, pre-stamped envelopes. I have noticed several have included business reply envelopes with minimal postage attached (probably to cover some of the service costs). In past years, the DAV was always sending pre-stamped return envelopes for recipients to return donations in. More & more organizations appear to have taken up this practice.

I wonder how many Live postage stamps are simply thrown away?

The idea of using stamps by non-profits as an inducement is nothing new. Here are an older example:

It probably does increase response overall even though a bunch get thrown out.

How are the stamps applied: by machines or humans? The 1c apple coils seem to be done by humans based on the spacing not matching an unused coil. Then why didn't the org in the OP also use a real (nonprofit) stamp which is intended to keep the recipient from throwing out the envelope automatically?

Sometimes non-profits send other things in their appeals for money as either an inducement or more to the point a guilt trip. I sometimes get things like return small sheets of address labels or little calendars or other stuff.

A lot of these type of mailings target seniors. My wife's grandmother most have been on every list from the legit charities to outright scams. She had enough "free" address labels for several lifetimes along notepads, calendars, cheaply made tote bags, prayer clothes, greeting cards, gift wrap, etc. The Purple Heart stamp was the most commonly found stamp, but sometimes there would be a nickel or even a dollar bill. It was absurd as to how much of this kind of mail came in every week. Her grandmother passed away a several years back, but we still receive some every so often - usually for bogus magazine subscriptions.