Stamp of Approval
Bill Whalen ·
Oct 5, 2011 at 1:40pm
Inveterate baseball fan that I am, I dropped by the local post office (while there still is a local post office) in search of stamps honoring the national pastime.
Unfortunately, I struck out.
But I did happen upon a wonderful fallback:
This got me to think about the recent USPS decision to allow living persons' images on American stamps.
Do you think this is a good idea? If so, what should be the vetting process? Strictly the USPS's call, or some other government entity? What about a vote of Congress?
And, of course, what living individuals do you deem stamp-worthy?
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Apr '11
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Paving the way for the Obama stamp.
Dec '10
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It's fitting that it should be a "forever" stamp. Conservative values don't have an expiration date.
Aug '11
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Living recipients of the Congressional Medal of Honor.
Aug '11
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Let the National Endowment for the Arts decide whom to honor. They'll make the right choices.
Mar '11
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I'll nominate Muhammad Ali... call it the "Champ Stamp"
Apr '11
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Neil Armstrong, Buzz Aldrin.
Mar '11
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It is better to reserve stamps for those who have died. The problem with giving the honor to the living is that they still have an opportunity to completely befoul their reputations.
Jun '10
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I'm not opposed to living persons being on stamps, with one exception: no living current or former holders of political office should be allowed on stamps (let's call it the Jimmy Carter rule). Medal of Honor winners, astronauts, great.
I also think there should be a complete ban on any living person's name being placed on any public building or other public property. I don't know how people in WV can find anything--everything is named after Robert Byrd.
Edited on Oct 5, 2011 at 3:48pmMay '11
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Robert Mapplefotrth is long overdue to be commerated on a stamp.
Mar '11
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Horrible, horrible, HORRIBLE idea to put living people on stamps.
Just think about OJ Simpson...
Nov '10
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I agree with Mr. Richter and with Percival. Who would want a stamp with Al Gore on it, now that he is a "sex poodle"? It happens too often to be dismissed as a foolish concern. And, I am with tabula rasa about naming public structures for living persons. In Alabama, several cities and educational institutions had to change the names of a number of places when the businessman/embezzler for whom they were named was convicted of bribery.
Aug '11
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OK...I'll be a stick in the old mud...
How much time and taxpayer money is put into deciding about themes, artists, subjects, etc ? Not that the costs break any banks -- but just on principle I would rather see uniform looking stamps and no artwork.
Just like I would rather not see the Postal Service advertising on TV...it's a dang monopoly !
Jul '10
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Stamps? Really?
I don't know about People on stamps, but how about phrases?
"Fax Me"
"You've Got .-Mail?"