Curious George Goes to the Post Office

[beamjockey]

Fandom's postman Harry Andruschak points out a list of the stamps that will be issued by the U.S. Postal Service in 2006

Comments

[gypsy1969]

I will be purchaseing the DC comic heroes and the Snowflakes for framing. I wonder if I should pre-order?

[kip_w]

Over on Mark Evanier's site, there's a handsome mockup of a Herbie stamp. Want one. Beautiful.

[orangemike]

But would the glue be flavored "Hard-to-get Cinnamon"?

[kip_w]

Thought of that, but stamps don't come with flavored glue any more. No respect for tradition. Should bop Postmaster.

[shsilver]

Cooool!

An interesting interpretation of the rules, I see.

[asfi]

The USPS stamp selection criteria state "Stamps or stationery shall not be issued to promote or advertise commercial enterprises or products." I think under any reasonable interpretation of this rule, the DC comics sheet would fail. If it weren't for the USPS copyright, it would be easy to mistake the stamp sheet as as DC Comics publication. If the USPS wanted to honour comic book superheroes they should have done it honestly, and included Marvel and all the rest.

This complaint applies equally well to the Disney, Warner Bros., and similar marketing-friendly issues.

Granted, Canada Post is no shining paragon of virtue (e.g. two national hardware store chains have been honoured, and of course these stamps have been sold in their respective stores) but at least they don't ignore any rules against it. Because, well, there aren't any that prohibit such blatant shilling. The requirement that stamp subjects should "enhance the high regard for Canadian stamps and Canada in Canadian and international philatelic circles" ought to count for

Re: An interesting interpretation of the rules, I see.

[orangemike]

They started whoring themselves out on this one during the Reagan years, I think. I can't remember if it was Warner Brothers or Disney first.

[beamjockey]

Any list that contains Ben Franklin cannot be entirely mediocre!