Washington – Just as the post office was hoping to promote going green, it finds itself red-faced.
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It turns out that a first-class stamp featuring the Statue of Liberty actually is based on a photo of a Las Vegas replica of the statue.
Postal Service spokesman Roy Betts said three billion of the stamps have been printed and it is not being pulled from the market. The 44-cent forever stamp has been on sale since December.
The mistake, first reported by Linn’s Stamp News, comes to light just as the U.S. Postal Service is issuing a new set of stamps urging protection of the environment by going green. Those stamps promote actions such as composting, saving water, recycling and planting trees.
I think I know where you can get some cheap wallpaper. Oops
Oddly appropriate for the United States of today.
That’s only because the USPS operates as a regular business. Had it been a government agency, they would have destroyed the stamps and printed new ones.
Can the government do anything right?
And some people want to trust them with health insurance ??
And how does this happen ??
Compare the image on the Lady Liberty stamp (image of New York New York replica) to a mock-up stamp with the real Statue of Liberty here: http://statueoflibertystamp.us/
#3: Had they destroyed the remainder, they would have created an instant collector’s item. As it is, the entire thing will pass out of memory before long. Besides, so what, the image is nicely done.
I wouldn’t have known if you hadn’t told me, and I don’t care. A stamp is a stamp is a stamp. I don’t collect them, I use them to mail things