Going Postal

Whoa, the United States Post Office has done something very cool!  They have put out stamps of famous rock ‘n rollers, and they did a great job of it.  Not only are the stamps themselves beautiful pieces of philately art, the back side looks like a 45 record jacket and features the stamp art blown up to a size that even I can appreciate without my glasses.  And the stamp side has the look of the 45 “record” peaking out of the top of the sleeve.  Check them out:  Ray Charles, Elvis Presley and Jimi Hendrix.  They also have Janis Joplin, but I’m not much of a Joplin fan so I used those ones already.

I haven’t had this much fun with stamps since I bought my Dad some Richard Nixon stamps many decades ago.  My Dad hated Nixon, but he was frugal, and would never let something of value go to waste.  I knew he would use them.  These stamps were before the self-adhesive ones that we all use now.  So I told my Dad that every time he used one of the Nixon stamps, he first had to lick Nixon’s backside.  Hahaha, now that’s some sticky postal fun. 

See ya.