STAMPS

[Duchess]

Jimi Hendrix is getting his own stamp.

Will a post office become obsolete?

The U.S. Postal service released an limited-edition Forever stamp Thursday featuring the Rock and Roll Hall of Famer.

The stamp comes out decades after the musician died in 1970, when a stamp cost just 6 cents. Today, one costs 49 cents.

It is designed to resemble a vintage 45 rpm record sleeve and shows Hendrix wearing one of his trademark military jackets and playing a guitar.

"Jimi Hendrix helped found three new genres of music — heavy metal, jazz fusion and funk — and in doing so, left behind an indelible mark on pop music and popular culture generally," said Joseph Corbett, CFO and executive vice president at the postal service, in a release.



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[crash]

Now that is a cool stamp.

[HairOfTheDog]

It's a very cool stamp.

Can't see the post office being around 20 years from now; I think everything will be paperless by then.

[HairOfTheDog]

I don't remember which thread Duchess mentioned seeing Christmas items on display already.

But, the U.S. Post Office is getting in on the early Christmas action too. Today, its releasing limited edition stamps featuring scenes from the Charlie Brown Christmas movie of 50 years ago.

The stamps booklet also coincides with the Peanuts comic strip's original debut on Oct. 2, 1950. For $9.80, snail mail fans can purchase the booklet of 20 limited-edition stamps online.

Here are a couple of them.





http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/char...3706df9fe8

[Duchess]

A Charlie Brown Christmas. That memory made me smile.

[afraidforallofus]

Cool to see a stamp thread here. I collect and deal

[Duchess]

You should see our "Chili - beans or no beans" thread.

[Maggot]

Cool to see a stamp thread here. I collect and deal

That's a thankless market.