The revival of snail mail begins here

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Apparently, you can now make your own personalized U.S. postage stamps.

FARK-TASTIC!

Paul Westerberg, prepare to be delivered.

― don carville weiner, Wednesday, 1 September 2004 16:16 (twenty years ago)

and if I can find that screen capture of Dan Perry singing on TV during the holidays last year, it's hitting the mailbox tomorrow.

― don carville weiner, Wednesday, 1 September 2004 16:17 (twenty years ago)

that's brilliant, why can't we have them in NZ sure would help the snail mail revival

― Menelaus Darcy (Menelaus Darcy), Wednesday, 1 September 2004 16:21 (twenty years ago)

http://www.albanycivic.org/graphics/batboy2.jpg

― Allyzay Science Explosion (allyzay), Wednesday, 1 September 2004 16:23 (twenty years ago)

I actully wrote the Board that decides what stamps to make (you can only write them snailmail, they don't have a website) to demand a Raymond Carver stamp. It hasn't happened yet.

― andy, Wednesday, 1 September 2004 16:34 (twenty years ago)

This is possibly the best idea ever and I find the extra money totally justifiable except for paying bills, which is the only thing I use stamps for anymore.

― TOMBOT, Wednesday, 1 September 2004 16:36 (twenty years ago)

ihttp://www.thesmokinggun.com/graphics/art3/0831042envelope1.jpg

The Smoking Gun never fails.

― Pleasant Plains (Pleasant Plains), Wednesday, 1 September 2004 16:47 (twenty years ago)

This is possibly the best idea ever

I'm with that. This is a beautiful thing.

― Ned Raggett (Ned), Wednesday, 1 September 2004 17:08 (twenty years ago)

Ohhh, maybe we'll get this in Canada by 2043.

― Huck, Wednesday, 1 September 2004 17:09 (twenty years ago)

the real question is, can we get away with using things like album covers (or even famous photos) without suffering retribution from the Copyright Police? Because I'm certain things like cartoon characters (Meatwad!) probably won't be allowed.

― don carville weiner, Wednesday, 1 September 2004 17:11 (twenty years ago)

I bet stamp collectors are pissed now.

― latebloomer (latebloomer), Wednesday, 1 September 2004 17:11 (twenty years ago)

Oh man, if I can get the original cover of Carcass's Symphonies of Sickness on a stamp, anything is possible.

― Ned Raggett (Ned), Wednesday, 1 September 2004 17:12 (twenty years ago)

Or not, won't the end of the regular stamp inflate the worth of 'em? As in, there ain't no more!

xpost

― Huck, Wednesday, 1 September 2004 17:12 (twenty years ago)

Here's one I'll try for starters, then build up:

http://userpages.umbc.edu/~vijay/TG/pics/cds/front/assume_power_focus.jpg

― Ned Raggett (Ned), Wednesday, 1 September 2004 17:13 (twenty years ago)

http://photo.stamps.com/

― jocelyn (Jocelyn), Wednesday, 1 September 2004 17:16 (twenty years ago)

Put this guy on a stamp.

ihttp://massmurder.zyns.com/images/john_taylor_00.jpg

― Pleasant Plains (Pleasant Plains), Wednesday, 1 September 2004 17:24 (twenty years ago)

(he went postal)

― Pleasant Plains (Pleasant Plains), Wednesday, 1 September 2004 17:24 (twenty years ago)

this is going to make the holidays a lot more interesting, that's for sure.

And every wedding and birthday and party invite that gets sent out.

― don carville weiner, Wednesday, 1 September 2004 17:32 (twenty years ago)

Ohhh, maybe we'll get this in Canada by 2043.

Huck dude, Canada has had this (sort of) for a long time!

Picture Postage

okay, so you're supposed to only send them a real photo you took, but you could probably get away with sending any old (not-recognizably copyrighted) pic if you printed it on photo paper.

― Poppy (poppy), Thursday, 2 September 2004 01:59 (twenty years ago)

one month passes...

You just knew that the fun-hating, monopoly-enjoying, budget-draining U.S. Postal Service would eventually put a stop to a good idea.

― don carville weiner, Monday, 4 October 2004 01:27 (twenty years ago)

seven years pass...

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3b/Strombus_gigas_Duclos_in_Chenu_1844_pl_1.jpg/220px-Strombus_gigas_Duclos_in_Chenu_1844_pl_1.jpg

― The Cheerfull Turtle (Latham Green), Thursday, 7 June 2012 20:40 (twelve years ago)

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