Apple By James Plafke Feb. 21, 2014 12:30 pm
It’s a time-honored tradition for our country’s greatest heroes, moments, and achievements to be immortalized on postage stamps, but since October 5, 2011, we’ve been collectively living in a state of unrest because Steve Jobs wasn’t immediately emblazoned on every single snail mail stamp circulating around this great country.
Now, according to a leaked report from the Washington Post, we can finally rest easy: Steve Jobs will be immortalized *on a commemorative line of collectible postage stamps sometime next year. Take that, terrorists.
Among other great contributors to this fine country, Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer will be honored, as well as farmers markets, winter flowers, and — to appease the masses and quell the inevitable philatelist rebellion — Yellowstone cutthroat trout. Jobs headlines the charge of the coming stampocalypse, though, with other semi-notable figures, such as America’s first black president Barack Obama bringing up the rear.
Thankfully, Jobs will finally get the recognition he deserves, securing his place in our country’s history, whether or not the industry he pioneered is responsible for the downfall of the one in which stamps predominantly appear.
There aren’t many details regarding the Jobs stamp just yet, but it’s likely safe to assume that it will be the thinnest stamp ever created, and roughly 15% lighter and with an even smaller bezel than the soon-to-be outdated 2014 stamp models. There is no word yet if the United States Postal Service will enact a program that offers discounts on the Steve Jobs stamps if previous stamps — perhaps emblazoned with Abraham Lincoln or illustrated with a basket full of bunnies — are traded in.
If the stamp choices seem out-of-place, such as a proposal for non-American John Lennon and an approved category called “Pioneers of Graphic Design,” that’s because the USPS is trending more toward pop culture in order to generate buzz and increase sales.
Before the organization begins releasing stamps in animated GIF listicle format, it’ll at least cement Steve Jobs as the hero we all knew he was, right alongside the in-development category of Celebrity Chefs.
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Now, according to a leaked report from the Washington Post, we can finally rest easy: Steve Jobs will be immortalized *on a commemorative line of collectible postage stamps sometime next year. Take that, terrorists.
Among other great contributors to this fine country, Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer will be honored, as well as farmers markets, winter flowers, and — to appease the masses and quell the inevitable philatelist rebellion — Yellowstone cutthroat trout. Jobs headlines the charge of the coming stampocalypse, though, with other semi-notable figures, such as America’s first black president Barack Obama bringing up the rear.
Thankfully, Jobs will finally get the recognition he deserves, securing his place in our country’s history, whether or not the industry he pioneered is responsible for the downfall of the one in which stamps predominantly appear.
There aren’t many details regarding the Jobs stamp just yet, but it’s likely safe to assume that it will be the thinnest stamp ever created, and roughly 15% lighter and with an even smaller bezel than the soon-to-be outdated 2014 stamp models. There is no word yet if the United States Postal Service will enact a program that offers discounts on the Steve Jobs stamps if previous stamps — perhaps emblazoned with Abraham Lincoln or illustrated with a basket full of bunnies — are traded in.
If the stamp choices seem out-of-place, such as a proposal for non-American John Lennon and an approved category called “Pioneers of Graphic Design,” that’s because the USPS is trending more toward pop culture in order to generate buzz and increase sales.
Before the organization begins releasing stamps in animated GIF listicle format, it’ll at least cement Steve Jobs as the hero we all knew he was, right alongside the in-development category of Celebrity Chefs.
More...
