US Postal Service's Attempt to Attract Young Collectors

[MikeC99]

The following link is to an article concerning the decision by the US Postal Service to issue Harry Potter stamps in an attempt to attract the interest of young collectors: www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/federal-eye/wp/2013/12/02/inspector-general-to-take-temperature-of-stamp-collectors-through-harry-potter/

Some people question why a British fictional character was selected instead of traditional American images.  I personally applaud the Postal Service's efforts to expand the subjects it depicts in order to improve its bottom line and bring more younger collectors on board.

Mike

[guykickinit]

Heh.... I just bought that one today. i have a friend at the post office that set special things aside. i wonder how the Postal service got around the living persons on stamps??

[zepherusbane]

Dec 2, 2013 23:01:27 GMT -5 guykickinit said:

Heh.... I just bought that one today. i have a friend at the post office that set special things aside. i wonder how the Postal service got around the living persons on stamps??

Fictional characters are ok with the postal service, they just had to ensure that all the pictures were of people "in character".

[guykickinit]

Well it will go well with a topical of fictional, legends and fairy tales; world wide