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The release of new Holiday Stamps is eagerly anticipated each year. These beautiful commemoratives add a special touch to your holiday cards and Christmas cards. Here are the new choices for the 2009 holiday season.
Kwanzaa is a non-religious holiday rooted in African traditions. Celebrated from December 26 to January 1, this colorful stamp by Lloyd McNeill of New York richly depicts the essence of family and a bountiful harvest. The first Kwanzaa commemorative stamp was issued in 1997. This is the third stamp design to celebrate this particular holiday.
These stamps were announced on December 29, 2008, when the U.S. Postal Services previews their stamps for the coming year. At that time a first class stamp was 42¢. You can be assured that they will reflect the increased rate of 44¢ when they are released for this holiday season. Tags: CardsDirect, Christmas Cards, Holiday Cards, holiday stamps, Postage Stamps, us postage stamps, usps
The post office contends they have been very aggressive at cutting costs but project financial losses for this year and for several years to come. We all know the price of stamps has increasingly risen, as has the price of mail delivery at any level. Of course, a significant decline in volume would be expected, and without the volume of mail, your operating budget stays the same but with less money coming in. And what about their other money concern that a “major requirement to prefund its retiree’s health benefits” has also contributed to their losses. As an alternative to even larger price increases, this transition from a six to a five day delivery schedule is being seriously considered. The key components of the five-day plan include: - No Saturday delivery to homes and businesses. What do you think? How would this plan affect you or your business? Tags: Greeting Cards, mail, postage Commemorative stamps are quite popular among collectors and those who simply like to dress up their mailed greeting cards, bills and more. Based on the total number of stamps saved, but not necessary used, here is the Top 10 List of United States Postal Service most popular commemorative stamps.
Each year the Postal Service receives suggestions from the general public regarding commemoratives. The narrow the search, the Citizens’ Stamp Advisory Committee was formed and a 12 point criteria for selection was implemented. The Postmaster General makes the final decision on which stamps to launch each year. Tags: CardsDirect, commemorative stamps, Greeting Cards, Postage Stamps, stamps I recently asked my husband to pick up some first class stamps when he was out and about, and this is what came home! Launched on May 7, 2009, the 44¢ first class stamps are quite bright and bold and sure to be noticed! They launched with quite a bit of fanfare including a poll to vote for your favorite Simpson character, which was won by Maggie with 29.7% of the 916,000 ballots cast. Homer, who was favored initially, came in with 28.8% of the vote with Bart at 18.9%. The television series launched in 1990 is the longest running primetime comedy in television history. Tags: CardsDirect, Greeting Cards, Postage Stamps, the simpsons In response to the recent blog posting regarding a Michael Jackson Commemorative Stamp, we received this interesting comment from a CardsDirect Blog reader: Although previously the waiting period for a person to be on a postage stamp after their death was 15 years (Ex. Elvis Presley’s stamp came out in 1992, 15 years after his death), exceptions have been made. Commemorative stamps were made for President John F. Kennedy after his assassination in 1963, and Roberto Clemente, who played for the Pittsburgh Pirates, after he was killed in a plane crash in 1973 while delivering supplies from his native Puerto Rico to Nicaragua after the country was struck by an earthquake. Be it this year, 2014, or whenever, I believe there will be a stamp honoring “The King of Pop”, Michael Jackson. In years past the waiting period for a commemorative stamp following someone’s death (other than a U.S. President) was 15 years. It was then changed to 10 and is currently at five years. Of course, there are always exceptions to any rule and perhaps this individual will prompt such an exception as our reader suggests. What do you think? Tags: CardsDirect, cardsdirect blog, commemorative stamps, elvis, Greeting Cards, michael jackson, Postage Stamps |
I recently received a survey from the U.S. Postal Department asking for my opinion on their plan to do away with Saturday mail delivery. I’m not sure I would miss it as a consumer but bet it would be problematic for many businesses.
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