The American Letter Mail Company

The Foundation for Economic Education (FEE) sends out News & Commentary emails.

Post Office to Offer Personalized Stamps

9/9/04

“Now you can have your face immortalized on a postage stamp. The U.S. Postal Service gave the go-ahead last month for a Los Angeles-based company, Stamps.com, to test-run personally designed stamps, a move that some believe could help boost the fortunes of the beleaguered agency.” (Washington Post, Thursday)

Bread, circuses, and now vanity postage stamps.

FEE Timely Classic

“First-Class Mail, Third-Class Competition” by Robert A. Collinge and Ronald M. Ayers

I’m sorely tempted to order a few sheets of these:

(If you don’t know who that is, just click on the image to find out.)