Commentary: U.S. Postal Service 2020 stamp program
Preview of U.S. Postal Service 2020 stamp program The United States Postal Service recently offered the public a glimpse into its 2020 stamp program . The sample size is small, less than half of what the USPS will ultimately issue next year; but if it is any indication of what else is in store, collectors have got to be feeling let down and and at a loss to understand the program's rationale. If I were an American collector and 2019 happened to be the year I made my first steps into the hobby, 2020 would in all likelihood be the year I retired from it. The creative drought on the part of U.S. stamp designers is so severe that one of the sets headlining the 2020 program is "Fruits and Vegetables," which includes such stamps as lettuce , tomatoes , carrots , and eggplant . Twenty years ago, when the U.S. Postal Service transitioned from moisture-activated stamps to self-adhesives, stamp collectors felt not only that the world around them was crumbling before their eye...