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Re:New Stamp
Jerseee,
[Are there any "Christian" stamps out there any more?
Gee... I thought they changed all the "Christian" stuff to "Holiday" stuff and decided to leave "Christ" out of it because of all that "separation" stuff they keep hammering down our throats.
I started this post with a purpose... but got pulled away from it and couldn't get back to it.& I leave you with the below thoughts.]
The question is not "What does Ice support"... nor is it "shouldn't we do something about all the crap that happened 100 or more years in the PAST -- like when we weren't even a gleam in our Pappy's eye?"
Shouldn't the question be one that each of us asks ourselves: "What do I support?"& "What do I believe?"& "What is my faith?"
or maybe even:& "What SHOULD I support?" "HOW should I support it?"
The truth is, Ice has never gone for any of those special stamps... Ice likes plain stuff, mostly because Ice would like the PO to get stuck with all those crappy stamps because they really don't need to spend money on 'em... all they really need to do is supply us with a stinkin' stamp.& It makes me wonder who they think we're trying to impress by using some artsy fartsy stamp... and WHY would anyone care to use a stamp that makes a "statement" of some kind?... and what's with all those Cartoon characters?
Come on folks... get a grip... we're talkin' about a STAMP!& It's only purpose should be as a receipt of postage paid.
And just think how much easier it would be for stamp collectors to only have to get one from every country instead of 365 from each country. And all they gotta do to make them unique is change the background color every now and then!!
Think about all the money that is wasted on the design and printing (and sometimes they do "research"!!)&of such stamps that could be put to better use elsewhere... maybe even get the price of a stamp lowered... which won't happen too soon anyway.
Can we not get back to using common sense and keep all of the "statements" out of it?
And thanks&for your post which has&given me the opportunity to&state that I believe a stamp should be VERY PLAIN and NOT COMMEMORATIVE or one that makes a STATEMENT of any kind...&as well as CHEAP as it could possibly be.
Ice
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