Steve Jobs To Appear On US Postage Stamp

Hugh Pickens DOT Com writes "Steven Musil writes at Cnet that the US Postal Service hopes Steve Jobs can do for it what he once did for Apple as the late Apple co-founder will be featured on a commemorative US postage stamp along with Johnny Carson, Ingrid Bergman, Elvis Presley, and James Brown. The former Apple CEO's stamp is still in the design stages and will be released at some point in 2015. Jobs, who passed away in 2011 after a battle with pancreatic cancer, has also been posthumously honored for his visionary achievements with a special Grammy Merit Award and a Disney Legends Award. Jobs was also inducted into the Bay Area Business Hall of Fame, has had a building at Pixar named after him, and was featured in an exhibit at the US Patent Office Museum. "The profitable first class mail business has been decimated by email over the past decade, thanks in no small part to the contributions of Steve Jobs and Apple," writes Derek Kessler. "It's no small feat to be so impactful that the USPS feels compelled to honor you despite the fact that the work that you've done is dismantling the core of their business.""

Obviously..

[Anonymous Coward]

... the stamp will be a little bit more expensive than usual and it comes only in 2 colors.

Re: Obviously..

[Anonymous Coward]

And don't forget the rounded corners!!!

Finally

[Anonymous Coward]

Everyone can give his backside a lick.....

Stamp will cost $4

[hessian]

Stamp will cost $4, do the same thing that $0.49 stamp does but have stylistic design. If anything goes wrong, you throw the whole letter out and buy a new one based on someone else's refurbished mail. If you mention this bad experience online, ten thousand Steve Jobs fanboys attack your inbox with gay pornography to "open your mind."

DRM, copyright, trademarked

[Teun]

How long before Apple sues the USPS for copyright infringement and Trademark dilution?

Maybe they'll be OK with the stamp DRM'ed.

Re:Forget Jobs

[rubycodez]

Bieber stamp: Costs $4 but is worthless for postage, looks like a drunk lesbian, adhesive has bad taste and won't stick to envelopes

Re:Obviously..

[Anonymous Coward]

No Forever Stamps either. You'll definitely have to buy another one in a few months.

Re:Obviously..

[SpankiMonki]

Don't forget a stamp for Michael Jackson. It could even make a "hee hee" sound when licked.

Re:Obviously..

[Oliver Wendell Jones]

It will only be available in one color, that no one really wants, to begin with, and then ~6 months later, it will become available in the color you really do want, forcing you to buy a second roll of stamps... That's what the USPS is counting on - selling twice as many stamps!

Re:Obviously..

[Concerned Onlooker]

As long as you're going for novelty why not a Jerry Garcia stamp? When you lick it you're dosed with a small amount of LSD. Initially the stamp is simply a black and white image, but after a few minutes, wow!

Re:Obviously..

[Stormy Dragon]

Also, it will only work with Apple envelopes.