This posting is in honor of Michael Jackson‘s memorial service today, which I couldn’t watch in its entirety because his dead body was on stage (even if it was in a casket). Reverend Al Sharpton used an appearance at The First A.M.E. Church in South LA on Sunday to call for a U.S. Postage stamp honoring Michael Jackson. The stamp would prove to be a great challenge since, according to the U. S. Postal Service, commemorative stamps cannot even be considered until 5 years after the subject’s death.
The only exception to this rule has been made for deceased presidents, honored with a stamp released on their birthdays following their dates of death. The proposed Jackson stamp would be an obvious boom in sales for the Postal Service; prices for MJ merch have skyrocketed since his tragic and untimely death.
So far the best selling stamp to date has been the Elivs stamp released in ’93. The postal service reported that many Elvii were kept as memorabilia rather than used as postage. Personally, I would be one to collect all MJ stamps available and frame them stat. RIP Michael Jackson.
