Pigs...on....stamps! (Henson/Muppet stamps)

Cafe Society
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Okay, so there’s actually only one pig. And one frog. And one bear, one eagle, one dog, one chicken, one Animal, five humans* (six if you count the real human), and one…whatever.

Yes, the Muppets are on U.S. postage stamps.

I got mine today. They’re very nice looking. I’m not going to use them for postage, just as a collectible. I collect stamps. There are ten stamps of the Muppets, each with a stamp-related quotation from that character and his signature on the back. And a eleventh stamp with a picture of Jim Henson himself. Very nice.

(*I’m guessing that Dr. Bunsen Honeydew and Beaker are humans.)

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Sure, keep some to collect. But, why would you use plain old ordinary stamps for postage if you can use Muppet stamps?

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Here’s a link to a picture of the sheet

Very nice! And an unusual format: I don’t think I’ve ever seen a sheet with 11 stamps on it before. It costs just 11 x 37c, or $4.07.

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I wish I could get whole pages of one character. I love them all, but Animal is my favorite, with the Swedish Chef running a close second. I think of the latter everytime I make the chocolate mousse icing at work.

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I just got a sheet from my local post office. On the back, it has quotes from the various characters depicted, e.g., for Statler & Waldorf:

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Is the Swedish Chef saying “Bork, bork, bork!” ?

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All of the quotations are stamp or mail-related.

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Tres cool. Since I shifted to online bill paying, I’ve really cut down on my stamp usage. But I am going to stop by the Post Office tomorrow, just for these! :smiley:

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I LJed about this the other day, but forgot to get to the post office. Maybe I’ll make time in the morning. It’s very cool. :slight_smile:

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Didn’t Reagan try to appoint the Swedish Chef to the Supreme Court? :smiley:

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Ya, boot der Senate Democratten Bork Bork Bork!

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I think the important question to ask here is if the Miss Piggy stamps can travel airmail.

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You better watch yourself, bub, or you’ll be traveling air mail! Hi-YA!

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Sure, You just can’t use them to send mail to Tel Aviv. :smiley:

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Or to Cairo, or Karachi, or Tiranë, or Ankara, or Damascus…
Remember the old song “Show Me the Way to Go Home”? In one verse a pig wanders into a Jewish community…well, at least he’s safe there… :stuck_out_tongue: