# Pigs...on....stamps! (Henson/Muppet stamps) **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [October 3, 2005, 8:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pigs-on-stamps-henson-muppet-stamps/324632 "2005-10-03T20:17:55Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 15\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![mobo85](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/b19c9b/32.png) [@mobo85](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mobo85)\ **Post date:** [October 3, 2005, 8:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pigs-on-stamps-henson-muppet-stamps/324632/1 "2005-10-03T20:17:55Z")
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.) ---
**Author:** ![Thudlow\_Boink](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thudlow_boink/32/320_2.png) [@Thudlow\_Boink](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Thudlow_Boink)\ **Post date:** [October 3, 2005, 8:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pigs-on-stamps-henson-muppet-stamps/324632/2 "2005-10-03T20:22:20Z")
> [@mobo85](#): > > I’m not going to use them for postage, just as a collectible. Sure, keep some to collect. But, why would you use plain old ordinary stamps for postage if you can use Muppet stamps? ---
**Author:** ![Giles](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/giles/32/60_2.png) [@Giles](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Giles)\ **Post date:** [October 3, 2005, 9:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pigs-on-stamps-henson-muppet-stamps/324632/3 "2005-10-03T21:04:53Z")
[Here’s a link to a picture of the sheet](http://shop.usps.com/images/05_jhenson37_f.jpg) 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. ---
**Author:** ![Baker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/bb73d2/32.png) [@Baker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baker)\ **Post date:** [October 3, 2005, 9:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pigs-on-stamps-henson-muppet-stamps/324632/4 "2005-10-03T21:23:51Z")
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. ---
**Author:** ![Giles](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/giles/32/60_2.png) [@Giles](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Giles)\ **Post date:** [October 5, 2005, 6:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pigs-on-stamps-henson-muppet-stamps/324632/5 "2005-10-05T18:56:24Z")
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: > [@](#): > > **S:** I’m glad the Muppets are on stamps. > **W:** Why is that? > **S:**'Cause now all you have to do to get them cancelled is take 'em to the post office! Hohohohoho! ---
**Author:** ![Baker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/bb73d2/32.png) [@Baker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baker)\ **Post date:** [October 5, 2005, 9:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pigs-on-stamps-henson-muppet-stamps/324632/6 "2005-10-05T21:01:31Z")
Is the Swedish Chef saying “Bork, bork, bork!” ? ---
**Author:** ![mobo85](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/b19c9b/32.png) [@mobo85](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mobo85)\ **Post date:** [October 5, 2005, 11:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pigs-on-stamps-henson-muppet-stamps/324632/7 "2005-10-05T23:52:41Z")
> [@Baker](#): > > Is the Swedish Chef saying “Bork, bork, bork!” ? All of the quotations are stamp or mail-related. > [@The Swedish Chef](#): > > Neider rüun, nor snee, nor de düskee-dusk will støopin de mailee, yøø betcha! Børk! Børk! ---
**Author:** ![silenus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/silenus/32/166_2.png) [@silenus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/silenus)\ **Post date:** [October 6, 2005, 1:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pigs-on-stamps-henson-muppet-stamps/324632/8 "2005-10-06T01:06:22Z")
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! 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Marley23](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@Marley23](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Marley23)\ **Post date:** [October 6, 2005, 1:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pigs-on-stamps-henson-muppet-stamps/324632/9 "2005-10-06T01:26:30Z")
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. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![dougie\_monty](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/439d5e/32.png) [@dougie\_monty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dougie_monty)\ **Post date:** [October 6, 2005, 1:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pigs-on-stamps-henson-muppet-stamps/324632/10 "2005-10-06T01:30:43Z")
> [@mobo85](#): > > All of the quotations are stamp or mail-related. Didn’t Reagan try to appoint the Swedish Chef to the Supreme Court? 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Marley23](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@Marley23](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Marley23)\ **Post date:** [October 6, 2005, 1:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pigs-on-stamps-henson-muppet-stamps/324632/11 "2005-10-06T01:33:49Z")
> [@dougie\_monty](#): > > Didn’t Reagan try to appoint the Swedish Chef to the Supreme Court? 😃 Ya, boot der Senate Democratten Bork Bork Bork! ---
**Author:** ![Miss\_Purl\_McKnittington](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e9a140/32.png) [@Miss\_Purl\_McKnittington](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Miss_Purl_McKnittington)\ **Post date:** [October 6, 2005, 1:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pigs-on-stamps-henson-muppet-stamps/324632/12 "2005-10-06T01:45:24Z")
I think the important question to ask here is if the Miss Piggy stamps can travel airmail. ---
**Author:** ![mobo85](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/b19c9b/32.png) [@mobo85](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mobo85)\ **Post date:** [October 6, 2005, 1:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pigs-on-stamps-henson-muppet-stamps/324632/13 "2005-10-06T01:50:34Z")
> [@Miss Purl McKnittington](#): > > I think the important question to ask here is if the Miss Piggy stamps can travel airmail. You better watch yourself, bub, or _you’ll_ be traveling air mail! Hi-_YA!_ ---
**Author:** ![silenus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/silenus/32/166_2.png) [@silenus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/silenus)\ **Post date:** [October 6, 2005, 1:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pigs-on-stamps-henson-muppet-stamps/324632/14 "2005-10-06T01:54:03Z")
> [@Miss Purl McKnittington](#): > > I think the important question to ask here is if the Miss Piggy stamps can travel airmail. Sure, You just can’t use them to send mail to Tel Aviv. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![dougie\_monty](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/439d5e/32.png) [@dougie\_monty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dougie_monty)\ **Post date:** [October 6, 2005, 2:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pigs-on-stamps-henson-muppet-stamps/324632/15 "2005-10-06T14:22:11Z")
> [@silenus](#): > > Sure, You just can’t use them to send mail to Tel Aviv. 😃 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… 😛