# The Simpsons are going to the Post Office! Simpsons stamps- no foolin'!

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**Category:** Cafe Society\
**Created:** [April 1, 2009, 4:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-simpsons-are-going-to-the-post-office-simpsons-stamps-no-foolin/491589 "2009-04-01T16:42:44Z")\
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**Author:** ![Biffy\_the\_Elephant\_Shrew](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e47c2d/32.png) [@Biffy\_the\_Elephant\_Shrew](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Biffy_the_Elephant_Shrew)\
**Post date:** [April 10, 2009, 3:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-simpsons-are-going-to-the-post-office-simpsons-stamps-no-foolin/491589/21 "2009-04-10T15:45:01Z")

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There was also the _Yellow Submarine_ stamp. Didn’t show the Beatles characters, but it showed the submarine itself.

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**Author:** ![mobo85](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/b19c9b/32.png) [@mobo85](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mobo85)\
**Post date:** [April 10, 2009, 8:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-simpsons-are-going-to-the-post-office-simpsons-stamps-no-foolin/491589/22 "2009-04-10T20:19:34Z")

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I was thinking about the Cat and his Seussian cohorts, but the Yellow Submarine slipped my mind- probably because the stamp was meant to represent the Beatles as a whole, depicting the animated Submarine was a clever way to get around the USPS restrictions on depicting living persons on stamps. (The UK released some stamps of Beatles album covers last year- British stamps are allowed to depict living persons, but only if they are not the main focus of the stamp.)

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**Author:** ![42fish](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/4/b487fb/32.png) [@42fish](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/42fish)\
**Post date:** [April 10, 2009, 8:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-simpsons-are-going-to-the-post-office-simpsons-stamps-no-foolin/491589/23 "2009-04-10T20:41:50Z")

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> [@mobo85](#):
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> (The UK released some stamps of Beatles album covers last year- British stamps are allowed to depict living persons, but only if they are not the main focus of the stamp.)

Or if they’re members of the royal family.

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