I had to purchase some sheets of international Forever stamps today for an organization I work with. So what was available. Hmm.
The 2013 Global Forever Christmas stamp.
The 2014 Global Forever Christmas stamp.
And the Global Forever Sea Temperatures stamp.
WTF?
While the GFST stamp isn’t overtly political, just showing a map of Western Hemisphere (not “global”, btw) sea surface temperatures, there is a clear “global climate change” message here. (Because they’re generally shitty about asserting a non-existent copyright on their stamps, I’ll just let you go there to see it.)
Besides the implied climate change BS, you have to wonder what this stamp is actually depicting, because the description doesn’t say. Are they summer average temperatures? Winter? Seasonal means? Sea temperatures on the date of Barack Obama’s first inaugural? A map like this is useless for anything but propaganda unless you have a clear idea of what it’s talking about.
So, well…pretty picture, but since the people I’ll be using them to mail to are fairly savvy people, I’ll just stick with the 2014 Christmas stamp.
And why the HELL can’t the USPS just put out a standard Global Forever stamp without any environmental propaganda bullshit? While I like the Christmas stamps, it’s the wrong time of year for them. Something with American flags on it. Fuck the rest of the world, this is America.
LATER: I had some ideas for Global Forever stamps.
The Shores of Tripoli stamp. The Halls of Montezuma stamp. The Great White Fleet stamp. The Hiroshima stamp. The Saddam Hussein Spider-Hole stamp. The Osama bin Laden Seal Team Six stamp.
Collect ’em all.