U.S. Postal Service Announced Its List of Most-Collected Stamps

SignOnSanDiego.com ^ | December 28, 2006 | Associated Press

[DogByte6RER]

THE LIST

The King of Stamps

December 28, 2006

The Postal Service recently announced its list of the most-collected stamps. The top five, with year of introduction and how many of them have been saved by Americans, in millions:

1. Elvis Presley (1993) 124.1

2. Wonders of America (2006) 87.5

3. Wildflowers (1992) 76.1

4. Rock & Roll/Rhythm & Blues (1993) 75.9

5. DC Comics Super Heroes (2006) 73.0

[DogByte6RER]

My choice isn't in this Top 5...

[DogByte6RER]

Here's my choice...

[Jaysun]

The King deserves a spot in the top five. I mean, come on. The King.

[SIDENET]

Beat me to it!

:-)

[Enterprise]

I'm not a stamp collector, but I bought a page of the DC comics and I'm saving it. I have also bought numerous other pages for general mailing. I really really like this issue!

[gogeo]

There's a dirty little secret they don't want to talk about...the Pamela Anderson stamp. They have wanted to issue one, but it seems they were never used, just licked repeatedly...

[yochanan]

What about the Kwanzaa stamp?

[Bender2]

Don't forget...

[jdm]

Don't lick it, you don't know where it been.

[sgtbono2002]

Mt Postmistress says there is an Islamic stamp out there. She says she cant even give them away.

[AmishDude]

Top 5 losers:

1. Rosie O'Donnell (the fat version)
2. Paris Hilton's underwear collection
3. Urinals of the state capitols
4. Heroes of disco
5. Accountants of the old west

[southernnorthcarolina]

Get people to buy the product without actually using it -- instant positive cash flow. Gift cards which are never redeemed is an obvious example, but postage stamps that go into a collector's album rather than on a letter are another.

Ergo, the USPS should come out with a line of salacious stamps. Heck, the government is already heavily involved in vice (state lotteries, Federal permits for Indian Reservation casinos, high taxes but lax restrictions on tobacco and alcohol, etc.); so what's wrong with X-rated stamps?

[dfwgator]

They just released a new stamp commemorating the History of Prostitution. It costs 37 cents, but if you want to lick it, it will cost you 20 dollars.

[Bender2]

Or...

[BunnySlippers]

I collected all the Looney Toons series ... Bugs, Tweety, Daffy and Elmer Fudd. And Reagan.

No relation. :)

[jdm]

LOL. Isn't that a variation of an older joke? I remember hearing something close to that a few years back. Still funny, though!

[cmsgop]

Here's the one the DNC uses.....

[KarlInOhio]

From the USPS website, and a page with pictures

Stamp Subject Year Stamps Saved
1) Elvis 1993 124.1 million
2) Wonders of America 2006 87.5 million
3) Wildflowers 1992 76.1 million
4) Rock & Roll/Rhythm & Blues 1993 75.9 million
5) DC Comics Super Heroes 2006 73.0 million
6) Greetings From America 2002 71.4 million
7) Insects and Spiders 1999 61.0 million
8) Art of Disney: Romance 2006 57.2 million
9) Legends of Baseball 2000 53.9 million
10) Art of Disney: Celebration 2005 52.8 milion
11) Baseball Playing Fields 2001 49.0 million
12) Art of Disney: Friendship 2004 47.7 million
13) Civil War 1995 46.6 million
14) Legends of the West 1994 46.4 million
15) Marilyn Monroe 1995 46.4 million
16) Advances in Aviation 2005 45.8 million
17) Bugs Bunny 1997 44.1 million
18) Lunar New Year SS 2005 42.7 million
19) Comic Strip Classics 1995 40.8 million
20) Jim Henson: Muppets 2005 40.6 million
21) Cloudscapes 2004 40.1 million
22) Stars and Stripes 2000 40.0 million
23) Baseball Sluggers 2006 39.5 million
24) Summer Olympics 1992 39.5 million
25) Lucille Ball 2001 38.7 million

[atomicpossum]

5. DC Comics Super Heroes (2006) 73.0

Yep. They're SWEEEEEEEET.

[DogByte6RER]

Thanks for the links...

I always liked the Looney Tunes stamps and the DC Comics.

But Reagan's stamp will always be my favorite.

Did the USPS ever make one with John Wayne?

[CatoRenasci]

Nice. There were some nice airmail stamps from the late '20s that I used to have, in nice plate blocks, but I sold them when I stopped collecting years ago.

[KarlInOhio]

Did the USPS ever make one with John Wayne

Well, Pilgrim, you should have just Googled for it.

http://www.usps.com/communications/news/stamps/2004/sr04_054.htm

[elcid1970]

Did you have the `Inverted Center Air Mail"?

Now THAT'S collectible!

[Salvation]

I usually get the Blessed Virgin and Child. Obviously didn't make the top choices. Sigh.....

[JerseyJohn61]

LOL, as you're grossing me out!...JJ(still chuckling)61

[JerseyJohn61]

I still like the space exploration spamps from the
60's and 70's.

My mom had a nifty little stamp collection my brother
inherited. I received her coins. Thanks again mom.
Miss you....JJ61

[JerseyJohn61]

"Stamps" that is. Watching Rutgers in the Texas Bowl
and have been going over my coin collection tonight.
Happy New Years ALL....JJ61

[SteveMcKing]

Stamps lost their meaning when they started printing specifically for collectors.

A "special issue" is one thing, but the way they market and sell today's stamps is absurd. (Not to mention the ultra-PC subjects they choose.)

[printhead]

I stopped collecting them when they stopped engraving them. Litho just doesn't cut it with me.

[HighWheeler]

"Mt Postmistress says there is an Islamic stamp out there. She says she cant even give them away."

-- --

Look at the year it came out.

[JerseyJohn61]

I understand your reasoning. The U.S. Mints are doing
the same to the real hardcore coin collectors. The
U.S.P.S and the Mints try to offset their expenses by
producing collectible items that can be sold to
collectors.

However, The "State Quarters" series is an attempt
to turn all of America into collectors. As a result,
so many coins are saved by the general public that
few of these coins, in the future, will have much
value. There will just be to many of them available.

It is always the rare but desirable coin, that few
people have saved, that will be prized in years to come....JJ61

[blondee123]

Looks like Elvis is still the King!

[Ruy Dias de Bivar]

***60's and 70's. ***

I had a block of four of the first landing on the moon. When I got back from temp duty elsewhere my room mate had made it a block of three.

[CatoRenasci]

Unfortunately, only the regular one (but a fried did have a block of the inverted center, and it was worth several thousand dollars back in the '60s).