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Bike stamps coming in 2012
Next year, I’ll be sending my snail mail correspondence with bicycle-themed postage stamps.
The U.S. Postal Service has unveiled a set of four Bicycling Forever stamps — one featuring a kid on a bike with training wheels, one showing a commuter pedaling to work (my fave!), one with a zooming road racer, and another with a high-flying BMX rider.
The stamps will be issued sometime in 2012. They are “forever” stamps, which means their value will always equal the current first-class mail one-ounce rate.
Art director Phil Jordan designed the two-wheeled stamps using illustrations by John Mattos.
Here’s an interesting factoid: The U.S. Postal Service delivers mail by bicycle in parts of Arizona and Florida.
Come on, Texas!
(The illustration above shows a preliminary image of what the stamps will look like. Copyright US Postal Service.)
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By Jeffrey
July 26, 2011 1:54 PM | Link to this
It’s a shame that the “commuter” stamp depicts someone dressed in Spandex. It may turn off potential commuters by making cycling look like a sport that requires tight funny-looking clothes. Bicycles are a practical means of transport. Real commuters wear real work clothes. I have commuted by bike as a janitor, student, parent, professor, lawyer, registered nurse. On the way, I always have worn clothes appropriate to my job.