>On the radio this morning I heard that the Muppet stamps will be released today. There are 11 different stamps in the set.

To me it's really sad what has happened to stamps in the last 25 years or so.

Where we (Canada) used to issue perhaps 8 stamps a year, we now issue that many every month. It's become a revenue source, counting on collectors to buy and hold them rather than use them.

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