Honor Prince by creating a United States Postal Stamp

Click here: https://www.change.org/p/...stal-stamp

I believe the person has to be deceased for 5 years before they can even consider a person.

I understand your intentions with this petition are well meaning and good but for the USPS to even consider making a Prince stamp, we ALSO have to make our requests officially as described below...

The process:

https://about.usps.com/wh...rocess.htm

Stamp subject selection criteria:

https://about.usps.com/who-we-are/csac/criteria.htm

kewlschool said:

I believe the person has to be deceased for 5 years before they can even consider a person.

Interesting. I wonder who the first stamp of a popular musician was... Here's the history of the first Elvis stamp:

January 8, 1993

Elvis postage stamps are released by the U.S. Postal Service. In 1992, the U.S. Postal Service announced that Elvis’ image would be used for a commemorative postage stamp. The Postal Service narrowed the artwork choices down to two images - one of Elvis in the 1950’s as a sizzling young rocker, and one of the singer in a suit as a concert superstar in his 1973 "Aloha from Hawaii" special. In an unprecedented move, the USPS put the decision to the American people and distributed ballots coast to coast. Over 1.2 million votes were cast and the image of the young rocker won. The stamp was released on January 8, 1993, with extravagant first day of issue ceremonies at Graceland. Elvis postage stamps are the most widely publicized stamp issue in the history of the U.S. Postal Service and it is the top selling commemorative postage stamp of all time. The USPS printed 500 million of them, three times the usual print run for a commemorative stamp. Several countries outside the U.S. also have issued Elvis postage stamps over the years–a tribute to his status as an international music star.

kewlschool said:

I believe the person has to be deceased for 5 years before they can even consider a person.

I was told 10 years by a buddy of mine who is a supervisor at the post office.

[It's not official snip - luv4u]

Ihavenotchooseausername said:

"...These are the official 2016 stamp Prince Rogers Nelson issue of The Republic of Niger..."

IBFTL. {again}

In order for them to be officially "official", Prince's estate would have to 1) have had a say in their creation. And 2) receive some kind of compensation from their sale.

phatphuk said:

Ihavenotchooseausername said:

"...These are the official 2016 stamp Prince Rogers Nelson issue of The Republic of Niger..."

IBFTL. {again}

In order for them to be officially "official", Prince's estate would have to 1) have had a say in their creation. And 2) receive some kind of compensation from their sale.

Would they? For another country's stamp?

morningsong said:

Would they? For another country's stamp?

I could be wrong, of course. Because I'm not an IPR lawyer. But yeah I think they would.

phatphuk said:

morningsong said:

Would they? For another country's stamp?

I could be wrong, of course. Because I'm not an IPR lawyer. But yeah I think they would.

I wonder how the go about that?



I want to buy some but I'll wait until I get somekind of clearance.

[Edited 9/12/16 17:17pm]

morningsong said:

"...I wonder how the go about that?


I want to buy some but I'll wait until I get somekind of clearance..."

I presume they go about it in some way similar to the way they go about administering sorngwriting publishing royalties and whatnot. That would be my guess.

There's nothing illegal about buying those Niger stamps if you want them {and if you don't mind having Boney M on a Prince stamp}. Just don't fool yourself in thinking that they are "officially" sanctioned by Prince's estate.

Go to Zazzle.com and you can create your own postage stamp.

phatphuk said:

morningsong said:

"...I wonder how the go about that?


I want to buy some but I'll wait until I get somekind of clearance..."

I presume they go about it in some way similar to the way they go about administering sorngwriting publishing royalties and whatnot. That would be my guess.

There's nothing illegal about buying those Niger stamps if you want them {and if you don't mind having Boney M on a Prince stamp}. Just don't fool yourself in thinking that they are "officially" sanctioned by Prince's estate.

Honestly, I'm more concerned that this is not an official stamp commissioned by that country and not something somebody in that country just ran from their personal printer. I'd want something from actual postage stamp stock and ink and wouldn't start fading 6 months down the line or something like that.

Heck I can got to WalMart and make all kinds of pictures of Prince and put it on all kinds of stuff if that's all I'm after. But to have a government commissioned postage stamp, that would be kind of special, and a African one too. Puhleze.

morningsong said:

"...I'm more concerned that this is not an official stamp commissioned by that country and not something somebody in that country just ran from their personal printer..."

It doesn't look to me like those Prince stamps are manufactured in Niger. The seller's contact address is a P.O. box in Lithuania, Eastern Europe.

When in doubt, email 'em and ask, I always say.

phatphuk said:

ABC news did a story some years back on celebrity stamps. There have been a few countries with Madonna (pop star) on stamps. These countries do this to sell their stamps all over the world. It's a way the government can make some cash.