D'oh! Post office stuck with millions of 'Simpsons' stamps
August 24, 2012
Has "The Simpsons" fandom run its course, or did the U.S. Postal Service simply dream too big?
The post office produced 1 billion "Simpsons" themed 44-cent stamps in 2009, but only 318 million were sold, the New York Times reports.
That leaves 682 million stamps that are now unlikely to sell since they now need a one-cent extra stamp for first-class postage. The post office raised its rates to 45 cents for a first-class letter in January.
The Times reports that if the stamps are destroyed, as commemorative stamps that don't sell often are, it would amount to a waste of $1.2 million in printing costs.

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Posted by Ken at 1:43 AM