D'oh! Postal Service stuck with 682 million 'Simpsons' stampsThe Salem News"If the Postal Service can't address a simple matter such as determining how many commemorative stamps to produce, it shows they can't address the larger problems," Tom Schatz, president of Citizens Against Government Waste, said. "Unfortunately, even … More: continued …

The money-losing U.S. Postal Service guessed that TV cartoon character Homer Simpson and his family were twice as popular as Elvis Presley when it came to sales of commemorative stamps. As Homer would say, "D'oh!" More: continued here

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The U.S. Postal Service, which printed 1 billion stamps featuring characters from "The Simpsons" in 2009 to commemorate the program's 20-year-run on Fox, finds itself left with 682 million. More: continued here