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Harry Potter has millions of fans. Benjamin F. Bailar is not one of them. The 80-year-old former postmaster general and avid stamp collector sent a letter last month to Patrick Donahoe, the current postmaster general, berating the United States Postal Service for including the boy wizard on its postage stamps. …

Is the Postal Service ruining stamps? Sales are in decline, and the agency's efforts to shore up revenue with pop culture have some philatelists in an uproar. More: continued here

Businessweek Ex-Postmaster Says USPS Harry Potter Stamps Are a Form of ProstitutionJezebelBenjamin F. Bailar, who served as the Postmaster General from 1975 to 1978, is righteously pissed about the selection of Harry Potter to adorn a collection of new stamps. According to The Washingon Post, Bailor resigned from the Citizen's …

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Price increase for duck stamps, long swim for salmon and more: Outdoor InsiderThe Patriot-News – PennLive.com (blog)Jon Tester (D-Montana) has once again introduced legislation to increase the price of the Federal Duck Stamp to $25. The current price of $15 was set more than 20 years ago. Duck stamps, designed …

Former postmaster blasts USPS stamp choicesWashington PostA former postmaster general and prominent stamp collector is accusing the U.S. Postal Service of “prostituting” its stamp program, sacrificing cultural icons for pop culture in a wrongheaded search for “illusory profits.” Benjamin F. Bailar made these … More: continued here

WEEKEND: Stamp collectors hold show in Sequim on SaturdayPeninsula DailyThe Strait Stamp Society's annual show will be at the Sequim Masonic Lodge, 700 S. Fifth Ave., from 9:30 a.m. to 5 p.m. Saturday. The event is free and open to the public. It will include a special cancel to mark …

The Wire Ex-Postmaster General Condemns USPS for 'Prostituting' StampsThe WireBenjamin Bailar, the former Postmaster General, has told Postmaster General Patrick Donahoe that the United States Postal Services is "prostituting" its stamp program. Bailer resigned from the Citizens' Stamp Advisory Committee, the group that decides …Ex-Postmaster General Accuses the USPS of …

Work component for food stamps is a plusAlbuquerque JournalALBUQUERQUE, N.M. — Some food stamp recipients will once again have to make a personal effort if they want to keep receiving the public assistance. That's because the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program is returning to pre-recession …Is It Too Soon After the Recession …

Former Postmaster General Upset over Harry Potter StampsNational Review Online (blog)Stamp collector and former postmaster general Benjamin F. Bailar is criticizing the U.S. Postal Service for putting figures from popular culture such as Harry Potter on stamps instead of historical icons. The Washington Post writes that Bailar is … More: …