Since 1957, a committee has chosen which extraordinary Americans will be put on US Postal stamps. This committee of Americans decided to add a tech legend to that list.
Beginning in 2015, former Apple co-founder, CEO and computer innovator Steve Jobs will be on US stamps, according to the Washington Post. He’ll be in a good class: late night TV legend Johnny Carson, rock&roll legend Jimi Hendrix and California politician/gay rights activist Harvey Milk will make the 2015 postal stamp class. They’re even bringing Elvis’ 1993 stamp back. Just think, you can celebrate this occasion by blasting Hendrix or Elvis tunes on your iPod, or watch Johnny Carson classics on your iPad.
The US Post office is doing this to boost first class mail sales, which has been tanking for years. How ironic one of the guys responsible for this downtown is being honored by that same business in hopes of increasing that business? You have to be deceased to get a stamp. Jobs has only been dead 3 years. Carson passed away in 20005. Hendrix, Elvis and Milk left this Earth in the 1970s. If I’m not mistaken, this is the quickest any departed American icon has made it to a stamp. And why not? This man gave us the Macintosh, popularizing the home computer. He gave us the iPod, iPhone and iPad, and many technical advances in between. He may not have invented these modern day devices, but he sure made them better. But will Steve Job stamps boost first class postal sales?