Star Wars' Yoda Gets His Own Stamp

Thu Oct 25, 2007 1:38 PM EDT
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WASHINGTON — Buy these stamps, you will.

The U.S. Postal Service sought to harness the force Thursday, releasing a new postage stamp featuring Star Wars' enigmatic Yoda, known for his odd syntax as well as his wisdom.

The Jedi master's stamp was originally part of a multi-stamp Star Wars set and is now available as an individual stamp following a public vote on which of that set should receive special attention.

Also on Thursday the post office released its annual Christmas and holiday stamps.

The set of four holiday stamps features classic wintertime knitting design imagery.

"The new holiday stamps provide another way for people to express warm winter greetings on all their mailings sent this season to family, friends or customers, " said Katherine C. Tobin, a member of the post office's governing board.

Inspired by traditional Norwegian sweaters, the stamps include a stag, a snow-dappled evergreen tree, a snowman sporting a top hat and a whimsical teddy bear.

The Christmas stamp is a traditional Madonna and child. This year's image is from Bernardino Luini's "Madonna of the Carnation," painted around 1515 and now part of the collection at the National Gallery of Art.

All of the new stamps carry the current 41-cent first-class rate and had their first day of issue ceremonies at a stamp show in New York.

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TopJedi

Well overdue it is... * high five little man *

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  • 8 votes
Reply#1 - Thu Oct 25, 2007 3:08 PM EDT
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Jason Ford

I'll have to get one of these.

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  • 4 votes
Reply#2 - Thu Oct 25, 2007 3:40 PM EDT
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tal6620

I got this one The day it came out

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  • 5 votes
Reply#3 - Thu Oct 25, 2007 3:53 PM EDT
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sieb

Yoda FTW!

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  • 2 votes
Reply#5 - Thu Oct 25, 2007 4:08 PM EDT
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dustymuffin
"Size matters not, ... Look at me. Judge me by size, do you?"
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  • 3 votes
Reply#6 - Thu Oct 25, 2007 6:31 PM EDT
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JVW

Remember to lick the front and back of these stamps as I hear some toads have *psychoactive* properties! ;-)

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  • 2 votes
Reply#7 - Thu Oct 25, 2007 7:03 PM EDT
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Mike Dojc

yah after Submariner (Namor) from marvel comics got his own stamp (part of the the new Marvel Superheroes stamps the floodgates have been open. Watchout for pokemon stamps next. It's all good though.

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  • 3 votes
Reply#8 - Thu Oct 25, 2007 7:17 PM EDT
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lauhal

*in best Yoda voice* Cool very it is!

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  • 1 vote
Reply#9 - Fri Oct 26, 2007 8:21 AM EDT
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