Alex Trebek: Forever....Stamp!

[TimK2003]

https://www.msn.com/en-us/tv/news/jeopardy-host-alex-trebek-immortalized-with-forever-stamp-by-united-states-postal-service/ar-BB1oFjvY?ocid=msedgdhp&pc=DCTS&cvid=a8ed463cc6e548b7b4633735fcd48ab1&ei=47&fbclid=IwZXh0bgNhZW0CMTEAAR1yLzfCuq2_cUJgCH-tvsA4jtK9cuG9aV-ZBMN-f7mRcUfvQ90Vc3GDs3g_aem_QeU3JUgBLdZw1WTdESkBQw

[trainman]

In case anyone's wondering: for a long time, an individual had to be dead for 10 years before they could be on a stamp, but now that time is a mere 3 years.

(Aside from U.S. presidents, who have typically gotten stamps within a year of their deaths.)

[That Don Guy]

In case anyone's wondering: for a long time, an individual had to be dead for 10 years before they could be on a stamp, but now that time is a mere 3 years.

(Aside from U.S. presidents, who have typically gotten stamps within a year of their deaths.)

Is it even three years?

As for Presidents, IIRC, traditionally they appear on a stamp on what would have been their next birthday.

[ChrisLambert!]

He’s not actually appearing on the stamp, which is weird to me even if the sentiment is lovely.

[TimK2003]

In case anyone's wondering: for a long time, an individual had to be dead for 10 years before they could be on a stamp, but now that time is a mere 3 years.

(Aside from U.S. presidents, who have typically gotten stamps within a year of their deaths.)

Is it even three years?

As for Presidents, IIRC, traditionally they appear on a stamp on what would have been their next birthday.

The 10-year requirement hasn't been around in ages. In fact, the Walt Disney postage stamp came out jn 1968 ‐‐ barely TWO years.after his death in late 1966. 

[That Don Guy]

In case anyone's wondering: for a long time, an individual had to be dead for 10 years before they could be on a stamp, but now that time is a mere 3 years.

(Aside from U.S. presidents, who have typically gotten stamps within a year of their deaths.)

Is it even three years?

As for Presidents, IIRC, traditionally they appear on a stamp on what would have been their next birthday.

The 10-year requirement hasn't been around in ages. In fact, the Walt Disney postage stamp came out jn 1968 ‐‐ barely TWO years.after his death in late 1966.

I think that was before the "10-year rule" was even established. For all I know, it's more of a policy than a rule.

Oh, and before anybody comments, "Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin were on a stamp while they were alive," technically that's not true; while it is an "Apollo 11" stamp and shows two astronauts on the moon, it doesn't show their faces, so "technically" it's not them.