So Bette Midler helped me start a little trend re: the USPS

[TexasBushwhacker]

Last edited Mon Apr 13, 2020, 12:33 AM - Edit history (1)

I follow her on Twitter because she's fabulous and she tweeted what a disgrace it was that Trump refused to help the USPS. So I sent her this:

"If just half of the adults in the US bought a sheet of 20 stamps it would raise about $1.5 Billion. There are some really cool ones right now - Woodstock, John Lennon, Marvin Gaye, the 50th anniversary of the 1st moon landing. #BUYSOMESTAMPS"

She retweeted it to her 1.9 MILLION followers and now it's been liked and retweeted over 2K times! People are ordering stamps and sharing which ones they chose. I know it won't SAVE the USPS. George W Bush and the GOP fucked it up in 2006 and it will take an act of Congress to fix it, but it's fun to generate some excitement for something we take for granted.

By request:

Link to tweet

?s=20

[not_the_one]

1. excellent idea!!!

And they don't expire...

LOVE me some Bette!!!

[jimfields33]

40. She could get her rich friends and stop this tomorrow

[2naSalit]

2. K&R

[niyad]

3. LOVE the Divine Ms. M! What a great idea, and how cool she is sharing it. You did good!

[Baitball Blogger]

4. Do they have an online site? Or do we have to go in person?

[California_Republic]

7. USPS.gov. And have your mail person deliver it !

Correction

[WhiteTara]

8. usps.gov

[The Velveteen Ocelot]

12. Here:

https://store.usps.com/store/home

[TexasBushwhacker]

13. Of course! Check out the gifts and collectibles too

Lots of cool stuff

https://store.usps.com/store/results/stamps/_/N-9y93lv

[SunSeeker]

34. Thanks for the link. I just ordered $20 worth of cool stamps!

[California_Republic]

5. One sweet juicey FU! I'm on it!

[The Velveteen Ocelot]

6. Did it!

Got T. Rex, Frogs, and Vanishing Species.

[Blue Owl]

9. I'm in!

[NoRoadUntravelled]

10. Well done!

I'll order stamps tomorrow

[Skittles]

11. I already have two sheets of Marvin Gaye and one John Lennon

I send cards to relatives overseas and troops in Afghanistan.....but I'll be happy to buy more!

[TexasBushwhacker]

15. Speaking of sending letters to troops

I found this cool site that can help with addresses for service members:

http://www.anysoldier.com/index.cfm

[Skittles]

41. I've sent almost 1000 cards / postcards / packages via that site since 2005

it's great

[California_Republic]

14. Due to a high volume of orders, please allow

I wonder if this is normal

[iemitsu]

16. I just bought 100 stamps.

Used my whole stash sending out home made masks.

[TexasBushwhacker]

18. Good for you! N/t

[California_Republic]

25. Earth day!

[elleng]

17. And Sesame Street!

Great work!

Bought some a few weeks ago.

[TexasBushwhacker]

23. Considering all the #kidsathome right now

Seems like a great time practice the fine art of letter and note writing. They have Sesame Street. They have dragons and endangered species. They have HOT WHEELS!

[elleng]

24. Yes!

Bought some a few weeks ago JUST to send notes to my grands!

[Phentex]

48. I bought them the day our school closed...

so that I could send letters to my class.

Months ago, I had purchased the hot wheels for myself!

[ALBliberal]

19. Bought a role of stamps Friday

I would be lost without my post office!!!!

[Rhiannon12866]

20. I'm hoping to find more of these, the last ones I bought:

[TexasBushwhacker]

27. Maybe something in the Collectors section

but they have some scenic river stamps that are pretty nice.

[Rhiannon12866]

31. Well, I only got them a few months ago - from the Post Office

They offered me a whole book of choices to look at, but there was a line so I chose the first ones that I liked.

[calimary]

21. LOVE it!

The Divine Miss M has another Divine Idea! Retweeting YOUR Divine Idea!

[IrishEyes]

22. I've got Scooby Doo stamps last time I bought stamps.

They make me happy when I use them.

[SunSeeker]

26. Please post a link to her tweet in your OP so I can retweet it.

Thanks!

[crickets]

28. Found it, and what a great idea this was!

Link to tweet

[SunSeeker]

35. Thanks! Retweeted!

[question everything]

29. I use the postal service and last month purchased 100 stamps

The employee was taken aback. He was ready with one booklet of 20 and I said: No, five. Five?? He could not believe it. They are cacti

[burrowowl]

30. Kick

[Tumbulu]

32. Fabulous!!!!!! I have a mail order business and I pay around 6k a year to USPS

I pay retail and buy hundreds of dollars worth of stamps at a time. I do not use any services that offer better deals. I support my local post office in my little way.

Your idea is fantastic! And I am so grateful that your great call to action was shared to such a large audience. Thank you!

[Liberty Belle]

33. Great idea! And then use them to send handwritten letters to shut-ins at nursing homes,

elderly relatives or friends you haven't talked to in a while, or anyone else who may be home alone and lonely.

If the post office sells note cards, get some of those too.

[TexasBushwhacker]

36. While we're at it, send postcards to voters

https://postcardstovoters.org/

[qwlauren35]

45. I do that.

The stamps will come in handy. I bought about 100, and will buy more when "Tony the Democrat" comes calling.

[Cetacea]

37. K@R

Great idea. Please keep it going!

[Hamlette]

38. I'm in

[somaticexperiencing]

39. Bravo!

[Canoe52]

42. Ordered 4 sheets of Wild and Scenic Rivers.

[Cha]

43. Retweeted!

[Duppers]

44. Postal Service should tell Trump that they...

Are working on a tRump stamp. They would be funded immediately.



Seriously tho.

[TexasBushwhacker]

49. It would be one of the 1 or 2 cent stamps n/t

[Duppers]

50. 😁 Exactly.

👍

[Fla Dem]

46. Bought 2 sheets of the Breast Cancer stamps. They're $.65 cents vs $.55.

Community activities
Semipostal Stamps

The U.S. Postal Service had available for sale in February 2020 the following 65-cent fundraising or “semipostal” stamps: the congressionally mandated Breast Cancer Research stamp and Save Vanishing Species stamp as well as the U.S. Postal Service’s discretionary Healing PTSD stamp. These stamps were available for purchase at Post Offices™, online at The Postal Store®, and by toll-free phone order at 1-800-782-6724.

The price of a semipostal stamp pays for the First-Class single-piece postage rate in effect at the time of purchase plus an amount to fund causes that have been determined to be in the national public interest. By law, revenue from sales (minus postage and the reasonable reimbursement of costs to the Postal Service™) is to be transferred to a selected executive agency or agencies.

https://about.usps.com/what/corporate-social-responsibility/activities/semipostals.htm

Look what they've raised for Breast Cancer Research, and this is what the GOP wants to shut down, Can you see a private for profit company doing this? I don't think so.

Breast Cancer Research Stamp
The Breast Cancer Research semipostal was issued July 29, 1998, in Washington, DC. As of the end of February 2020, more than 1.06 billion Breast Cancer Research stamps had been sold, bringing the total revenue raised to more than $90.9 million. By law, 70 percent of the net amount raised is transferred to the National Institutes of Health and 30 percent is transferred to the Medical Research Program at the Department of Defense. Stamp artist Whitney Sherman of Baltimore, MD, worked under the direction of art director Ethel Kessler of Bethesda, MD, to create this stamp design.

Breast Cancer Research stamp sales information through February 2020:

Total stamps sold: 1.06 billion
Total raised: $90.9 million

[Amaryllis]

47. So nice to see something positive! Thank you.

[Kath2]

51. Excellent!

I love Bette Midler.

[MLAA]

52. Great! I bought 3 books online last night

German Shepard and frogs. Plenty of choices to please everyone.

[Sugarcoated]

53. I went a little crazy and bought 3 books of stamps and a bunch of puzzles as gifts, however

Is this actually true?: "If just half of the adults in the US bought a sheet of 20 stamps it would raise about $1.5 Billion."

[TexasBushwhacker]

54. There are approximately 270 Million people 16 and over in the US

Half would be 135,000,000 × $11 = $1,485,000,000. I'm a bookkeeper. Numbers are my life!