In what can only be described as a pretty colossal flub, the USPS recently issued a Statue of Liberty stamp with a picture that had only one problem: it wasn’t actually a picture of the Statue of Liberty. What was it of? The Statue of Liberty replica from Las Vegas, which is half the size and looks quite different in small details. But rather than fixing the problem (discovered by a stamp enthusiast), the USPS just went ahead with it and said they’d try to vet future stamps more effectively. And besides, they would have made this error even if they had known… “We still love the stamp design and would have selected this photograph anyway.” Really? Even if you’d known it was wrong you would have used it anyhow? But you’re still going to revisit your protocols for selecting stamps? Now I’m confused. Wasn’t it Kennedy who said, “An error does not become a mistake until you refuse to correct it?” Personally, I think Ed Koch said it best, “It simply means the post office is doing a stupid thing.”
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