Get Your Face On A Postage Stamp

[jeffrey]

Breaking with tradition, the U.S. Postal Service has approved stamps bearing the likeness of a living person: you.

A set of 20 custom postage stamps sells for $16.99 and each is equivalent to one $.37 U.S. stamp. "It makes mailing a little more exciting," says Stamps.com CEO Ken McBride.

The company, which is based in Santa Monica, Calif., received exclusive permission from USPS to test their product, dubbed PhotoStamps.

A sheet of 20 self-adhesive, 37-cent PhotoStamps costs $16.99, more than twice the $7.40 cost of a sheet of traditional First Class stamps. (There's also a $2.99-per-order shipping and handling charge.) The personalized stamps also are available in other denominations, including 23-cent postcard (20 for $13.99) and $3.85 1-pound Priority Mail (20 for $89.99).

The process is simple: Log on to photostamps.com, upload an image, edit the design, place an order. The stamps arrive in four to seven business days. Next to the design is a bar code and unique serial number to prevent counterfeiting... [read more at usatoday.com]