Mister Rogers’ Neighborhood gets bigger with upcoming USPS stamp

Would you be mine? Could you be mine?

The answer is “yes,” when it comes to stamps for children’s television icon Mister Rogers as the U.S. Postal Service will issue a new stamp featuring him late next month.

It will be formally unveiled at a dedication ceremony on March 23 at WQED’s Fred Rogers Studio in Pittsburgh — an event open to the public — and should go on sale at that time, too. These Forever stamps will cost 50 cents each and will also be commonly collected as sheets. He’ll share the stamp with one of his puppets, King Friday XIII.

Believe it or not, it’s also not his first collectibles appearance.

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Star Trek stamps among newest 50th anniversary collectibles

474004-l1It was 50 years ago tonight, that “boldly going” became a thing and, while there have been plenty of commemoratives for Star Trek released in this anniversary year, some of the newest pieces won’t cost you much at all.

They’re the Star Trek postage stamps — and they’re just 47 cents each.

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