Between The Mary Tyler Moore Show and The Golden Girls, I have always thought that Betty White was the hottest grandma on TV and definitely the funniest. The work she did on The Mary Tyler Moore Show was priceless, and one of the reasons why I actually liked to watch the show. 

Then later on, it was The Golden Girls, and she was in that outstanding trio. (She got an Emmy for that role.) 

She kept working and she kept being funny, right up to her last days. So, to me, the best news I've heard all week is that the US Postal Service has decided to create a Betty White stamp. 

According to npr.com,
‘The USPS announced that White will be featured in a new stamp next year. The postage was based on the book cover of White's biography taken by photographer Kwaku Alston. The announcement comes nearly three years after her death in December of 2021, when White was just weeks away her 100th birthday.’ 

Betty White Gets "Naked" At Pink's Hot Dog At Universal CityWalk
Getty Images
loading...

The US stamp program was designed to honor Cultural icons and touchstones in our U.S. history.  

So next year we get a Betty White stamp. Also, next year we get a stamp of a music icon from New Orleans Alan Toussaint, Singer-songwriter, piano player and producer. 

I think it's great that both of these cultural icons are going to be honored with their own postage stamp. 

I only have one problem. I hardly ever send letters anymore. 

Betty White will be honored in a new USPS stamp slated for 2025 : NPR 

How Much Did Stamps Cost the Year You Were Born?

Here's a look at the cost of postage throughout the years, beginning in 1863. The price listed is for letters weighing up to one ounce.

Gallery Credit: George McIntyre


Iron Maiden Postage Stamps

Gallery Credit: Corey Irwin


A Stamp Collector's Dreamhouse

If you love stamps and snail mail with some local history thrown in for good measure we have found the perfect fixer up for you. The Port Ewen Post Office is for sale. It is a blank slate just waiting for you to bring your ideas to make it your home.

Gallery Credit: Paty Quyn