I'm also a collector, and YOU don't know what YOU are talking about. The post office is updated now, with shopping kiosks that feature commemorative stamps. Indeed, I've seen these kiosks feature all of the holiday season stamps, including Eid, but not the Madonna and Child stamps.
Congratulations on your hobby. I've heard that it's interesting and sometimes lucrative.
hopesprings said: "...and YOU don't know what YOU are talking about."
That is an interesting attack on me. When discussing an article isn't it appropriate to argue the points the author has made rather than attacking an individual who disagrees?
Then again, perhaps you know the author personally and view any criticism of his statements as a personal attack.
If you agree with everything the author of the article has said then just say that you agree with everything the author has written, rather than lashing out at a fellow Freeper.
The author of the article created a title connoting that a Christian icon Christmas stamp was now officially viewed as pornographic by the US Post Office by the mere act that a particular stamp was only available to the author in an "under the counter" sale.
My argument was against the author's connotation, since post offices in my area sell all limited edition commemorative stamps from under the counter.
hopesprings said: "...The post office is updated now, with shopping kiosks that feature commemorative stamps. Indeed, I've seen these kiosks feature all of the holiday season stamps, including Eid, but not the Madonna and Child stamps."
That's good news about your local post office with an updated kiosk. It is unfortunate that your post office does not have the Madonna and Child Christmas stamp.
Have you made inquiries as to why this is so? Do you have information that your local Postmaster has forbidden the sale of the Madonna and Child Christmas stamp?
Perhaps you could ask your local carrier if the sale of the Madonna and Child Christmas stamp is prohibited in your area. Letter carriers often enjoy discussing a local Postmaster's new policies.
Have you been to my post office? There are other posters on this thread who report that they saw the Madonna and Child stamp prominently on display, or that they have been able to purchase the Madonna and Child Christmas stamp from a drawer "under the counter" where other commemorative stamps are also kept.
There is the possibility that the Madonna and Child Christmas stamp was so popular in your locale that it sold out early. The other hard to sell stamps in your local post office might be "prominently displayed" so that those other less popular and hard to sell stamps will also eventually be sold.