Paul Sassone

I know it’s a load off your mind. But, it has happened — finally.

The United States Postal Service (USPS) has announced that the face of The King, Elvis Presley, will be on postage stamps. The stamp will be a black-and-white photo of the young, thin, high-haired Elvis.

It has taken years for the King to be so honored. More than 10 years ago the USPS polled Americans on whether a proposed Elvis stamp should feature young Elvis or the squishy, leather-clad Vegas Elvis.

I don’t know why the USPS didn’t just ask Elvis himself during one of his mysterious visitations, usually somewhere south of the Mason-Dixon line.

Of course, there are those naysayers who would contend that neither the young nor the old Elvis should be on a stamp, that we should not honor someone who abused drugs  and — even worse — ate too much. Not to mention those suggestive pelvic  gyrations, which should only be performed privately by sandwich shop spokesmen, football coaches and retired politicians.

But if Elvis Presley doesn’t belong on a postage stamp, who does?

The United States started issuing postage stamps in 1847. Since then, the postal service has issued more than 4,000 stamps. Eight-hundred people have been featured on stamps.

Until 2011, death was the major qualification for stamphood. But that year, the postal service decided that living people were eligible to be on a stamp.

So, who should be on a stamp?

How about me? I am a nice guy. And I’m alive.

You’re nice, too. And if you are reading this, you’re probably alive.

So, how about you on a postage stamp?

Think about it — it would be the greatest selfie ever.

This also would bring additional revenue into the postal service, revenue it badly needs because everyone now communicates electronically.

The USPS charges you and me a fee and we get our faces on a stamp.

This is a winner: I can feel it:

Selfie Stamps!

–USPS should give this idea its stamp of approval–