Comments on: USPS accidentally issues Vegas Statue of Liberty stamp http://boingboing.net/2011/04/15/usps-accidentally-is.html Brain candy for Happy Mutants Sat, 25 May 2013 12:00:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.1 By: Avram / Moderator http://boingboing.net/2011/04/15/usps-accidentally-is.html#comment-1083911 Avram / Moderator Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-1083911 The most obvious difference: On the replica, those black spots around the crown are just paint. On the original statue, <a href="http://www.knowledgerush.com/kr/encyclopedia/Statue_of_Liberty/">they're actual windows</a>. The most obvious difference: On the replica, those black spots around the crown are just paint. On the original statue, they’re actual windows.

]]> By: Anonymous http://boingboing.net/2011/04/15/usps-accidentally-is.html#comment-1084170 Anonymous Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-1084170 i think this is more appropriate. the old stature of liberty represents the american dream, upward mobility, freedom, all that obsolete constitutional crap. the vegas one represents reckless fiscal policy, decadence, greed, etc. when u think of it that way, which one is more applicable, really. i think this is more appropriate. the old stature of liberty represents the american dream, upward mobility, freedom, all that obsolete constitutional crap. the vegas one represents reckless fiscal policy, decadence, greed, etc. when u think of it that way, which one is more applicable, really.

]]> By: Daemon http://boingboing.net/2011/04/15/usps-accidentally-is.html#comment-1084430 Daemon Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-1084430 He probably bought a whole bunch more of them before reporting the error He probably bought a whole bunch more of them before reporting the error

]]> By: Anonymous http://boingboing.net/2011/04/15/usps-accidentally-is.html#comment-1084688 Anonymous Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-1084688 I heard today that one of the biggest stamp mistakes ever was in 2000 when the post office issued a stamp of the Grand Canyon, with a caption that stated "Colorado.". That one was recalled and destroyed. This one... Is just funny. Luck, be a lady of liberty tonight! I heard today that one of the biggest stamp mistakes ever was in 2000 when the post office issued a stamp of the Grand Canyon, with a caption that stated “Colorado.”. That one was recalled and destroyed. This one… Is just funny. Luck, be a lady of liberty tonight!

]]> By: Muse http://boingboing.net/2011/04/15/usps-accidentally-is.html#comment-1083922 Muse Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-1083922 Wow. This is a great example of how we stop looking closely at familiar objects because we think we already know what they look like. Here is a <a href="http://i14.photobucket.com/albums/a306/digitalmuse/Vegas_Liberty_Stamp.jpg">more direct comparison</a> image of the Vegas Liberty stamp and real Liberty side by side. Aside from the differences already mentioned, from a sculpting perspective, the Vegas statue has a squatter, flattened face with less defined bone structure and shallower eyesocket/brow area. The nose shape is blunter and the details of the upper eyelid and brows are sharper, but at a quick glance, I can understand how all that might not be noticed. Wow. This is a great example of how we stop looking closely at familiar objects because we think we already know what they look like. Here is a more direct comparison image of the Vegas Liberty stamp and real Liberty side by side.

Aside from the differences already mentioned, from a sculpting perspective, the Vegas statue has a squatter, flattened face with less defined bone structure and shallower eyesocket/brow area. The nose shape is blunter and the details of the upper eyelid and brows are sharper, but at a quick glance, I can understand how all that might not be noticed.

]]> By: pgt http://boingboing.net/2011/04/15/usps-accidentally-is.html#comment-1085203 pgt Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-1085203 It's been claimed that the NYC statue's face was modeled after Bartholdi's mother. The Vegas version looks 20 years younger. It’s been claimed that the NYC statue’s face was modeled after Bartholdi’s mother. The Vegas version looks 20 years younger.

]]> By: arbitraryaardvark http://boingboing.net/2011/04/15/usps-accidentally-is.html#comment-1084182 arbitraryaardvark Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-1084182 All these undocumented aliens look alike to me. "Give me your tired, your poor, Your huddled masses yearning to breathe free, The wretched refuse of your teeming shore. Send these, the homeless, tempest-tost to me, I lift my lamp beside the golden door!" All these undocumented aliens look alike to me.
“Give me your tired, your poor,
Your huddled masses yearning to breathe free,
The wretched refuse of your teeming shore.
Send these, the homeless, tempest-tost to me,
I lift my lamp beside the golden door!”

]]> By: Brainspore http://boingboing.net/2011/04/15/usps-accidentally-is.html#comment-1084447 Brainspore Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-1084447 Give me your chips, your quarters, Your huddled masses yearning to eat free (at our 24 hour buffet!) Give me your chips,
your quarters,
Your huddled masses yearning to eat free (at our 24 hour buffet!)

]]> By: standard http://boingboing.net/2011/04/15/usps-accidentally-is.html#comment-1083942 standard Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-1083942 Lazy keyword searching on Getty Images, is my guess. Reminds me of the McCain '08 Walter Reed Middle School mix-up. http://www.wired.com/threatlevel/2008/09/john-mccain-acc/ Lazy keyword searching on Getty Images, is my guess. Reminds me of the McCain ’08 Walter Reed Middle School mix-up. http://www.wired.com/threatlevel/2008/09/john-mccain-acc/

]]> By: jimkirk http://boingboing.net/2011/04/15/usps-accidentally-is.html#comment-1084206 jimkirk Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-1084206 "Not intended to be a factual stamp"? “Not intended to be a factual stamp”?

]]> By: Anonymous http://boingboing.net/2011/04/15/usps-accidentally-is.html#comment-1084465 Anonymous Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-1084465 Well, at least it wasn't THIS monstrosity they used: Well, at least it wasn't THIS monstrosity they used: http://www.thejohnandloriestory.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/10/america-return-to-christ.jpg Well, at least it wasn’t THIS monstrosity they used: Well, at least it wasn’t THIS monstrosity they used: http://www.thejohnandloriestory.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/10/america-return-to-christ.jpg

]]> By: jphilby http://boingboing.net/2011/04/15/usps-accidentally-is.html#comment-1084467 jphilby Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-1084467 Now that you mention it, the old Lady looks a tad Zombie. U-S-P-S, keepin' up with the times. Teapot Tempest Scandal ensues. Story at Linn's Stamp mag here: http://www.linns.com/Liberty_042511.aspx Now that you mention it, the old Lady looks a tad Zombie. U-S-P-S, keepin’ up with the times. Teapot Tempest Scandal ensues.

Story at Linn’s Stamp mag here: http://www.linns.com/Liberty_042511.aspx

]]> By: Anonymous http://boingboing.net/2011/04/15/usps-accidentally-is.html#comment-1084724 Anonymous Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-1084724 Boy, either the air in Vegas is much cleaner than NYC, or the clean the surface of the replica regularly. Boy, either the air in Vegas is much cleaner than NYC, or the clean the surface of the replica regularly.

]]> By: Anonymous http://boingboing.net/2011/04/15/usps-accidentally-is.html#comment-1084740 Anonymous Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-1084740 There's a stamp magazine? There’s a stamp magazine?

]]> By: danrapson http://boingboing.net/2011/04/15/usps-accidentally-is.html#comment-1084289 danrapson Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-1084289 The replica is on the RIGHT. You have it wrong in the article. The one on the left is the real one the one on the right is the Vegas baby! be well; peace...dan The replica is on the RIGHT. You have it wrong in the article. The one on the left is the real one the one on the right is the Vegas baby!

be well; peace…dan

]]> By: pjcamp http://boingboing.net/2011/04/15/usps-accidentally-is.html#comment-1084547 pjcamp Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-1084547 At least they didn't use this one: http://www.waymarking.com/waymarks/WM9F5W_Statue_of_Liberty_Columbia_SC It's barely bigger than a first grader. At least they didn’t use this one:

http://www.waymarking.com/waymarks/WM9F5W_Statue_of_Liberty_Columbia_SC

It’s barely bigger than a first grader.

]]> By: franko http://boingboing.net/2011/04/15/usps-accidentally-is.html#comment-1084059 franko Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-1084059 i don't get the brouhaha. i didn't think the stamp was supposed to be a photoreal representation anyway. i thought it was, you know, an artist's take on it. i don’t get the brouhaha. i didn’t think the stamp was supposed to be a photoreal representation anyway. i thought it was, you know, an artist’s take on it.

]]> By: PathogenAntifreeze http://boingboing.net/2011/04/15/usps-accidentally-is.html#comment-1084573 PathogenAntifreeze Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-1084573 Yeah, the Statue of Theocracy has some subtle differences even government employees could spot... Further, every time I drive by that abomination, I wonder, "wouldn't it make more sense to demand, 'America return to Great Eagle Spirit' or some such?" Yeah, the Statue of Theocracy has some subtle differences even government employees could spot… Further, every time I drive by that abomination, I wonder, “wouldn’t it make more sense to demand, ‘America return to Great Eagle Spirit’ or some such?”

]]> By: Anonymous http://boingboing.net/2011/04/15/usps-accidentally-is.html#comment-1084844 Anonymous Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-1084844 Damn those boy scouts! Damn those boy scouts!

]]> By: Teller http://boingboing.net/2011/04/15/usps-accidentally-is.html#comment-1083830 Teller Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-1083830 Art, for the most part, imitates art. USA! USA! Art, for the most part, imitates art.

USA! USA!

]]> By: Anonymous http://boingboing.net/2011/04/15/usps-accidentally-is.html#comment-1084598 Anonymous Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-1084598 The Boy Scouts distributed over 200 replicas of the Statue of Liberty to celebrate their fortieth anniversary in 1950 (that's one of them that you linked to). <a href="http://www.cheyennetroop101.org/liberty">Here's a site</a> that tracks the location of many of them, with pictures. The Boy Scouts distributed over 200 replicas of the Statue of Liberty to celebrate their fortieth anniversary in 1950 (that’s one of them that you linked to). Here’s a site that tracks the location of many of them, with pictures.

]]> By: Creperie http://boingboing.net/2011/04/15/usps-accidentally-is.html#comment-1083835 Creperie Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-1083835 C'mon, the real difference is that New York has clouds. C’mon, the real difference is that New York has clouds.

]]> By: Anonymous http://boingboing.net/2011/04/15/usps-accidentally-is.html#comment-1084347 Anonymous Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-1084347 Proving once and for all that what happens in Vegas does not, in fact, stay in Vegas. Proving once and for all that what happens in Vegas does not, in fact, stay in Vegas.

]]> By: tomrigid http://boingboing.net/2011/04/15/usps-accidentally-is.html#comment-1083838 tomrigid Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-1083838 This is the kind of meta-mistake that makes me bend over and salute my stars-and-stripes boxer shorts. This is the kind of meta-mistake that makes me bend over and salute my stars-and-stripes boxer shorts.

]]> By: semiotix http://boingboing.net/2011/04/15/usps-accidentally-is.html#comment-1083842 semiotix Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-1083842 ♪ God shed his grace on theeeee... ♬ <i>*sniff*</i> ♪ God shed his grace on theeeee… ♬ *sniff*

]]> By: Anonymous http://boingboing.net/2011/04/15/usps-accidentally-is.html#comment-1083845 Anonymous Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-1083845 Why does this feel like some kind of metaphor? Why does this feel like some kind of metaphor?

]]> By: gillyarcht http://boingboing.net/2011/04/15/usps-accidentally-is.html#comment-1083853 gillyarcht Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-1083853 somebody at USPS not doing their homework...but kudos to the replica fabricators for fidelity... somebody at USPS not doing their homework…but kudos to the replica fabricators for fidelity…

]]> By: Anonymous http://boingboing.net/2011/04/15/usps-accidentally-is.html#comment-1083854 Anonymous Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-1083854 They "would have selected this photograph anyway" if they knew it wasn't the actual statue? Horseshit. Plus, the stamp photo looks like she's about to faint from boredom. They “would have selected this photograph anyway” if they knew it wasn’t the actual statue?

Horseshit.

Plus, the stamp photo looks like she’s about to faint from boredom.

]]> By: Anonymous http://boingboing.net/2011/04/15/usps-accidentally-is.html#comment-1083855 Anonymous Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-1083855 Paging Jean Baudrillard, paging Jean Baudrillard. Your hyper-real postage is ready for pickup. Paging Jean Baudrillard, paging Jean Baudrillard. Your hyper-real postage is ready for pickup.

]]> By: RSFSmee http://boingboing.net/2011/04/15/usps-accidentally-is.html#comment-1085142 RSFSmee Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-1085142 The Supreme Court ruled shortly after the millennium that lascivious drawings of children could constitute child pornography. Moral: For images of sufficien emotive power, origin is irrelevent. Consequence: Whether original, nouveau, or even entirely CG, if attractive and moving, any image of Lady Liberty is appropriate. The Supreme Court ruled shortly after the millennium that lascivious drawings of children could constitute child pornography. Moral: For images of sufficien emotive power, origin is irrelevent. Consequence: Whether original, nouveau, or even entirely CG, if attractive and moving, any image of Lady Liberty is appropriate.

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