The 2025 stamp designs are out! There are the standard boring units — American vistas? Extra U.S. flags? Vibrant leaves? — however one announcement has set comedy hearts aflutter: a commemorative stamp that includes the late sitcom celebrity Betty White. Rating!
“An icon of American tv, Betty White (1922–2021) shared her wit and heat with viewers for seven a long time — together with roles on The Golden Ladies and The Mary Tyler Moore Present,” stated the USPS in its announcement. “The comedic actor, who gained youthful generations of followers as she entered her 90s, was additionally revered as a compassionate advocate for animals. Dale Stephanos created the digital illustration based mostly on a 2010 {photograph} by Kwaku Alston. Greg Breeding, an artwork director for USPS, designed the stamp.”
In different phrases, Betty White was a badass.
White isn’t the primary comic honored by the Submit Workplace, however she’s on a really quick record. Whilst you can’t say that White is a “up to date” comedian, she’s the primary one who’s had a second this century — yep, I’m counting her because-the-people-demanded-it internet hosting stint on Saturday Night time Stay — to get the nod. She joins these comedians as the one humorous folks to be featured on an American postage stamp:
Stan Laurel and Oliver Hardy, Jack Benny, Fanny Brice, Bud Abbott and Lou Costello, and Edgar Bergen and His Dummy, Charlie McCarthy
In 1991, the USPS launched a five-stamp Comedians set, rendered in caricature by the nice Al Hirschfield.
Lucille Ball
Lucy bought a solo run with this 34-center in 2001.
Bob Hope
Letter-writers bought their likelihood to lick Hope’s again in 2009.
Early TV Stars
Not a devoted comedy set, however the USPS tribute to early TV reminiscences included stamps celebrating The George Burns and Gracie Allen Present, The Honeymooners, Howdy Doody, I Love Lucy, The Phil Silvers Present, The Pink Skelton Present, The Tonight Present, You Guess Your Life with Groucho Marx and Milton Berle’s Texaco Star Theater.
The Betty White information was trigger for celebration on the r/theGoldenGirls subreddit this morning. “I’ll now solely be corresponding by bodily letters,” posted one person, “so I can purchase and use Betty White stamps.”
