San Francisco Citizen

The pain of increased postal rates starting May 11, 2009 will be eased somewhat with news of the Citizens’ Stamp Advisory Committee‘s decision to allow the troubled United States Postal Service to use characters from The Simpsons cartoon show. So you should beat a path to your local P.O. and pick some up.  

Stampspotters are getting excited about this – they’re planning on mailing out letters today from certain areas in order to get a souvenir cancellation printed. How about Simsponsville, South Carolina? Or better yet, Springfield, WI (Which Springfield though? The Badger State has like five(!) towns of Springfield.)  

Here’s what’s going on in Springfield, Virginia (I was afraid to play the video, but it looks intriguing) and here’s a promotion from the 94117, Haight-Ashbury, California. Click to expand:

And here’s what your cancellation will look like from the 05156 in Vermont today:

Woo hoo!

So many Springfields, so little time:

Springfield, California

Springfield, Colorado

Springfield, Florida

Springfield, Jacksonville, Florida, a neighborhood of Jacksonville

Springfield, Georgia

Springfield, Illinois, the state capital of Illinois

• Springfield, Illinois metropolitan area

Springfield, Indiana, an unincorporated place

Springfield, Kentucky

Springfield, Louisiana

Springfield, Maine

Springfield, Massachusetts, the first Springfield in the United States, established 1636

• Springfield, Massachusetts metropolitan area

Springfield, Michigan, a city in Calhoun County

Springfield, Minnesota, in Brown County

Springfield, Missouri, as of 2007, the largest city in the United States named Springfield

• Springfield, Missouri Metropolitan Area

Springfield, Nebraska

Springfield, New Hampshire

Springfield Township, Union County, New Jersey, site of the Battle of Springfield (1780)

Springfield Township, Burlington County, New Jersey

Springfield/Belmont neighborhood of Newark, New Jersey

Springfield, New York

Springfield, Ohio

• Springfield, Ohio metropolitan area (see Clark County, Ohio)

Springfield, Oregon

Springfield, Pennsylvania

Springfield, South Carolina

Springfield, South Dakota

Springfield, Tennessee

Springfield, Texas

Springfield, Vermont

Springfield, Virginia

Springfield, West Virginia

Springfield, Dane County, Wisconsin

Springfield, Jackson County, Wisconsin

Springfield, Marquette County, Wisconsin

Springfield, St. Croix County, Wisconsin

Springfield, Walworth County, Wisconsin