This undated handout image provided by the US Postal Service shows the Lady Liberty first class postage stamp. Just as the post office was hoping to promote going green, it finds itself red-faced. It turns out that a first-class stamp featuring the Statue of Liberty actually is based on a photo of a Las Vegas replica of the statue. (AP Photo/USPS)
This undated handout image provided by the US Postal Service shows the Lady Liberty first class postage stamp. Just as the post office was hoping to promote going green, it finds itself red-faced. It turns out that a first-class stamp featuring the Statue of Liberty actually is based on a photo of a Las Vegas replica of the statue. (AP Photo/USPS)
The postal service had 3 billion stamps of the Statue of Liberty made, but it wasn’t Lady Liberty of Liberty Island, but the one under the sizzling sun of Las Vegas.
A postal service spokesperson told the Associated Press that the stamps were printed already and won’t be recalled. The stamp has been on sale since December, but not in booklet form.
