I noticed that the post office was doing a series of stamps on pets, but
they decided to use a hamster rather then a ferret?  Well..Hamsters are
okay, but ferrets need the PR..So I sent this email to them:
 
Why does the 'pet' stamps depict a hamster instead of a domestic ferret?
 
The ferret is a more popular pet then a hamster is, concidering local pet
shops carry 4 times more stuff for ferrets then hamsters.  Besides..Ferrets
are much cuter.
 
They sent this answer:
 Subject:          Stamp inquiry
   Date:       Tue, 25 Aug 1998 15:22:26 -0400
   From:     TERRY MCCAFFERY <[log in to unmask]>
     To:    " - (052)jazmyn(a)firstlight.net" <[log in to unmask]>
 
This is in response to your inquiry why we chose to depict a hamster rather
than a ferret.  Our choice was not made on the most popular pets carried by
pet stores, but merely on their look.  There was no plan to not do a ferret,
but merely to depict five common pet animals.
 
Thank you for your interest in our stamp program.
 
Terry McCaffrey
Senior Art Director
Stamp Design
 
--
Jazmyn Concolor - [log in to unmask]
 
National Alternative Pet Association
P.O.Box 1688, El Cajon. CA 92022
 
Online alternative/exotic pet information resource and
rescue/adoption/rehab network.
http://www.altpet.net/
[Posted in FML issue 2413]