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]