The U.S. Postal Service (yes, the people you love to hate, but need on a daily basis) has been doing some interesting and fairly unconventional things for a governmental agency.
Awhile back, the released a series of stamps featuring comic book super heroes, and now the USPS is releasing a series of stamps all about Tailfins.
How cool is that?
They’re making five stamps featuring five different, and pretty damn interesting cars. Four of the five are 1957s. You got your ‘57 Chrysler 300C, a ‘57 Lincoln Premiere (pretty esoteric), ‘57 Pontiac Safari (not to be confused with the Nomad) a ‘57 Studebaker Golden Hawk (another fine esoteric choice) and of course, a ‘59 Cadillac Eldorado.
C’mon, if you’re talking fins, how can you not include a 59 Cadillac Eldorado?
If all you’re used to is modern cars, if you can check out a 59 Cadillac up close, do so. The rear quarter panel (that part that has the fin on it) is about the size of a Miata. Hell, thing probably weighs more than a Miata.
Those were the days when adding 500 pounds of chrome to a car was a necessary and sound engineering decision. That was also the time when people used phrases like “road hugging weight” with a serious tone.
And oh yeah, you bet they’re first class.
There’s the rest of the stamps after the jump.
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