Star Wars Droids Forever First Class Postage Stamps

Droids have been in Star Wars since the opening minutes of the first film, and this issue treats them as characters rather than props - loyal companions, protocol officers, sidekicks who get more screen time than most of the humans. The set puts them on stamps at full size, which is more flattering to a droid than to a face; the shapes are graphic to begin with, so they survive being reduced to an inch.

These sell to two groups: collectors who buy the pane and keep it sealed, and parents stamping birthday invitations. In between there are plenty of adults using them on ordinary post. Sheets of 20. As Forever stamps they keep pace with the letter rate, which means a sheet bought several rate increases ago still covers a full one-ounce letter today - a reasonable argument for buying the whole sheet rather than a strip.