This is really the type of thing that should be in my sidebar, but I thought the Greater Knitting Community needed to be aware of the situation:

This year’s USPS holiday stamps are knitted!

OK they aren’t really knitted, because adhesive would be a challenge and they would probably get stuck in the sorters, but they are the Illusion of Knit. I am buying a large supply today when I go to mail Marisol’s Special Swap Package (the yarn finally arrived and it turns out I need a bigger box).