John Oliver is launching a glorious stamp collection for a very good cause

If you're fed up with boring, regular postage stamps and you're an avid Last Week Tonight fan, Sunday's episode came with some splendid news — the show has launched its very own stamp collection, featuring the likes of Chiijohn and such fitting slogans as, "And now...a stamp."

The reason? It all ties in with the theme of Sunday's monologue: the U.S. Postal Service. And, specifically, the ways in which the postal service is struggling financially.

In the video above, Oliver breaks down the difficulties the USPS is facing due to the coronavirus pandemic, before diving further back into a 2006 law called The Postal Accountability and Enhancement Act, which required the USPS to "pre-pay healthcare benefits for retirees" — something Oliver goes on to describe as "a massive burden to put on the postal service." Read more...

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