Advanced postal ethics

Is it wrong to peel off and re-use an uncanceled stamp? Is it more wrong if that stamp has already been through the postal system once than if you stuck it to a letter you meant to send to someone and never did? Is it wrong if you have scores of unused and unusable stamps squirreled away, more than equaling the amount of postage you just swiped? These are the ethical questions bother me from time to time.

Added guilt: although I’m a fan of neflix and the postcard, I mail real letters so infrequently that I had to go look up the first-class postage rate to see which of my stamps are still valid. (Answer: none, except those stupid liberty bells. I peeled the stamps.)

If the USPS cuts Saturday service next year, I will feel I have only myself to blame.

Also, I have about two more days before my thank-you notes become so stale as to become embarrassing.