But stamps are supposed to have flags on them!

I found a rather nifty web site called Zazzle the other day. It's a lot like Cafe Press, which I've known about for many years, but with a few different twists. It's possible now to print custom stamps if you have the right software and you bother to buy the right kind of stickers to print them on, so Zazzle decided to offer people the ability to design stamps on their website. You can not only design custom stamps and have them print them out and mail them to you, you can even put your stamps in a Zazzle "Gallery" that other people can see and buy from. You get a commission if people buy your stamp designs. Zazzle also lets you design and sell Tshirts, mugs, etc, using the same general system.

Just one thing about stamps; they won't accept stamps that fall under several banned categories -- like, for example, no convict's pictures allowed. No swearing. No nudity.

So, I submit two designs and try to publish them as the first products in my gallery:

I got a rejection letter from Zazzle for each of these designs. The form letter follows:

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Dear dgadams,

We are sorry to inform you that we are unable to approve your ZazzleStamp 'Flag Gag Stamp' for display in the Zazzle gallery. Your stamp design may not be published or purchased.

Because ZazzleStamps are real United States postage, they are subject to special governmental content restrictions, detailed here.

You can easily create a new stamp and publish it to fit within the allowed guidelines. Click here to start a new stamp design.

The details of the inappropriate product is listed here:

The following Zazzle stamp could not be approved:

• Product Title: Flag Gag Stamp
• Product Type: Stamp
• Product ID: 172757134234214725
• Contributor: dgadams
• Result: Not Approved
• Policy Violations:
• Incorporates material that might express or imply ideological, economic, or other views not generally accepted as in the public interest.

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Okay, so my Dear Son, at age 8, was already creating material that is viewed as "Not in the public interest"? Rock on!