U.S. Stamps for 2015: James Brown, Elvis Presley, Steve Jobs

Despite a long-standing rule that you must have been dead for at least 10 years before your face can appear on a U.S. postage stamp, the Postal Service's Citizen Stamp Advisory Committee has approved a 2015 series collectible commemorating Apple's (AAPL) Steve Jobs (1955-2011).

A top secret list of previously unannounced postage stamp subjects, the financially strapped service is trying to raise revenue by putting out stamps chosen to attract younger collectors.

This is not likely to go down well with the traditionalists at the American Philatelic Society. According to their website, the customary 10-year cooling off period "allows the person's accomplishments to be viewed in the appropriate historical perspective."

The exceptions, the APS explains, are past U.S. Presidents, each of whom is honored with a memorial stamp on the first birthday following his death.

The design for stamps honoring Jimmy Carter, George H.W. Bush and Bill Clinton have already been approved. Designs for George W. Bush and Barack Obama -- like Steve Jobs -- are still in the works.