it's that of a very popular Lady Liberty, who has welcomed the lucky and the losers on Las Vegas Boulevard, outside the New York New York hotel and casino.

According to the U.S. Postal Service's original press release for the stamp that was issued in December, the photograph used for the stamp was supposed to be that of the iconic figure who has been welcoming the tired, poor and huddled masses in New York Harbor for 125 years.

But now the USPS is admitting that the photo used for the recent Forever stamp is a replica who also welcomes the tired, poor and huddled masses, but of a different sort: Las Vegas gamblers and tourists.

"We still love the stamp design and would have selected this photograph anyway," USPS spokesman, Roy Betts told the New York Times, adding that the post office is "re-examining our processes to prevent this situation from happening in the future."

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