Stamp collectors aren't Harry Potter fans.

Xenophobia has struck the stamp collecting world after the United States Postal Service announced a collection of stamps honoring Harry Potter.

The issue?

"Harry Potter is not American. It's foreign, and it's so blatantly commercial it's off the charts," said John Hotchner, former president of the American Philatelic Society, to the Washington Post earlier this week.

American stamps used to have a long history of only honoring the long dead, noted heroes of the past, or other distinguished people of note from our domestic shores. From Chester Arthur to Arthur Ashe, Susan B. Anthony to Anthony Wayne, Babe Ruth to Ruth Benedict--all have appeared on a stamp, but all are notably American. But as USPS revenues have declined in recent years, attempts for more interesting stamps to reach a broader base have occurred.

Cue Harry Potter.

Don Schilling runs a blog about stamp collecting, and he sums up the philatelic crowds animosity to the Post. "The attitude should be that stamps are works of art and little pieces of history. They shouldn't be reduced to the latest fad..."

Yeah, that Harry Potter fad of sixteen years, seven novels, and eight movies.