There must be a lot of dog owners among U.S. Notes readers, as one thought dominated the entries in the April cartoon caption contest that featured the 1969 10¢ First Man on the Moon stamp shown in Figure 4.

The March cartoon caption contest using the 41¢ Dumbo and Timothy Mouse stamp in Figure 3 from the 2007 The Art of Disney issue, brought out some vitriolic thoughts on both ends of the political spectrum.

The 2010 Olympic Winter Games are now a memory, but there were lots of great performances. Few were more likely to set the viewer on edge than the snowboarding acrobatics, as portrayed on the new 44¢ Olympic Winter Games stamp shown in Figure 3.

Many of the entries in last month's cartoon caption contest, featuring the 44¢ Hawaii Statehood stamp shown in Figure 4, cast the surfers and canoe paddlers as postal employees.

The cartoon caption contest stamp for December 2009 was the 55¢ Ohio Class Submarine stamp issued in 2000, shown in Figure 3.

Tonto, the third member of the Lone Ranger's team, didn't make it onto the design for the 44¢ Lone Ranger stamp (Figure 3). This stamp from the Early Television Memories pane of 20 was used for the November cartoon caption contest.

Television seems to have served as a primary inspiration for those who entered the October cartoon caption contest, featuring the stamp in Figure 2, from the 1992 29¢ Space Accomplishments set of four.

The artwork on the 39¢ Beauty and the Beast stamp from 2006 (Figure 3) does not look like a match made in heaven. But Beauty and the Beast is a classic fairy-tale-ending story, and it seemed like a good choice to use for the September cartoon caption contest.

The August cartoon caption contest used the 29¢ Olympic Baseball stamp of 1992. I tried something different, and instead of requesting philatelic and nonphilatelic lines, I asked for entries to identify whether the line came from the catcher or the runner.

This 8¢ Mailman stamp, shown in Figure 4, is from the 1973 Postal Service Employees stamp issue.

As might be expected, using the 44¢ Homer Simpson stamp, in Figure 3, as the cartoon caption contest stamp for June, drew many entries commenting on the entire set of five The Simpsons stamps.

Her run for the vice presidency in 2008 and her statements during the campaign inspired many entries in the May cartoon caption contest using the 2009 42¢ Alaska Statehood stamp in Figure 3.

Self-adhesive stamps and the difficulty in soaking them from envelope clippings were big factors in many of the April cartoon caption contest entries. The contest featured the 1966 5¢ the Boating Party stamp (Scott 1322) showing a painting by Mary Cassatt.

New Jersey's goldfinches are celebrated on the 20¢ stamp shown in Figure 3, from the popular State Birds and Flowers sheet issued in 1982.

In responding to the February cartoon caption contest, U.S. Notes reader John Traver mentioned that the painting featured on the 42¢ Abraham Lincoln stamp, shown in Figure 3, originally included Rear Adm. David Porter. On the stamp design, Porter is hidden by the large head of Lincoln.

The scene depicted on the 32¢ Li'l Abner stamp (Figure 3) from the 1995 Comic Strip Classics pane of 20 allowed for many approaches to humorous lines.

The current depressed economic situation moved a number of U.S. Notes readers to have Santa reflect on its effect. The December cartoon caption contest featured the 32¢ Dreaming of Santa Claus stamp (Figure 3) from the 1996 Christmas block of four stamps.

Threadbare is a term that well describes the tree being planted by two youngsters in the design of the 1932 2¢ Arbor Day stamp shown in Figure 3. The stamp was the subject of the cartoon caption contest for November.

The 1983 40¢ Olympic Swimmer stamp shown in Figure 4 was used as the October cartoon caption contest stamp with the intention of inspiring comments that might be seriously attributable to 2008 Olympic multiple medalist Michael Phelps.

If Christopher Columbus had been able to accurately predict the future, several of the entrants in the cartoon caption contest, featuring the 15¢ stamp of the 1893 Columbian Exposition series (Scott 238), would have been right on target with their entries.