Actually, this entry was ready almost three hours ago, but I was unable to post because I kept on receiving the mysterious "Missing Postal Authority" error. I had an urgent matter to take care of, so I left the house worried that somebody else would post a bar code selfie before me.
I cleared the browser, logged out and logged back in with my posting key. Whew! I'm glad to see that I'm still the only one to use a bar code.