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This news archive is from 4th Quarter of 1998
NATION'S FIRST BREAST CANCER RESEARCH
'SEMIPOSTAL' STAMP
ISSUED
A new postage stamp was issued on July 29, 1998 to help raise funds for
breast cancer research. The issuance ceremony was held in the East Room of the
White House, officially launching the first U.S. stamp in history to have its
net proceeds above the cost of postage earmarked for research
organizations.
"People purchase stamps every day, and now they can turn that
simple act into a meaningful and effective way to participate in the fight
against breast cancer," said Postmaster General William Henderson. "So often
when we read or hear about breast cancer, we say, 'What can I do?' Now there's
an answer: Buy this stamp."
About 2 million American women suffer from breast
cancer today. This disease claims a woman's life every 12 minutes. This historic
stamp will be invaluable in efforts to increase research funding and save
lives.
The Postal Service has printed 200 million Breast Cancer Research
stamps.
The stamps are NO LONGER AVAILABLE in the UAMS mail processing
center.
As a "semi-postal" stamp, it costs 40 cents and is valid for postage in the amount of the prevailing 32-cent First-Class letter rate.
The self-adhesive Breast Cancer Research stamp is a nondenominational stamp, bearing the words "USA" and "First-Class." Seventy percent of net proceeds above the cost of postage will be given to the National Institutes of Health (NIH), and 30 percent of net proceeds above the cost of postage will be given to the Medical Research Program of the Department of Defense (DoD). The NIH and DoD, which both conduct breast cancer research, were identified as recipients of the funds by legislation enacted in 1997.
For more information on the Breast Cancer Research stamp or other stamps and stamp-related products, visit the United States Postal Service's Web site.
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