Oct. 20, 2021

One Stamp at a Time to Find a Cure

Breast Cancer Research Fundraising Stamps Available at the Madison Post Offices

MADISON, WI — Post Offices nationwide are supporting Breast Cancer Awareness month in October through the sales of the Breast Cancer Research stamp, a semi-postal stamp issued to help raise funds for breast cancer research.

Available year-round, the 75-cent self-adhesive stamps are sold in sheets of 20. Each stamp has a postage value equivalent to the First-Class Mail 1-ounce stamped letter price in effect at the time of purchase. The stamps are available at the Wausau and Rhinelander Post Offices, online at usps.com and by phone at 1.800.STAMP.24.

The United States Postal Service has helped raise over $92.9 million dollars for breast cancer research through the sale of the semipostal Breast Cancer Research stamp. As of the end of August 2021 more than 1.08 billion Breast Cancer Research stamps had been sold.

The Breast Cancer Research Stamp was issued at the White House July 29, 1998. It was the first semi-postal stamp in U.S. history.  In 1997, Congress authorized this first semi-postal stamp for the specific purpose of raising funds from the American public to assist in finding a cure for breast cancer.

In 2020, President Trump signed Public Law No. 116-92 that extended the sale of the Breast Cancer Research Stamp into 2027.

The amount the Postal Service contributes to Breast Cancer research is determined by the difference between the First-Class rate in effect at the time of purchase and the 75-cent purchase price, minus a nominal amount to offset costs incurred by the Postal Service.

Designed by Ethel Kessler of Bethesda, MD, the stamp features the phrases, “Fund the Fight” and “"Find a Cure” and an illustration of a mythical “goddess of the hunt” by Whitney Sherman of Baltimore.

The Postal Service generally receives no tax dollars for operating expenses and relies on the sale of postage, products, and services to fund its operations.

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