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Article: Purple Heart stamp returns.
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- Daily News (Jacksonville, NC)
- Article date:
- January 25, 2006
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Byline: Chris Mazzolini
Jan. 25--When the U.S. Postal Service bumped stamps up from 37 cents to 39 cents, it not only took away two more of a customer's lucky pennies but also some postage that is dear to a large number of veterans.
The Purple Heart stamp, created in 2003 to honor those who were wounded in armed service to the country, was threatened with extinction when the postal rates changed. But the Postal Service announced last week that the Purple Heart stamp is coming back as a 39-cent version, thanks to an army of interested veterans and prodding from -- New York Sen. Hillary Clinton."Even Hillary Clinton had a place on her Web site with a ...