Postal Service Donates Proceeds from its Breast Cancer Stamp to Fund Breast Cancer Research

JACKSONVILLE FL –The Jacksonville Post Office and all local stations will be supporting Breast Cancer Awareness month in October through the sales of its Breast Cancer Awareness semipostal stamp.

As part of their support, postal clerks will be selling the Breast Cancer Awareness 55-cent stamp of which each booklet contributes $2.20 to help find the cure for breast cancer.

Jacksonville stations participating in this promotion including: Atlantic Beach,  Baldwin, Mayport Finance, Arlington, NW St Johns, Carver, Eddie Mae Steward, GMF Window, Jacksonville Beach, Lake Forest, Lake Shore, Mandarin, Monument, Murray Hill, Naldo, NAS, North Jacksonville, Pottsburg, South Jacksonville, South Point and Westland.

“We hope our customers will join us in helping find the cure for breast cancer through the sale of these special stamps,” said Jacksonville Postmaster Stephen Hardin.  “We also will hold a special contest between our stations for the best decorated lobby as part of the promotion.”

The Breast Cancer Research semipostal was issued on July 29, 1998, at a first day ceremony held in the White House. It was the first semipostal stamp in U.S. history.

As of July 2012, the stamp has raised more than $75.5 million for breast cancer research. By law, 70 percent of the net amount raised is given to the National Institutes of Health and 30 percent is given to the Medical Research Program at the Department of Defense.

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.