FREE: WIN (2) Breast Cancer Research First-Class Semipostal US FOREVER STAMPS

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

As of October 2012, the stamp has raised over $76.3 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.

This self-adhesive, non-denominated semipostal stamp is sold in sheets of 20 55-cent stamps. The price of a semipostal pays for the First-Class single-piece postage rate in effect at the time of purchase plus an amount to fund causes