New US "Purple Heart" Stamp (!)

[dblmed]

USPS Purple Heart Stamps....Now Available at a US Post Office near you....

I Was down to the PO and asked about any New or Interesting Stamps.....

WHAM ...She shows me the New 41 cent PURPLE HEART Stamp!!!

Buy them, Use them on Postage & Collect Them.

There is NO better way to show our gratitude for those who 'Gave' for us, for our enduring Freedom.

Dave/dblmed

[johnrtse]

Thanks for the heads-up!

About a year ago they had a 39 cent PH stamp. I bought a couple of books. They are my favorite stamp!

[SurvivingPanzer]

41 cents huh..... Wasnt it a nickel back in 91?

[pzrwest]

just curious does any of the revenue from the sale of the stamps go to vets or the veterns organizations? God knows the vets deserve alot more than what they do get

[55rab]

I have been using these stamps for the last several months. Unfortunately you now have to add 2 cents to them.

[dblmed]

USPS Web Site ...Purple Heart Stamp...

PURPLE HEART POSTAGE STAMP HONORS SACRIFICES OF THOSE WHO SERVED

WASHINGTON, D.C. — The Postmaster General announced today that the U.S. Postal Service will issue the Purple Heart stamp at the First-Class Mail price of 41 cents.

“Re-issuing this stamp demonstrates our nation’s eternal gratitude to our military service members,” said Postmaster General Jack Potter. “It is a lasting tribute to the many brave members of the Armed Forces who have served our country.”

This is the third issue of the Purple Heart definitive postage stamp. The Purple Heart stamp was first issued on May 30, 2003, at Mount Vernon, Va. The second issuance was on May 26, 2006, at the 75th Anniversary of the Department of Veterans Affairs.

The Purple Heart is awarded in the name of the President of the United States to members of the U.S. military who have been wounded in combat or to the next of kin of those killed in action.

The stamp image features a photograph by Ira Wexler of one of two Purple Hearts awarded to James Loftus Fowler of Alexandria, Virginia. Fowler was a Lieutenant Colonel in the U.S. Marines and was serving as battalion commander of the Third Battalion, Fourth Marines, when he received this Purple Heart in 1968 following action close to the Ben Hai River on the border between North and South Vietnam.

The 41-cent Purple Heart stamp goes on sale nationally in August, 2007

Txs, Dave/dblmed