From Military.com:
“The USPS 'Healing PTSD' Stamp
Will Raise Money for Veterans”
The United States Postal Service
has just issued a "Healing PTSD" semipostal stamp that will raise
money to be distributed to the U.S. Department of Veteran Affairs for the
National Center for PTSD. The First-Class stamps will sell for 65 cents, a
ten-cent premium over the standard price. A semipostal stamp is one designed to
fund causes in the public interest and in this case that interest is
post-traumatic stress. The extra money will be donated to the cause. The
"Healing PTSD" stamp features a photo illustration of a green plant
sprouting from ground covered in fallen leaves, symbolizing the PTSD healing
process. Art director Greg Breeding designed the stamp with original art by
Mark Laita. After an unfortunate first-day computer glitch that delayed early
sales of the stamps on December 2nd was corrected, the "Healing PTSD"
stamps should be available at all post offices nationwide. You can also order
them in sheets of twenty directly from the USPS at their website. The “Healing
PTSD” stamp follows two other recently issued military-themed stamps. The
Military Working Dogs Forever stamp was issued on August 1, 2019. The four
stamp designs feature the four breeds that serve the United States military:
the German shepherd, the Belgian Malinois, the Labrador retriever and the Dutch
shepherd. The Purple Heart Forever stamp was issued on October 4, 2019 and
displays the medal as a way to further honor the men and women who are wounded
or killed in action while in military service. Both are still available and,
since neither is part of a fundraising drive, each sells for the current
fifty-five cent First Class rate.
^ I like that the US Post Office
is honoring the US Military in stamp form (Military Working Dogs, those who
were wounded and got a Purple Heart and now those suffering from PTSD) and that
the proceeds of the PTSD stamps will go to help the men and women of the US
Military that suffer from their experiences. ^
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