December 1, 2025 The Postal Service will highlight its Healing PTSD stamp in December. Semipostal stamps are First-Class Mail stamps sold at a price above the cost of a regular stamp to raise funds for designated causes. The Healing PTSD release has raised more than $2.2 million since its introduction in 2019. More than 18 million stamps … Read more
The stamp — the Postal Service’s first semipostal stamp — supports the breast cancer research work of the National Institutes of Health and the Defense Department’s medical research program.
Employees can wear the apparel during designated times from September through December. USPS employees can order semipostal stamp T-shirts until Aug. 15.
May 28, 2025 USPS has released updated guidance for promoting semipostal stamps, along with information for employees who want to purchase special T-shirts. The organization offers four semipostal stamps, which raise money for specific causes, and sets aside four months each year to promote them: • September for the Alzheimer’s stamp; • October for the Breast Cancer … Read more
August 7, 2024 The deadline for Postal Service employees to order T-shirts to promote semipostal stamps is Thursday, Aug. 15. Employees can order the shirts from Tee Luv, at their own expense, using password USPS2024. Tee Luv is a provider of USPS-licensed apparel. Uniformed employees can wear the licensed semipostal stamp T-shirts during promotional activities, with … Read more
The Postal Service is reminding managers and employees of the rules for promoting semipostal stamps. Each year, the organization sets aside four months to promote these stamps, which raise money for the associated causes: • September for the Alzheimer’s stamp; • October for the Breast Cancer Research stamp; • November for the Save Vanishing Species stamp; and • … Read more
October is National Breast Cancer Awareness Month, a time to learn more about the disease and efforts to cure it. Aside from skin cancer, breast cancer is the most common cancer for American women. Although it is rare, men can get breast cancer, too. Approximately 1 out of every 100 breast cancers diagnosed in the … Read more
More than 7 million Healing PTSD stamps have been sold since its release last year, raising $717,000 to fund research about post-traumatic stress disorder. The funding is being disbursed to the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs. “Thanks to the millions of Americans who purchased the Healing PTSD stamp, VA will continue to study, create awareness, … Read more