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The United States Postal Service is helping to raise funds for Alzheimer’s disease research with the upcoming release of an Alzheimer’s semipostal stamp.
The stamp will be available for purchase beginning Nov. 30 for 60 cents, priced slightly higher than the usual cost of 49 cents. All revenue from sales of the stamp (excluding postage paid and reimbursement of costs incurred by the USPS) will be distributed to the National Institutes of Health.
The stamp’s artwork is a near-replica of a 2008 “Alzheimer’s Awareness” stamp, which at the time cost 42 cents.
It portrays the side portrait of an older woman...