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A Walk on the Wildlife Side

The Stamp Collecting Report, I'm Lloyd de Vries

Sometime in the next year, by law, the U-S will issue a new semi-postal stamp. What's that? 
It's a stamp whose price is higher than a regular letter-rate stamp. Part of the money pays 
for postage, and the rest goes to charity.

The first U-S semi-postal was the Breast Cancer Research Stamp a dozen years ago, which is 
still on sale, thanks to Senator Diane Feinstein.

The Wildlife Conservation semi-postal is the result of a bill that sailed through Congress, 
sponsored by Congressman Henry Brown, a Republican from South Carolina. According to Linn's 
Stamp News, he EXPECTS it to show a tiger. He'd originally wanted the stamp to show tigers, 
elephants, rhinoceroses, apes and sea turtles...all on a postage stamp-sized piece of art.

Other charities have asked for semi-postals to help them raise funds -- but they didn't have 
a Member of Congress to help them cut to the front of the line.

I'm Lloyd de Vries of The Virtual Stamp Club. For more on stamps and stamp collecting, visit 
Virtual-Stamp-Club-dot-com.	 

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