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U.S. Postal Service to Issue Semipostal Stamp Honoring 9/11 Rescue Workers.

Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News, May, 2002

By Dominic Sama, The Philadelphia Inquirer Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News

May 31--The U.S. Postal Service will issue a semipostal stamp, its second ever, to benefit families of rescuers killed or permanently disabled while helping others during the Sept. 11 terrorist attack.

The nondenominated stamp will be issued June 7 and sell for 45 cents. The 11-cent difference from the regular first-class postage will be contributed to the Federal Emergency Management Agency for distribution to the families, after the Postal Service's cost.

The stamp depicts firefighters William Eisengrein, George Johnson and Daniel McWilliams raising the flag at ground zero in lower Manhattan. The photograph was taken by Thomas E. Franklin of the Bergen County,...

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