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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
October 14, 2009
Media Contact: Debra Mitchell
debra.j.mitchell@usps.gov

usps.com/news
Release No. 09-146

It’s Easy to “Learn about Stamps”

October is National Stamp Collecting Month and the National Postal Museum has launched a new website designed to introduce visitors to stamps and stamp collecting. The site Learnaboutstamps.com is a gateway, with links to important information from many different sources.

In addition to cars and trucks, the U.S. Postal Service uses planes, trains, boats, ferries, helicopters, bicycles, hovercrafts, subways and even mules to help deliver America’s mail.

In addition to cars and trucks, the U.S. Postal Service uses planes, trains, boats, ferries, helicopters, bicycles, hovercrafts, subways and even mules to help deliver America’s mail.

The table of contents at the Learn About Stamps home page presents seven “chapters,” each offering answers to a particular question. Each chapter, in turn, transports the visitor to a page with links to more than 300 other websites that answers the question and also provides information on related needs and interests.

“Learn about Stamps” is a collaborative effort of the American Philatelic Society, the Smithsonian National Postal Museum, the Philatelic Foundation, and the U.S. Postal Service, in cooperation with the American Stamp Dealers Association and many individuals in the philatelic community.

For more information about purchasing stamps, stamps by mail, postal regulations, a free subscription to USA Philatelic magazine, Post Office events, the location of the nearest postal store or contract unit, or for answers to your specific Postal Service questions, contact USPS at 1-800-275-8777, or visit www.usps.com. To schedule a presentation for our community, club or group on how the Postal Service brings the Post Office to your home or office computer, call 239-573-9638.

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