Monday, October 6, 2025

Businesses Encouraged to Support Breast Cancer Research Through USPS Stamp Sales

STAFF REPORT

As Breast Cancer Awareness Month begins, the U.S. Postal Service is urging businesses to help fund research by purchasing the Breast Cancer Research stamp, a semi-postal stamp that has raised nearly $98 million since its debut in 1998.

The 90-cent self-adhesive stamp, equal in value to the First-Class Mail 1-ounce rate, is available year-round in sheets of 20. Proceeds benefit breast cancer research, with 70 percent allocated to the National Institutes of Health and 30 percent to the Department of Defense’s medical research program. The contribution is calculated as the difference between the stamp’s purchase price and the prevailing First-Class rate, minus USPS costs.

Authorized by Congress in 1997, the Breast Cancer Research stamp was the first semi-postal stamp in U.S. history. Its sale authority was extended through 2027 under the Stamp Out Breast Cancer Reauthorization Act of 2019.

In addition to the breast cancer stamp, USPS offers three other fundraising stamps: Save Vanishing Species (2011), Alzheimer’s (2017), and Healing PTSD (2019). All four stamps support causes of national public interest and are available year-round.

Customers can purchase stamps at Post Offices nationwide, online at usps.com/shopstamps, by calling 844-737-7826, through the USA Philatelic catalog, or via the USPS Officially Licensed Collection on Amazon. More information is available at StampsForever.com..

The Postal Service, an independent federal establishment, operates without tax dollars and funds its services through the sale of postage and products. It is currently implementing its Delivering for America plan to modernize operations and improve service across all mail and shipping categories.