{"id":15418,"date":"2012-10-31T18:55:31","date_gmt":"2012-11-01T00:55:31","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/thelehighacresgazette.com\/news\/?p=15418"},"modified":"2012-10-31T18:55:31","modified_gmt":"2012-11-01T00:55:31","slug":"support-our-veterans-by-purchasing-purple-heart-postage-stamps","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thelehighacresgazette.com\/news\/2012\/10\/support-our-veterans-by-purchasing-purple-heart-postage-stamps\/","title":{"rendered":"Support Our Veterans By Purchasing Purple Heart Postage Stamps"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/thelehighacresgazette.com\/news\/support-our-veterans-by-purchasing-purple-heart-postage-stamps\/purpleheart-stamp\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-15419\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-15419\" title=\"purpleheart stamp\" src=\"http:\/\/thelehighacresgazette.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/10\/purpleheart-stamp.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"179\" height=\"201\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><em><strong>by Debra J. Mitchell \u2013 United States Postal Service<\/strong><\/em><em><br \/>\n<\/em><em><strong>Special to the Lehigh Acres \u00a0Gazette<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p>Lee, Collier and Charlotte county residents are encouraged to purchase the Purple Heart FOREVER postage stamp during the month of November.\u00a0 To celebrate Veterans Day November 12 and the opening of the new Veterans Administration Outpatient Clinic in Cape Coral, post offices are tracking sales of this stamp through December 15.\u00a0 A framed enlargement of the stamp will be presented at the grand opening of the V. A. Outpatient Clinic with a dedication plaque noting the total number of stamps purchased.<!--more--><\/p>\n<p>The U.S. Postal Service is honoring the sacrifices of the men and women who serve in the U.S.military with the Purple Heart with Ribbon FOREVER stamp.\u00a0 The postage stamp has a 45-cent value and will be valid for FIRST CLASS postage forever, regardless of any increase in postage rates.<\/p>\n<p>FIRST CLASS postage rates will increase to 46-cents in January 2013, so this is a great time to stock up on the Purple Heart FOREVER stamp.<\/p>\n<p>And here\u2019s the best news \u2013 a\u00a0 trip to the Post Office isn\u2019t necessary to participate in this promotion.\u00a0 You can mail your request for the stamps to;\u00a0 Customer Relations, 79 Mid Cape \u00a0Ter, Cape Coral, Fl 33991.\u00a0 Include a check payable to Postmaster for sheets of 20 stamps @ $9.00 per sheet.\u00a0 Be sure to include your full name and return address.\u00a0 Stamps will be mailed to you.\u00a0 No sales tax or shipping fees will be charged.<\/p>\n<p>Please show your support and buy your Purple Heart stamps today!<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Mr. Zip\u2019s Tip: <\/strong>\u00a0For information on any mail service issues related to Hurricane Sandy visit www.usps.com. \u00a0\u00a0At the bottom of the home page in the gray bar under ON ABOUT.USPS.COM click on Mail Service Updates<strong><\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>by Debra J. Mitchell \u2013 United States Postal Service Special to the Lehigh Acres \u00a0Gazette Lee, Collier and Charlotte county residents are encouraged to purchase the Purple Heart FOREVER postage&hellip; <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":8,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[100],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/thelehighacresgazette.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15418"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/thelehighacresgazette.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/thelehighacresgazette.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thelehighacresgazette.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/8"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thelehighacresgazette.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=15418"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/thelehighacresgazette.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15418\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/thelehighacresgazette.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=15418"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thelehighacresgazette.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=15418"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thelehighacresgazette.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=15418"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}