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Postage Stamp Celebrating Muslim Holiday To Be Re-Issued
WASHINGTON, D.C. - The U.S. Postal Service is pleased to announce that the Eid postage stamp will be re-issued on Oct. 10, 2002, at the current First-Class rate of 37 cents.
A 34-cent Eid stamp was first issued on Sept. 1, 2001, at the annual Islamic Society of North America's convention in Des Plaines, Ill. The new version will be available beginning Oct. 10 at Washington, D.C. post offices and at post offices across the country starting the following day.
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http://www.usps.com/news/2002/philatelic/sr02_052.htm
I've gotten a LOT of emails about this. Everyone I know is absolutely OUTRAGED that this stamp was ever issued...let alone RE issued.
Personally...I don't think it should have been reissued. Not DURING the war on Terrorism...most of whome are Muslim Extremist...
What's your thoughts?