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- adjective of a postage stamp
Issued andsold for ahigher price than itsface value , with theexcess monies transferred to athird party .
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Examples
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Since 1998, the USPS has sold 802 million breast cancer semipostal stamps to the public and has raised an impressive $59.5 million from such sales.
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With their help, we were able to pass legislation to create the first "semipostal" in United States history, a postage stamp that does more than pay for postage.
The Full Feed from HuffingtonPost.com Sen. Dianne Feinstein 2011
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Since 1998, the USPS has sold 802 million breast cancer semipostal stamps to the public and has raised an impressive $59.5 million from such sales.
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