2008 Semipostal Alzheimers Plate Block of 4 "Forever" Stamps - Sc# B6 - MNH, OG -DC141
Created this stamp to fund research to help find a cure for one of the top 10 leading causes of death - Alzheimer's. The original price of the stamp included the First-Class Mail single-piece postage rate in effect at the time of purchase plus an amount to fund Alzheimer's research. By law, revenue from original sales of the Alzheimer's Semipostal stamp - minus the postage paid and the reimbursement of reasonable costs incurred by the Postal Service - will be distributed to the National Institutes of Health, which is part of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. The artwork is an illustration that first appeared on the 2008 42-cent Alzheimer's Awareness stamp. It shows an older woman in profile with a hand on her shoulder, the suggestion of sunlight behind her, and clouds in front of and below her. On the 2008 stamp, she was facing left; the artwork for this stamp shows her facing right to help differentiate between the two stamps. Stamp artist Matt Mahurin of Topanga Canyon, CA, worked under the direction of art director Ethel Kessler of Bethesda, MD.
These are real USPS postage stamps that are accepted by the USA Postal Service as payment for mail posted in the USA however the total rates on the stamps posted must equal or exceed the current appropriate postal mailing rate or extra postage must be paid.
The stamp set shown in the picture is a stock photo and is likely not a picture of the exact stamp set you will receive and it may differ in plate number and/or orientation. However the item you will receive will be similar including having a plate number (if one is present in the photos) and the same number of stamps. Stamps titled as MNH, OG will have no significant creases or unnatural gum disturbances unless otherwise noted.