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Subtitle: On Sale Today Nationwide Special Ceremony to be Held at Muhammad Ali Center, Louisville, KY, Monday, June 13The U.S. Postal Service today dedicated the Eid Greetings Forever Stamp recognizing the two most important festivals — or eids — in the Islamic calendar: Eid al-Fitr and Eid al-Adha. The ceremony was held at the Islamic Center of America in Dearborn.In addition, a special Eid Greetings stamp ceremony will be held Monday, June 13, at 11 a.m. EDT at the Muhammad Ali Center in Louisville, KY.The Postal Service has issued stamps to commemorate these two Islamic holidays since 2001.SNIPBray was joined...

Does anybody know if this is true? Now the United States Postal Service REMEMBERS and HONORS the EID MUSLIM holiday season with a commemorative first class holiday postage stamp. Full text here http://www.bible-truth.org/AmericaUSPS.html

To: Postmaster General, United States Post Office In has been brought to our attention that the United States postal service has decided to discontinue production of the EID stamp for the upcoming holiday season of 2002. The Eid stamp commemorates two of the most important holidays in Islam; Eid Al-Adha and Eid Al-Fitr. By discontinuing the EID stamp for the 2003 holiday season, the USPS is neglecting America's six million Muslims. We call on the Unites States Post Office to include the Eid stamp with its Holiday Celebrations Series that pays tribute to Muslims in America Sincerely, The Undersigned

Recently, a newspaper reporter called the Free Congress Foundation to inquire about our efforts against the Eid Stamp. The story has not been printed yet, but the interviewer appeared to believe that the Free Congress Foundation had made a huge commotion last year over the issuance of a tiny 34-cent stamp. The U.S. Post Office decided to issue the stamp last year after an intensive lobbying campaign by the well-funded Islamic lobby in Washington and their allies within the Republican Party. The stamp's purpose is to honor the two primary festivals of the Islamic calendar. It was issued just before...

What is good for the U.S. Mint is evidently not acceptable to the U.S. Postal Service. A post office in Montgomery north of Houston recently learned that it had to remove a framed poster of the national motto "In God We Trust" because it violates postal regulations. The donated 16-by-20-inch poster, which is matted and secured in a gold frame, displays "In God We Trust" in large white letters over the American flag colors. It states at the bottom that the "national motto was approved by Congress and President Dwight D. Eisenhower in 1956." Retired chemical engineer Frank P. Williamson...

What does the script in Arabic actually say on the newly released Christmas stamps? Does anyone know? Is Ala got a thing going with Hannakah and Nativity?

source link Philatelic News FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE August 12, 2002 Stamp Release #02-052 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...