Prostate Cancer Awareness Postage Stamp Part II Of II

In continuation from Friday…

The Prostate Cancer Awareness stamp says “Annual Checkups and Tests”. The wording on the stamp has resulted in the American Cancer Society (ACS) taking the stance of not endorsing the postage stamps. The American Cancer Society wanted the wording to be changed because they thought it would make American’s believe that ALL men must have annual prostate screenings. Because the ACS does not call for “mass screening” of every man, and because the United States
Postal Services would not change or remove the wording, no endorsement was given to the stamps. The ACS does support screening for all men who are over 50 years old. As a result of the lack of endorsement, the stamps were slow to sell throughout the United States. Another point of contention was that these stamps were not semi-postal stamps so no extra funds were raised towards helping combat the disease.

Prostate Cancer advocates would like to see a new stamp made called the Prostate Cancer Research Stamp. The Research Stamp would target the fact nearly 200,000 men will be newly diagnosed with Prostate Cancer each year. Unlike the Awareness Stamp, the Research Stamp would be designed as semi-postal to help fund research efforts with the goal of eliminating Prostate Cancer. The major initiatives of making the stamps includes “fostering research
focused on the understanding of prostate cancer: its causes, preventative measures against it, and effective diagnosis and treatment procedures.” So far, the stamp has been rejected.

If you are looking for the Prostate Awareness stamp to add to your collection, Stamp Center has it in stock and ready to ship to you.