Description
20 stamps/page * 5 pages. You got 100 stamps in total.
 
Background:
 
The U.S. Postal Service has unveiled a new stamp honoring America’s Purple Heart recipients which will be sponsored by an Indiana stamp club.
 
The stamp’s image bears a design of the Purple Heart medal, which was established by President George Washington and still depicts his likeness.
 
With this stamp, the Postal Service continues to honor the sacrifices of the men and women who serve in the U.S. military. The Purple Heart is awarded in the name of the President of the United States to members of the military who have been wounded or killed in action. According to the Military Order of the Purple Heart, an organization for combat-wounded veterans, the medal is ‘the oldest military decoration in the world in present use and the first award made available to a common soldier.