The E-Sylum:  Volume 7, Number 8, February 22, 2004, Article 15

PURPLE HEART STAMPS

  Buying first-class stamps at the post office recently, I
  discovered a 2003 first-class U.S. stamp picturing the
  Purple Heart.  Text on the printing block states:  "Purple
  Heart / The Medal for the / Combat Wounded."

  There are many issues of worldwide stamps featuring coins,
  most made expressly with collectors in mind.  Is this the
  first U.S. stamp to picture a medal?

  Wayne Homren, Editor

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