Eid Stamp & Poster
Most of you may know that United States Postal Service has
issued the new stamp which says "Eid Mubarak" in Arabic and "Eid Greetings" in
English. The Eid stamp is an important stepping stone for the recognition of
Islam in this country.
According to the US Postal Office, if the Eid Stamp is re-issued THREE times,
it then becomes a PERMANENT part of the United States Holiday Collection. For
this to happen, we must ask for the Eid stamp each time you go to the post office.
Here is what you can do:
1. Buy these Stamps from the post office, use them yourselves or gift them to
your friends, neighbors and encourage them to use on their greeting cards this
season. Encourage businesses to use these stamps especially for Greetings to
their Muslim Customers. At times the person on the front desk is unaware of these
stamps and somewhat nonchalantly responds that the Post Office is out of these
stamps. We suggest that you very politely request that they check in the back
to make sure that there really are "no Eid Stamps".
If the Post Office doesn't have them ask them to order them. You can order these
stamps online by calling 1-800-stamp24 or by going to: www.usps.com Click on "buy
stamps".
2. Donate a pane of 20 stamps $6.80 worth or more by listing it on E-Bay in its "Auction
for America" and participate in helping those who suffered from the September
11 tragedy.
USPS To Reprint Poster That Excluded Eid Stamp
November 14, 2001 - "The U.S. Postal Service today is reproducing its Holiday
Stamp promotional posters in local post offices in response to recent concerns
raised by the American Muslim community. Due to an oversight, an image of the
Eid stamp, which commemorates two important Islamic festivals, was left off
the promotional posters.
The Postal Service deeply regrets the oversight and is reprinting the holiday
posters depicting the Eid stamp. They will be available for sale at post offices
this Holiday season.
The Islamic Bulletin
P.O. Box 410186, San Francisco, CA 94141-0186
info@islamicbulletin.org
