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U.S. #2104
20¢ Family Unity
 
Issue Date: October 1, 1984
City: Shaker Heights, OH
Quantity: 117,625,000
Printed By: American Bank Note Company
Printing Method: Photogravure and engraved
Perforations: 11
Color: Multicolored
 
In response to a national competition sponsored by the U.S. Postal Service, more than half a million elementary and high school students submitted drawings for two new stamp designs in 1984. This stamp, issued to promote family unity, was designed by Molly LaRue.
 

Stop Family Violence Semipostal

2003 37¢ + 8¢ Semipostal - Stop Family Violence, non-denonimated
US #B3 – Blias won the international 2003 Asiago Award for Young Artists for this drawing.

On October 8, 2003, the USPS issued its third Semipostal stamp, which raised funds to help stop family violence.

This stamp’s journey began in 1999 when a Denver social worker sent a letter to Colorado Senator Ben Nighthorse Campbell.  The social worker had a large caseload of women and children who were abused.  He suggested that a Semipostal stamp could be issued to help raise funds for victims of domestic violence and to help prevent it in the future.

1984 20¢ Family Unity stamp
US #2104 – Issued in 1984, this Family Unity stamp was the first US stamp designed by a student.

Campbell supported the idea, having been a cosponsor of the Violence Against Women Act of 1994.  He suggested the stamp’s creation and as an amendment to the Appropriations Bill, it was signed into law as the Stamp Out Violence Act of 2001.

The design for the stamp is much different than what was originally planned.  Initially, the stamp was to picture a young girl erasing an image of domestic violence.  The girl that was to be the model for the stamp, six-year-old Monique Blias, made her own drawing of domestic violence during a break, and the art director decided that the powerful image should appear on the stamp instead.

2003 Semipostal - Stop Family Violence Classic First Day Cover
US #B3 – Classic First Day Cover

The stamp was originally scheduled to be issued in Denver, Colorado.  President George W. Bush asked that the ceremony be moved to Washington, DC, to correspond with his signing of a proclamation declaring October Domestic Violence Awareness Month.  The final confirmation of the location didn’t come until the morning of the issue.  The director of stamp services said, “When the White House decides to lend support for the message and the initiative, it’s pretty important to take them up on the offer.”

2003 Semipostal - Stop Family Violence Fleetwood Plate Block First Day Cover
US #B3 – Fleetwood Plate Block First Day Cover

Though no denomination was printed on it, the stamp carried a value of 45¢.  Of that, 37¢ paid the first-class postage rate, while 8¢ was allocated for the stamp’s cause.  Funds raised by the sale of this stamp were directed to the Department of Health and Human Services to support programs and organizations fighting domestic violence.  The money raised helped fund programs such as women’s shelters, counseling services, emergency food and clothing, and prevention programs.

2003 Semipostal - Stop Family Violence Colorano Silk Cachet First Day Cover
US #B3 – Colorano Silk Cachet First Day Cover

The Stop Family Violence stamp remained on sale through December 31, 2006, by which time it raised $3.1 million for its cause.

Read the president’s remarks at the First Day of Issue ceremony for this stamp, which also served as the proclamation of October 2003 as National Domestic Violence Awareness Month.

 
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U.S. #2104
20¢ Family Unity
 
Issue Date: October 1, 1984
City: Shaker Heights, OH
Quantity: 117,625,000
Printed By: American Bank Note Company
Printing Method: Photogravure and engraved
Perforations: 11
Color: Multicolored
 
In response to a national competition sponsored by the U.S. Postal Service, more than half a million elementary and high school students submitted drawings for two new stamp designs in 1984. This stamp, issued to promote family unity, was designed by Molly LaRue.
 

Stop Family Violence Semipostal

2003 37¢ + 8¢ Semipostal - Stop Family Violence, non-denonimated
US #B3 – Blias won the international 2003 Asiago Award for Young Artists for this drawing.

On October 8, 2003, the USPS issued its third Semipostal stamp, which raised funds to help stop family violence.

This stamp’s journey began in 1999 when a Denver social worker sent a letter to Colorado Senator Ben Nighthorse Campbell.  The social worker had a large caseload of women and children who were abused.  He suggested that a Semipostal stamp could be issued to help raise funds for victims of domestic violence and to help prevent it in the future.

1984 20¢ Family Unity stamp
US #2104 – Issued in 1984, this Family Unity stamp was the first US stamp designed by a student.

Campbell supported the idea, having been a cosponsor of the Violence Against Women Act of 1994.  He suggested the stamp’s creation and as an amendment to the Appropriations Bill, it was signed into law as the Stamp Out Violence Act of 2001.

The design for the stamp is much different than what was originally planned.  Initially, the stamp was to picture a young girl erasing an image of domestic violence.  The girl that was to be the model for the stamp, six-year-old Monique Blias, made her own drawing of domestic violence during a break, and the art director decided that the powerful image should appear on the stamp instead.

2003 Semipostal - Stop Family Violence Classic First Day Cover
US #B3 – Classic First Day Cover

The stamp was originally scheduled to be issued in Denver, Colorado.  President George W. Bush asked that the ceremony be moved to Washington, DC, to correspond with his signing of a proclamation declaring October Domestic Violence Awareness Month.  The final confirmation of the location didn’t come until the morning of the issue.  The director of stamp services said, “When the White House decides to lend support for the message and the initiative, it’s pretty important to take them up on the offer.”

2003 Semipostal - Stop Family Violence Fleetwood Plate Block First Day Cover
US #B3 – Fleetwood Plate Block First Day Cover

Though no denomination was printed on it, the stamp carried a value of 45¢.  Of that, 37¢ paid the first-class postage rate, while 8¢ was allocated for the stamp’s cause.  Funds raised by the sale of this stamp were directed to the Department of Health and Human Services to support programs and organizations fighting domestic violence.  The money raised helped fund programs such as women’s shelters, counseling services, emergency food and clothing, and prevention programs.

2003 Semipostal - Stop Family Violence Colorano Silk Cachet First Day Cover
US #B3 – Colorano Silk Cachet First Day Cover

The Stop Family Violence stamp remained on sale through December 31, 2006, by which time it raised $3.1 million for its cause.

Read the president’s remarks at the First Day of Issue ceremony for this stamp, which also served as the proclamation of October 2003 as National Domestic Violence Awareness Month.