YAKIMA, Wash., Jan. 17, 2013 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ — Postcards navigating the nation's mail stream will begin to bear four varieties of fruit now that the Postal Service has harvested the 33-cent Apples Postcard stamps.(Photo – http://photos.prnewswire.com/prnh/20130117/DC44209)Available today in panes of 20 or coils of 100, customers may purchase the stamps now …
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