[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 39, Volume 1]
[Revised as of January 1, 2007]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 39CFR551.5]

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                        TITLE 39--POSTAL SERVICE
 
                 CHAPTER I--UNITED STATES POSTAL SERVICE
 
PART 551_SEMIPOSTAL STAMP PROGRAM--Table of Contents
 
Sec.  551.5  Frequency and other limitations.

    (a) The Postal Service is authorized to issue semipostal stamps for 
a 10-year period beginning on the date on which semipostal stamps are 
first sold to the public under 39 U.S.C. 416. The 10-year period will 
commence after the sales period of the Breast Cancer Research stamp is 
concluded in accordance with the Stamp Out Breast Cancer Act, and as 
amended by the Semipostal Authorization Act, the Breast Cancer Research 
Stamp Act of 2001, and Public Law 107-67, section 650, 115 Stat. 514. 
The Office of Stamp Services will determine the date of commencement of 
the 10-year period.
    (b) The Postal Service will offer only one semipostal stamp for sale 
at any given time during the 10-year period.
    (c) The sales period for any given semipostal stamp is limited to no 
more than 2 years, as determined by the office of Stamp Services.
    (d) Prior to or after the issuance of a given semipostal stamp, the 
Postal Service reserves the right to withdraw the semipostal stamp from 
sale, or to reduce the sales period, if, inter alia:
    (1) Its sales or revenue statistics are lower than expected,
    (2) The sales or revenue projections are lower than previously 
expected, or
    (3) The cause or recipient executive agency does not further, or 
comply with, the statutory purposes or requirements of the Semipostal 
Authorization Act. The decision to withdraw a semipostal stamp is to be 
made by the postmaster general, after review of supporting documentation 
prepared by the office of Stamp Services.

[66 FR 31826, June 12, 2001, as amended at 67 FR 5215, Feb. 5, 2002]

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