An e-mail has been making the rounds suggesting that the Black Heritage Series stamps issued by the United States Postal Service was about to be discontinued and all the inventory destroyed. Don't believe it. A'Lelia Bundles, author of On Her Own Ground: The Life and Times of Madam C. J. Walker (Scribner, 2001/Atria, 2002), who led the successful campaign to get Walker's image on one of the stamps, says: "Trust me: it is an urban myth. Every time I see this e-mail I forward it to friends at the USPS who confirm that it is a myth."
The Postal Service has publicly responded, saying the rumors "are totally untrue, as is the allegation that the Postal Service has directed …
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