Maine post offices sell most cancer-research stamps, win contest

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A contest between the Maine and New Hampshire-Vermont postal districts has netted $111,760 for breast cancer research.

The two districts have been competing for two months to see which could sell the most breast cancer research stamps compared to total stamps sold. Six cents from the sale of each stamp goes toward research.

Maine won the friendly competition, with breast cancer research stamps representing 4.2 percent of its stamp sales. The district for New Hampshire and Vermont had 3.8 percent.

A symbolic check was presented to Amanda Attridge Henson, a breast cancer survivor who was representing the Maine Physician Hospital Organization, at a ceremony at the Forest Avenue post office Friday.

To settle the bet between the postal districts, New Hampshire-Vermont marketing manager Cindy Mason presented Julius E. Locklear, the manager of the Maine district, with two jugs of Vermont maple syrup. Locklear gave Mason a Maine lobster.