“In a final effort to sell the remaining Breast Cancer Research postage stamps before the last day of their availability, the post offices on Whidbey Island are mounting a special campaign, which will include a traveling Living-Memorial Wall and a pictorial Breast Cancer Research Station cancellation.The First Class Breast Cancer stamps cost 40 cents, with the additional seven cents going directly to breast cancer research. It is the first such semipostal stamp in history. As determined by legislation enacted in 1997, 70 percent of the net proceeds above the cost of postage is given to the National Institute of Health and 30 percent to the Medical Research Program of the Department of Defense. Both agencies are conducting breast cancer research. To date, sales of the stamp have raised about $12 million. If the postal service sells all the stamps in print by July 29, the last day of the sale, it will result in a total of $20 million for research, said Bill Noack, Freeland postmaster who has organized the islandwide effort.To encourage awareness, Noack has constructed a wall on which members of the public are invited to pin a pink ribbon with either a survivor’s name or that of someone who has succumbed to the deadly disease.And while you are at the post office, you can purchase the Breast Cancer Research stamp, place it on an envelope and have a special pictorial cancellation done, Noack said.The Wall will begin its travels on May 8 in Clinton and May 9 in Langley, with the special cancellation offered between 11 a.m. and 2 p.m. It goes to Oak Harbor on May 10 and Coupeville on May 11, with the final stop in Freeland on May 12, where the hours for the Breast Cancer Research Station are also 11-2.With Mother’s Day on the following Sunday, what better way to say you care than by using Breast Cancer Research stamps on your cards and letters, Noack said.He added that the Wall would not be stopping at the Greenbank Post Office because of space constraints.But Postmaster Roxie Etherton wants everyone to know that she will have plenty of Breast Cancer Research stamps available for sale, Noack said.In addition to Noack and Etherton, the Island postmasters include Bill Schwartz, Officer-in-Charge at Clinton, Jack Harrington in Langley, Bruce Bryson at Coupeville and Mike Harvey in Oak Harbor.”