FREE: In Memory of My Father R.I.P. I auction Alzheimer's Sheet of Brand New USPS 20 First Class Stamps

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Type: Semipostal 60 cents. Each stamp helps raise funds to fight Alzheimer's disease
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My Father, R.I.P., Raphael / Refael, passed away last November (11/29/17) at age 87. He was a kind man & loving husband and father. He died from a cruel vicious disease called Alzheimer. This disease robbed his personality, his memory and his cognitive ability. His tremendous suffering was heartbreaking to us. This auction is to commemorate him and help medical research of Alzheimer's disease move forward until a cure is found. Alzheimer's is 1 of the top 10 leading causes of death in the USA. 1 in 3 people past age of 80 suffers terribly from this debilitating disease.

The artwork is an illustration that first appeared on the 2008 42-cent Alzheimer's Awareness stamp. It shows an older woman in profile with a hand on her shoulder, the suggestion of sunlight behind her, and clouds in front of and below her. On the 2008 stamp, she was facing left; the artwork for this stamp shows her facing right to help differentiate between the two stamps. The price of the stamp includes the First-Class Mail single-piece postage rate in effect at the time of purchase plus an amount to fund Alzheimer’s research. According to the Alzheimer’s Association, more than 5.3 million Americans age 65 and older are estimated to have Alzheimer's disease, predicted to rise as the population ages. The disease is named after Alois Alzheimer, the German physician who in 1906 discovered and described two hallmark signs of the disease in the brain: clumps of amyloid protein fragments and tangles of tau protein fibers and linked them to observable symptoms.

Symptoms can include:

loss of memory;
problems with speech and language;
inability to perform familiar daily tasks;
trouble interpreting visual images, spatial relationships, and other sensory information; and
changes in personality and behavior such as depression, apathy and agitation