Subject: San Marino to Issue Stamps Dedicated to AIDS Battle
Date: Published: 8/12/88 25 lines
Source:  Wall Street Journal.  Copyright Dow Jones & Co. Inc. 

    San Marino to Issue Stamps
    Dedicated to AIDS Battle

    SAN MARINO (AP) -- This tiny republic is issuing four
 postage stamps dedicated to the fight against acquired immune
 deficiency syndrome, the government said.
    The stamps, to come out in the next few days, were
 prepared in conjunction with an international congress on
 AIDS in San Marino in October.The stamps cost about 18 cents
 to 71 cents each.
    "The set carries a warning but at the same time hope," a
 government statement said.
    San Marino, an enclave in Italy's Apennine mountains,
 claims to be the world's oldest republic, founded in 301.
 Tourism and its postage stamps and coins are its chief
 sources of income.

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