Semipostal
noun
1.
a postage stamp sold by a government at a premium above its face value, the excess being used for a nonpostal purpose, as a charity.
adjective
2.
noting or pertaining to such a stamp.
adjective
1.
(philately, mainly US) denoting stamps where all or part of the receipts from sale are given to some charitable cause
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