Word: stampscam
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Conspiracy theorists can have a field day with Stampscam. Was it mere coincidence that 100 rare stamps were dispatched to the McLean post office, which is used by the CIA, while the other 300 misprinted candlesticks were shipped hundreds of miles away? Was it further coincidence that of all the customers at the post office, a CIA employee happened to buy the valuable issue? Why stop there: Could it be that profits from the stamp sales were being diverted to the contras? Or was the money being used to fund "off-the- shelf" covert activities? What did the Postmaster General...
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