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Stamp-Size Mistake Costs Postal Service $3.5 Million

A Las Vegas sculptor's version of Lady Liberty mistakenly ended up on a U.S. Postal Service stamp. He won a lawsuit last week.

For years, a U.S. Postal Service stamp mistakenly bore the image of a Lady Liberty replica.

That statue welcomes visitors to the New York-New York Hotel and Casino in Las Vegas, and between 2010 and 2014, it earned the Postal Service over $70 million in profits.

Last week, Las Vegas sculptor Robert

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