Registration No. 333-76755



                       SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
                             Washington, D.C. 20549
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                         POST-EFFECTIVE AMENDMENT NO. 1
                                       TO
                                    Form S-8
                             REGISTRATION STATEMENT
                                      Under
                           THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933
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                               SPRINT CORPORATION
             (Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

                    Kansas                          48-0457967
        (State or other jurisdiction             (I.R.S. Employer
     of incorporation or organization)          Identification No.)

            Post Office Box 7997, Shawnee Mission, Kansas 66207-0997
                    (Address of principal executive offices)
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                               SPRINT CORPORATION
                       1988 EMPLOYEES STOCK PURCHASE PLAN
                            (Full title of the Plan)
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                              CLAUDIA S. TOUSSAINT
    Vice President, Corporate Governance and Ethics, and Corporate Secretary
                                  P.O. Box 7997
                       Shawnee Mission, Kansas 66207-0997
                     (Name and address of agent for service)

          Telephone number, including area code, of agent for service:
                                 (913) 794-1513
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     This Registration  Statement as originally filed related to the offering of
2,082,354  shares of FON Common Stock and  1,041,177  shares of PCS Common Stock
issuable under the 1988  Employees  Stock Purchase Plan. No shares of FON Common
Stock were issued  before the  two-for-one  split of the FON Common Stock in the
1999 second  quarter,  leaving all  2,082,354  shares of FON Common  Stock.  The
two-for-one  split of the FON Common Stock increased the number of shares of FON
Common Stock under the registration  statement to 4,164,708 shares of FON Common
Stock. No shares of PCS Common Stock were issued before the two-for-one split of
the PCS Common Stock in the 2000 first quarter,  leaving all 1,041,177 shares of
PCS Common Stock.  The  two-for-one  split of the PCS Common Stock increased the
number  of shares of PCS  Common  Stock  under  the  Registration  Statement  to
2,082,354 shares of PCS Common Stock.

     The 2,082,354  shares of PCS Common Stock were issued before the PCS Common
Stock and the FON Common Stock were  recombined  on April 23, 2004. In addition,
the 4,164,708 shares of FON Common Stock have been issued.  Therefore, no shares
of FON Common Stock or PCS Common Stock remain  available under the Registration
Statement.







  PART II.  INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE REGISTRATION STATEMENT


Item 8.     Exhibits.

Exhibit
Number    Exhibits

 24.      Power of Attorney.
























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                                   SIGNATURES

     Pursuant to the  requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, the registrant
certifies  that it has  reasonable  grounds to believe  that it meets all of the
requirements  for filing on Form S-8 and has duly caused this  Amendment  to the
Registration Statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned,  thereunto
duly authorized,  in the City of Overland Park, State of Kansas,  on the 2nd day
of July, 2004.

                                     SPRINT CORPORATION



                                     By  /s/ Claudia S. Toussaint
                                     (Claudia S. Toussaint, Vice President)




     Pursuant to the  requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, this Amendment
to the  Registration  Statement has been signed by the following  persons in the
capacities and on the date indicated.

Name                    Title                                   Date

                        Chairman of the Board and       )
G. D. FORSEE*           Chief Executive Officer         )
                        (Principal Executive Officer)   )
                                                        )
                                                        )
                        Executive Vice President        )
ROBERT J. DELLINGER*    - Chief Financial Officer       )
                        (Principal Financial Officer)   )
                                                        )
                                                        )
                        Senior Vice President and       )
J. P. MEYER*            Controller                      )
                        (Principal Accounting Officer)  )
                                                        )
                                                        ) July 2, 2004
                                                        )
DUBOSE AUSLEY*          Director                        )
                                                        )
_____________________                                   )
(Gordon M. Bethune)     Director                        )
                                                        )
                                                        )
E. LINN DRAPER, JR. *   Director                        )
                                                        )
_____________________                                   )
(Deborah A. Henretta)   Director                        )
                                                        )



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                                                        )
I. O. HOCKADAY, JR.*    Director                        )
                                                        )
                                                        )
L. K. LORIMER*          Director                        )
                                                        )
                                                        )
C. E. RICE*             Director                        )
                                                        )
                                                        )
LOUIS W. SMITH*         Director                        )
                                                        )  July 2, 2004
                                                        )
GERALD L. STORCH*       Director                        )
                                                        )





/s/ Claudia S. Toussaint
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*    Signed by Claudia S. Toussaint,
     Attorney-in-Fact, pursuant to
     Power of Attorney filed with this
     Amendment to the Registration
     Statement No. 333-76755.








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                                  EXHIBIT INDEX


Exhibit
Number    Exhibits

 24.      Power of Attorney.