Pictorial Postmarks Announcement

As a community service, the Postal Service™ offers pictorial postmarks to commemorate local events celebrated in communities throughout the nation. A list of events for which pictorial postmarks are authorized appears below. The sponsor of the pictorial postmark appears in italics under the date. Also provided are illustrations of these postmarks.

People attending these local events may obtain the postmark in person at the temporary Post Office™ station established there. Those who cannot attend the event but who wish to obtain the postmark may submit a mail order request. Pictorial postmarks are available only for the dates indicated, and requests must be postmarked no later than 30 days following the requested pictorial postmark date.

All requests must include a stamped envelope or postcard bearing at least the minimum First-Class Mail® postage. Items submitted for postmark may not include postage issued after the date of the requested postmark. Such items will be returned unserviced.

Customers wishing to obtain a postmark should affix stamps to any envelope or postcard of their choice, address the envelope or postcard to themselves or others, insert a card of postcard thickness in envelopes for sturdiness, and tuck in the flap. Place the envelope or postcard in a larger envelope and address it to: Pictorial Postmarks, followed by the Name of the Station, Address, City, State, ZIP+4® Code, as listed below.

Customers can also send stamped envelopes and postcards without addresses for postmark, as long as they supply a larger envelope with adequate postage and their return address. After applying the pictorial postmark, the Postal Service returns the items (with or without addresses) under addressed protective cover.

 

The following pictorial postmarks have been extended for 30 days:

Postmark

March 21-23, 2014

St. Louis Stamp Expo

250th Anniversary Station

Manager

7750 Maryland Avenue

Clayton, MO 63105-9998

Postmark

April 4-6, 2014

Stephen Decatur Chapter #4, Universal Ship Cancellation Society

PNSE 2014 Station

USPS Retail Services

3190 South 70th Street, Room 509

Philadelphia, PA 19153-9611

Postmark

April 5, 2014

Philadelphia National Stamp Exhibition

Songbirds First Day of Sale Station

USPS Retail Services

3190 South 70th Street, Room 509

Philadelphia, PA 19153-9611

Postmark

April 12, 2014

SOPEX-Southern Oregon Philatelic Society

Pear Blossom Festival Medford Station

Postmaster/Philatelic Services

325 South Riverside Avenue

Medford, OR 97501-9998

Postmark

April 12-13, 2014

SOPEX-Southern Oregon Philatelic Society

SOPEX Station

Postmaster/Philatelic Services

325 South Riverside Avenue

Medford, OR 97501-9998

 

Postmark

April 22, 2014

Thomas Uram

Governor James Pollock Station

Retail Specialist

1001 California Avenue, Room 2036

Pittsburgh, PA 15290-9998

Postmark

April 25-27, 2014

Westpex (Ed Jarvis)

Westpex Station

Postmaster

220 Park Road

Burlingame, CA
94010-9998

Postmark

April 26, 2014

Brownstown Historical Society

Jackson County Time Capsule Opening Station

Postmaster

201 South Sugar Street

Brownstown, IN
47220-9998

Postmark

April 26, 2014

Webfooters Post Card Club

Roundup Station

Postmaster/Philatelic Services

1 West Mill Road

Bridal Veil, OR 97010-9998

Postmark

April 26, 2014

VFW

Loyalty Day Celebration Station

Postmaster

119 East Jefferson Street

Viroqua, WI 54665-9998

Postmark

April 26, 2014

United States Postal Service

Portsmouth Village Station

Celeste Brooks

PO Box 9997

Ocracoke, NC 27960-9998

Postmark

April 26-27, 2014

Robert Marousky – Gulf Coast Stamp Club

Gulfpex Station

Postmaster

356 Ginger Drive

D’Iberville, MS 39540-9998

Postmark

April 26-27, 2014

Cedar Rapids Stamp Club

Cerapex Station

Postmaster

PO Box 9998

Cedar Rapids, IA
52406-9998

Postmark

April 27, 2014

US Grant Homestead Association

Ulysses S. Grant Boyhood Home Station

Postmaster

201 East Grant Avenue

Georgetown, OH
45121-9998

Postmark

April 30, 2014

USS George Washington (CVN 73)

Yokosuka Naval Station, Japan

Attn: Postal Officer

USS George Washington

FPO, AP 96650-2801

Postmark

May 2-4, 2014

Northeastern Federation of Stamp Clubs

Philatelic Show 2014 Station

Postmaster

PO Box 9998

Boxborough, MA
01719-9998

Postmark

May 3, 2014

Kendra McBride

Prague Kolache Festival

Postmaster

804 9th Street

Prague, OK 74864-9998

Postmark

May 3-4, 2014

Civil War Trails

Battle of Spotsylvania 150th Anniversary

Postmaster – OIC

7420 Brock Road

Spotsylvania, VA
22553-9998

Postmark

May 5-7, 2014

Civil War Trails

Wilderness Sesquicentennial Station

Postmaster – OIC

4447 Germanna Highway

Locust Grove, VA
22508-9998