6-4 Canceling or Amending Previously Published Announcements

To cancel or amend a pictorial postmark announcement that has already been published in the Postal Bulletin, the postmaster or district manager (or designee) must contact the program manager of pictorial postmarks with the following information:

1. The date and issue number of the Postal Bulletin.
2. The name of the temporary station.
3. The city, state, and ZIP Code of the temporary station.
4. The date of the postmark.
5. The necessary action to be taken.
6. The name and telephone number of a contact person.

If changes are needed to the postmark artwork, the postmaster or district manager (or designee) must send a hard copy or e–mail attachment of the corrected artwork to the program manager of pictorial postmarks at the following address:

Pictorial Postmark Program Manager
Stamp Fulfillment Services
PO Box 449992
Kansas City MO 64144-9992

Fax: 816-545-1206

e-mail: PictorialPostmarks@usps.gov

Additionally, the postmaster or district manager (or designee) must send announcements about the canceled or amended pictorial postmark to all the organizations and publications that received the original announcement.

Exhibit 6–3a

Sample of Newsbreak

Exhibit 6–3b

Sample of Postal News