SIMPSONVILLE, KY — We’ve watched them on television for the past 20 years. And now the animated stars of Fox TV’s longest running comedy series – Homer, Marge, Bart, Lisa and Maggie – are being commemorated on 44-cent First-Class Mail® stamps. THE SIMPSONS stamps go on sale nationwide on Thursday, May 7.

In honor of the new stamps, designed personally by Simpsons creator Matt Groening, the Simpsonville Post Office will offer a special dedication postmark featuring Bart Simpson. The postmark will be available for 30 days, beginning Thursday, May 7.

“We thought it would be fitting to offer customers a special cancellation from a town bearing the characters’ namesake,” said Simpsonville Postmaster John Donnelly. “It’s something people will be able to look at for years and remember these one-of-a-kind stamps.”

Mail order requests for the postmark will be accepted until June 6. Customers should allow at least a 2-inch by 4-inch space in the stamp area for the postmark and have postage applied to cards or letters before mailing them — inside another envelope — to the Post Office. Or they can mail a check or money order payable to “Postmaster” for the amount of postage. Send mail order requests to: Postmaster, Simpsonville Post Office, 6990 Shelbyville Road, Simpsonville, KY 40067.

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