Portland, ME — The Eliot, ME, Post Office is offering a special pictorial postmark to help celebrate the town’s 200th anniversary.

The town will celebrate its bicentennial with a weeklong program of historic and educational events from August 7 – 14.

The town will come alive while celebrating Eliot’s 200-year history. Live entertainment, food, games and prizes will provide a festive atmosphere throughout the week.

On Wednesday, August 11, at customer request, Eliot Post Office staff will stamp letters and postcards with a unique postmark documenting the festival. Specially authorized by the U.S. Postal Service, this special postmark (pictured) is a wonderful way to take home an inexpensive souvenir of this annual event.

Customers can request the special postmark free-of-charge by mail for 30 days after the event by sending a self-addressed, stamped envelope containing the letter or envelope they wish to be cancelled to: Postmaster, 33 Levesque Drive, Eliot, ME 03903-9998.

“We will be happy to cancel and mail back any letters that our customers mail in,” said Eliot Officer In Charge Tammy Martel. “Customers may also bring in their own envelopes to obtain a postmark that they can take home as a keepsake.”

For more information, customers may call Eliot Officer In Charge Tammy Martel at 207 439-2019.

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