PORTLAND, ME — The Machiasport, ME, Post Office will be offering a special pictorial postmark to mark the town’s 250th anniversary.

On Saturday, July 27, Machiasport Officer-in-Charge Ann Crocker and her staff will stamp letters and postcards with a unique postmark documenting the event. Specially authorized by the U.S. Postal Service, this special postmark is a wonderful way to take home an inexpensive souvenir of the occasion.

Customers can also 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, 2 Unity Square, Machiasport, ME 04655-9998. 

“We will be happy to cancel and return by mail any letters that our customers mail to us,” said Crocker. “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 Officer in Charge Ann Crocker at 207 255-3531.

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