Portland, ME- The Rochester, NH, Post Office is offering a special pictorial postmark to help celebrate the town’s 135th anniversary and the Rochester Fair.

The postmark will serve as a memento of a week-long program of fairground events, exhibits, history, harness racing and agricultural events as the town comes alive with fun for the whole family. The festival will take place September 17 through Sept. 26.

On Friday, September 17, Rochester Postmaster Rhonda Knapp and her staff will be available at customer request to stamp letters and postcards with a unique postmark (pictured) documenting the fair. Specially authorized by the U.S. Postal Service, this special postmark is a wonderful way to take home an inexpensive souvenir of the 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, 20 Allen Street, Rochester, NH, 03867-9998. 

“We will be happy to cancel and mail back any letters that our customers mail in,” said Postmaster Knapp. “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 Rochester, NH Postmaster Rhonda Knapp at 603 332-1429.

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