BLANKET, TX — To help celebrate the Blanket Tigers 2010 6-Man Football Season, the Blanket Post Office will be offering a special pictorial postmark on each Varsity and Junior Varsity Game Day beginning with the Sept. 16 game and continuing throughout the Tigers’ 2010 season.

“Pictorial Postmarks are authorized by the U.S. Postal Service to commemorate special events and celebrate local history and culture,” Blanket Officer-in-Charge Tina Howard said.  “From the ‘Tiger tracks’ on H Street leading to the school, to the iconic ‘Blanket Tigers’ water tower, the Tiger mascot symbolizes Blanket’s cheers for our youth and the value of sports traditions.”

The Blanket Tigers Postmark is free; however, it can only be placed on First-Class Mail postage. The Postmark may be obtained on out-going First-Class mail or for hand-back service for collectors by bringing it to the Blanket Post Office counter during normal office hours on a qualifying Thursday or Friday (dates specified below).

The special pictorial postmark will be available for the following “Game Day” dates in 2010:

Collectors may also obtain the Blanket Tigers pictorial postmark by submitting a mail order request to:

Tiger Station Special Cancellation
Blanket Post Office
801 Main Street
Blanket TX 76432-9998

Pictorial postmarks are available only for the game dates indicated, and requests must be postmarked no later than 60 days following the requested pictorial postmark date(s).

All requests must include a stamped envelope or postcard bearing at least the minimum First-Class Mail® postage.

Items submitted for postmark may not include postage issued after the date of the requested postmark.  Such items will be returned unserviced.

Customers wishing to obtain a postmark should affix stamps to any envelope or postcard of their choice, address the envelope or postcard to themselves or others, insert a card of postcard thickness in envelopes for sturdiness, and tuck in the flap. Place the envelope or postcard in a larger envelope and address listed above.

Customers can also send stamped envelopes and postcards without addresses for postmark, as long as they supply a larger envelope with adequate postage and their return address. After applying the pictorial postmark, the Postal Service will return the items (with or without addresses) under addressed protective cover.

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