Springfield, VT —The Springfield, VT, Post Office will hold a special stamp cancellation on May 7 to celebrate the release of The Simpsons stamps. The postal cancellation will be the latest celebration of the town’s first-place finish in national voting for the locally-produced video which best represented the fictional setting for the popular animated TV series.

In 2007, Springfield residents created a video showing their enthusiasm for The Simpsons in response to the “Hometown Movie Challenge” sponsored by Twentieth Century Fox studios. USA TODAY readers voted for the Springfield, VT, entry out of 13 other Springfield videos from across the country which were posted on the newspaper’s website.

On May 7, the Post Office will have a table set up where customers can request The Simpsons postmark all day from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. “We will be happy to cancel any letters that our customers bring in to mail that day,” said Jeremy Montgomery, acting postal supervisor. “Customers may also bring in their own envelopes to obtain a postmark that they can take home as a keepsake.”

May 7 is the first day that The Simpsons stamps (seen above) will be available for sale nationwide. Springfield Post Office staff will cancel any stamp, not just The Simpsons. Packages of plain #10 envelopes and stamped envelopes will also be available for purchase. For more information, customers may call the Springfield Post Office at (802) 885-4103.

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