PORTLAND – The Bethel Post Office and the Bethel Historical Society are teaming up to offer a special pictorial postmark to purge symbolically local memories of the destruction caused by Hurricane Irene last fall.
On Saturday, May 19 from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. at Whitcomb High School in Bethel Postmaster Renee Turgeon 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 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, 34 North Main Street, Bethel, VT 05032-9998.
“We will be happy to cancel and mail back any letters that our customers mail in,” said Postmaster Turgeon. “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 Bethel Postmaster Renee Turgeon at 802 234-9887.
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