PORTLAND – The Lowell, VT, Post Office will be offering a special pictorial postmark to commemorate the town’s 200th anniversary.

On Saturday, September 15, from 1:30 p.m. to 3:30 p.m., a postal booth will be set up at the Lowell Graded School History Fair located at 52 Gelo Park Road.

Postmaster Cheryl Clarke 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, PO Box 9998., Lowell, VT 05847-9998.

“We will be happy to cancel and return by mail any letters that our customers mail to us,” said Clarke. “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 Lowell Postmaster Cheryl Clarke at 802-744-2706.

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