What:

The United States Postal Service will join the U.S. Military Academy in celebrating the 2021 Graduating Class with a special pictorial postmark in West Point, NY 10996.  This keepsake postmark, also known as a pictorial cancellation, will be offered at the West Point Post Office.  

When:

Saturday, May 22, 2021

Where:

West Point Post Office
634 Swift Road
West Point, NY 10996

Background:

Postmaster Kristina Tamer announced that a special pictorial postmark will be offered commemorating the West Point Graduating Class of 2021. “We will apply the postmark on any envelope that has proper postage, making it a souvenir of the West Point Graduating Class,” the postmaster said.  The postmark was designed by William Scott Fischer and bears an image of the class of 2021’s crest and motto – Until the Battle is Won.

The pictorial postmark will be available at the West Point Post Office or by mail order request through June 22nd.  Customers who are unable to get to the West Point Post Office, but wish to obtain a postmark, may submit a mail order request as follows:  Affix stamps to an envelope or postcard, address the envelopes or postcards to themselves or others, insert a card of postcard thickness in envelopes for sturdiness, and tuck in the flap. Place the envelopes or postcards in larger envelopes and address them to:

Until the Battle is Won Postmark
Postmaster
634 Swift Road
West Point, NY 10996-9998

All mail requests must arrive by June 22nd.  After applying the pictorial postmark, the Postal Service returns the items under addressed protective cover.

The Postal Service receives no tax dollars for operating expenses and relies on the sale of postage, products and services to fund its operations.

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