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Pictorial Postmarks Announcement

As a community service, the Postal ServiceTM offers pictorial postmarks to commemorate local events celebrated in communities throughout the nation. A list of events for which pictorial postmarks are authorized appears below. If available, the sponsor of the pictorial postmark appears in italics under the date. Also provided, as space permits, are illustrations of those postmarks that were reproducible and available at press time.

People attending these local events may obtain the postmark in person at the temporary Post OfficeTM station established there. Those who cannot attend the event, but who wish to obtain the postmark, may submit a mail order request. Pictorial postmarks are available only for the dates indicated, and requests must be postmarked no later than 30 days following the requested pictorial postmark date.

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 it to: PICTORIAL POSTMARKS, followed by the NAME OF THE STATION,ADDRESS, CITY, STATE, ZIP+4® CODE, exactly as listed below (using all capitals and no punctuation, except thehyphen in the ZIP+4 code).

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 returns the items (with or without addresses) under addressed protective cover.

The following postmark has been extended for 30 days.

February 1, 2006

Southern Polytechnic State University

SOUTHERN POLYTECHNIC STATE STATION

MANAGER CUSTOMER SERVICES

2886 SANDY PLAINS RD

MARIETTA GA 30066-9998

March 3, 2006

Bristol Sesquicentennial Committee

BRISTOL SESQUICENTENNIAL STATION

POSTMASTER

111 6TH ST

BRISTOL VA 24201-9998

March 5-11, 2006

Arctic Winter Games Committee

ARCTIC WINTER GAMES STATION

POSTMASTER

PO BOX 9998

ANCHOR POINT AK 99556-9998

Arctic Winter Games Committee

ARCTIC WINTER GAMES STATION

POSTMASTER

PO BOX 9998

CLAM GULCH AK 99568-9998

Arctic Winter Games Committee

ARCTIC WINTER GAMES STATION

POSTMASTER

PO BOX 9998

COOPER LANDING AK 99572-9998

Arctic Winter Games Committee

ARCTIC WINTER GAMES STATION

POSTMASTER

PO BOX 9998

GIRDWOOD AK 99587-9998

Arctic Winter Games Committee

ARCTIC WINTER GAMES STATION

POSTMASTER

PO BOX 9998

R AK 99603-9998

Arctic Winter Games Committee

ARCTIC WINTER GAMES STATION

POSTMASTER

PO BOX 9998

HOPE AK 99605-9998

Arctic Winter Games Committee

ARCTIC WINTER GAMES STATION

POSTMASTER

PO BOX 9998

KASILOF AK 99610-9998

Arctic Winter Games Committee

ARCTIC WINTER GAMES STATION

POSTMASTER

PO BOX 9998

KENAI AK 99611-9998

Arctic Winter Games Committee

ARCTIC WINTER GAMES STATION

POSTMASTER

PO BOX 9998

MOOSE PASS AK 99631-9998

Arctic Winter Games Committee

ARCTIC WINTER GAMES STATION

POSTMASTER

PO BOX 9998

NINILCHIK AK 99639-9998

Arctic Winter Games Committee

ARCTIC WINTER GAMES STATION

POSTMASTER

PO BOX 9998

SEWARD AK 99664-9998

Arctic Winter Games Committee

ARCTIC WINTER GAMES STATION

POSTMASTER

PO BOX 9998

SOLDOTNA AK 99669-9998

Arctic Winter Games Committee

ARCTIC WINTER GAMES STATION

POSTMASTER

PO BOX 9998

STERLING AK 99672-9998

—Stamp Services,
Government Relations, 3-2-06