Philately

NOTICE

Stamp Stock Items Withdrawn From Regular Sale and From Sale at Philatelic Centers

Effective close of business June 30, 2006, all Post OfficesTM, stations, branches, postal stores, vending outlets, and authorized philatelic centers must (1) withdraw the stamp stock items and products listed below and their related vending and store-prepared stamp items from sale and (2) prepare them for destruction. Submit items to destruction sites according to local established procedures, under the guidelines in Handbook F-1, Post Office Accounting Procedures, subchapter 45, Destroying Stamp Stock.

Do not permit sales of the stamp stock items, products, and their related vending and store-prepared stamp items listed below at retail counters and outlets after June 30, 2006, unless otherwise instructed. Items listed are also withdrawn from sale at Stamp Fulfillment Services.

— Stamp Services,
Government Relations, 6-8-06

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.

June 17, 2006

U.S. Postal Service

ILLINOIS NATIONAL ROAD FESTIVAL STATION

POSTMASTER

PO BOX 9998

JEWETT IL 62436-9998

U.S. Postal Service

ILLINOIS NATIONAL ROAD FESTIVAL STATION

POSTMASTER

PO BOX 9998

HAGARSTOWN IL 62247-9998

June 17, 2006

U.S. Postal Service

ILLINOIS NATIONAL ROAD FESTIVAL STATION

POSTMASTER

PO BOX 9998

HIGHLAND IL 62249-9998

U.S. Postal Service

ILLINOIS NATIONAL ROAD FESTIVAL STATION

POSTMASTER

PO BOX 9998

MULBERRY GROVE IL 62262-9998

U.S. Postal Service

ILLINOIS NATIONAL ROAD FESTIVAL STATION

POSTMASTER

PO BOX 9998

SMITHBORO IL 62284-9998

U.S. Postal Service

ILLINOIS NATIONAL ROAD FESTIVAL STATION

POSTMASTER

PO BOX 9998

ST JACOB IL 62281-9998

U.S. Postal Service

ILLINOIS NATIONAL ROAD FESTIVAL STATION

POSTMASTER

PO BOX 9998

TROY IL 62294-9998

— Stamp Services,
Government Relations, 6-8-06

— Mailing Standards, Pricing and Classification, 6-8-06