First Day of Issue and First Day of Sale Postmarks

The Postal Service has authorized a first-day-of-issue postmark design for the first-day-of-issue ceremony in Washington, DC, where all 10 stamps in the coil will be dedicated on June 14. The Postal Service has also autho­rized a first-day-of-sale postmark for dedication events held on June 14 in cities other than the officially designated first-day-of-issue city. Customers have 60 days to obtain the first-day-of-issue and the first-day-of-sale postmarks by mail.

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Customers desiring the first-day-of-issue postmark should affix the stamps to envelopes of their choice, address the envelopes to themselves, or others, and place them in a larger envelope addressed to:

FLAGS OF OUR NATION
FIRST DAY OF ISSUE POSTMARK
POSTMASTER
PO BOX 92282
WASHINGTON DC 20066-9998

After applying the postmark, the Postal Service will return the envelopes through the mail. There is no charge for the postmark. All requests must be postmarked by August 15, 2008.