Pictorial Postmarks Announcement

As a community service, the Postal Service™ offers pictorial postmarks to commemorate local events celebrated in communities throughout the nation. A list of events for which pictorial postmarks are authorized appears on the following pages. The sponsor of the pictorial postmark appears in italics under the date. Also provided are illustrations of these postmarks.

People attending these local events may obtain the postmark in person at the temporary Post Office™ 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 must 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, as listed next to the postmark.

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 pictorial postmarks have been extended for 30 days:

Postmark

April 14–15, 2018

SOPEX

Medford, OR Station

Postmaster/Philatelic Services

173 Ehrman Way

Medford, OR 97501-9998

Postmark

April 18, 2018

The North Carolina Civil War and Reconstruction History Center

Museum of the Cape Fear Station

Postmaster

301 Green Street, Suite 200

Fayetteville, NC 28301-9998

Postmark

April 21, 2018

United States Postal Service

Portsmouth Village Station

Postmaster

PO Box 9997

Ocracoke, NC 27960-9997

Postmark

April 21, 2018

Stephen Decatur Chapter 4, Universal Ship Cancellation Society

Commissioning Station — USS Portland

Philatelic Services/Postmarks

PO Box 2229

Portland, OR 97208-2229

Postmark

May 1, 2018

City of San Antonio Tricentennial Committee

Tricentennial Station

Postmaster

1140 South Laredo Street

San Antonio, TX 78204-9998

 

 

Postmark

April 28, 2018

Boyce Railway Foundation Depot

DK Office Station

Postmaster

112 West Main Street

Boyce, VA 22620-9998

Postmark

April 28, 2018

Kalamazoo Stamp Club

WWl Polar Bear Station

Postmaster

PO Box 9998

Comstock, MI 49041-9998

Postmark

April 30, 2018

Stephen Decatur Chapter #4, Universal Ship Cancellation Society

Fleet Week Station — Port Everglades

Postmaster

1900 West Oakland Park Boulevard, Suite 103

Fort Lauderdale, FL 33310-9998

Postmark

May 1, 2018

American Legion

Lueders Annual Fish Day Station

Postmaster

125 East Main

Lueders, TX 79533-9998

Postmark

May 3, 2018

Wilmington Philatelic Society

Sub Station

Postmaster

152 North Front Street

Wilmington, NC 28401-9998

Postmark

May 5, 2018

WISCOPEX

WISCOPEX Station

Postmaster

PO Box 9998

Reedsburg, WI 53959-9998

Postmark

May 5, 2018

Friends of Vista House

100th Anniversary Station

Postmaster/Philatelic Services

36046 East Historic Columbia River Highway

Corbett, OR 97019-9998

Postmark

May 5, 2018

Boy Scouts of America

Thunderbase Station

Postmaster

40 South Walnut Street

Chillicothe, OH 45601-9998

Postmark

May 5, 2018

Sam Quito Padilla

Sevilleta National Wildlife Refuge Station

Postmaster

PO Box 9998

La Joya, NM 87028-9998

Postmark

May 7, 2018

United States Postal Service

Lone Star Station

Manager Retail

1 Post Office Drive

San Antonio, TX 78284-8401

Postmark

May 8, 2018

United States Postal Service

Fiesta Station

Manager Retail

1 Post Office Drive

San Antonio, TX 78284-8401

Postmark

May 9, 2018

United States Postal Service

Alamo City Station

Manager Retail

1 Post Office Drive

San Antonio, TX 78284-8401

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