PrintFOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Contact: Media Relations 202-268-2155
December 2, 2004
News Release No. 04-087
www.usps.com
HOLIDAY-THEMED POSTMARKS MAKE GREETING CARDS SPECIAL KEEPSAKES
WASHINGTON, DC - Have your greeting cards postmarked from Bethlehem, Christmas, Nazareth, Rudolph or nearly 100 other holiday-themed communities. These special holiday postmarks tell your friends and loved ones that you "went that extra mile" to make this season's greeting special.
You can get these postmarks without leaving town.
Just follow three easy steps:
- Place your stamped, addressed greeting cards in a large envelope or box, labeled "Holiday Greeting Card Re-Mailing."
- Address to "Postmaster" of the town where you would like your cards postmarked.
- Take it to your local Post Office to be weighed and mailed.
Holiday-themed Community Name Postmarks
- Advent WV 25231
- Angeles PR 00611
- Angels Camp CA 95222
- Antler ND 58711
- Antlers OK 74523
- Bell CA 90201
- Bell FL 32619
- Bethlehem CT 06751
- Bethlehem GA 30620
- Bethlehem IN 47104
- Bethlehem MD 21609
- Bethlehem NH 03574
- Bethlehem PA 18016
- Chestnut IL 62518
- Christmas FL 32709
- Christmas MI 49862* (community post office of Munising)
- Evergreen AL 36401
- Evergreen CO 80439
- Evergreen MT 59901* (branch of Kalilspell Post Office)
- Evergreen NC 28438
- Evergreen VA 23939
- Faith NC 28041
- Frost MN 56033
- Garland ME 04939
- Garland NC 28441
- Garland PA 16416
- Garland TX 75040
- Garland UT 84312
- Holly CO 81047
- Holly MI 48442
- Hope AK 99605
- Hope AR 71801
- Hope IN 47246
- Hope MI 48628
- Hope MN 56046
- Hope NJ 07844
- Hope RI 02831
- Joseph OR 97846
- Joseph City AZ 86032
- Joy IL 61260
- Nazareth MI 49074
- Nazareth PA 18064
- Nazareth TX 79063
- Noel MO 64854
- North Pole AK 99707* (station of Fairbanks -- address "North Pole Christmas Cancellation/ Postmaster/ 5400 Mail Trail/ Fairbanks AK")
- North Pole NY 12997* (address "Santa's Workshop Station")
- Partridge KS 67566
- Rudolph OH 43462
- Rudolph WI 54475
- Saint Joseph IL 61873
- Saint Joseph MI 49085
- Saint Joseph MN 56374
- Saint Joseph TN 38481
- Saint Mary KY 40063
- Saint Mary MO 63673
- Saint Mary MT 59417* (community post office of Browning)
- Saint Marys AK 99658
- Saint Marys GA 31558
- Saint Marys KS 66536
- Saint Marys PA 15857
- Saint Marys WV 26170
- Santa Claus IN 47579
- Shepherd MI 48883
- Shepherd MT 59079
- Snow OK 74567
- Snowflake AZ 85937
- Snow Shoe PA 16874
- Spruce MI 48762
- Star MS 39167
- Star NC 27356
- Star TX 76880
- Starlight PA 18461
- Surprise NY 12176
- Wiseman AR 72587
Since 1775, the U.S. Postal Service has connected friends, families, neighbors and businesses by mail. It is an independent federal agency that visits 142 million homes and businesses every day and is the only service provider delivering to every address in the nation. The Postal Service receives no taxpayer dollars for routine operations, but derives its operating revenues solely from the sale of postage, products and services. With annual revenues of more than $68.9 billion, it is the world's leading provider of mailing and delivery services, offering some of the most affordable postage rates in the world. The U.S. Postal Service delivers more than 46 percent of the world's mail volume-some 202 billion letters, advertisements, periodicals and packages a year-and serves seven million customers each day at its 40,000 retail locations nationwide.