Collect the 2009 All Star Game Pictorial Cancellation

ST LOUIS—If you love baseball or collect sports memorabilia, you’ll want to get your pictorial cancellation celebrating the 2009 All Star Game in St. Louis.

The cancellation is free and ordering is easy. Here’s how to order:

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.

If you’d like to obtain a cancellation, affix stamps to any envelope or postcard of your choice, address the envelope or postcard to yourself or someone else, insert a card of postcard thickness in the envelopes for sturdiness, and tuck in the flap. Place the envelope or postcard in a larger envelope and address it to:

Pictorial Postmark- St. Louis Station
Wheeler Station
1140 Olive St.
St. Louis MO 63101-9998

After applying the pictorial cancellation, the Postal Service will return the envelopes through the mail. There is no charge for the cancellation. All orders must be postmarked by August 14, 2009.

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