Postal Service Commemorates Flight 93
with Special Pictorial Cancellation

SHANKSVILLE—The U.S. Postal Service will offer a Flight 93 pictorial cancellation to commemorate the heroes of Sept. 11, 2001. 33 passengers and seven crew members died when Flight 93, en route to San Francisco from Newark, NJ was hijacked by four terrorists and crashed near Shanksville.

The cancellation will bear the image of the Flight 93 “Memorial Chapel Station” to commemorate the heroes of Flight 93. It is the sixth pictorial cancellation offered by the Shanksville post office to honor those who lost their lives on the eighth anniversary of the United Flight 93 crash.

The special postmark will be offered beginning Sept. 11 at the Shanksville Post Office and will be available for 30 days afterwards. “It is our privilege to offer this special cancellation and our duty to not forget the 40 lives lost on September 11, 2001,” said Shanksville Officer-In-Charge Debrah Anderson. “This is our tribute to honor the acts of heroism achieved aboard Flight 93, and as benefactors, show appreciation for their courage and ultimate sacrifice.”

The Shanksville Post Office will also have a temporary outdoor postal station open from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. pm on September 11. The Flight 93 postmark will be available at that location.

Pictorial cancellations are offered as a community service by the Postal Service to commemorate local events nationwide. They are prized by collectors, and saved by non-collectors who want keepsakes of these memorable events. The cancellation can be obtained in person by visiting the temporary post office station at the event. The cancellation can also be obtained through the mail, provided the request is postmarked within 30 days of the event.

Customers wishing to obtain a cancellation should affix the correct stamps to any envelope or postcard of choice, address the envelope or postcard to one’s self or others insert cardstock of postcard thickness to prevent bending, and tuck in the flap. Place it in a larger envelope and mail it to:

PICTORIAL CANCELLATIONS
FLT 93 MEMORIAL CHAPEL STATION
422 STUTZMANTOWN RD
SHANKSVILLE PA 15560-9998

After applying the pictorial cancellation, the Postal Service will return the envelope or postcard through the mail. Anyone wanting their item returned under protective cover should include a larger, self-addressed, stamped envelope.