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February 08, 2013

Anti-Valentine's Postmarks

AntivalentineWe've told you before about the fun practice of sending your valentines to a Postmaster in order to get a neat cancellation mark from a place like Loveland, CO or Valentine, NE. But what if you can't stand that lovey-dovey, hearts and flowers stuff? Never fear, there are postmarks for you too! Postal News Blog listed some great anti-Valentine's cities. To obtain the town's postmark, address your valentine, affix a First-Class Mail postage stamp and put it into a larger envelope, also with postage (probably $0.66), and address it to VALENTINE’S DAY POSTMARK, POSTMASTER, and then add any of the addresses below.

1701 S MAIN ST BROKEN ARROW OK 74012-9998
4722 WAISANEN RD EMBARRASS MN 55732-9998
101 S EDWARDS ST INDEPENDENCE CA 93526-9998
1701 EL NIDO DIABLO CA 94528-9998
665 6TH ST SOUR LAKE TX 77659-9998
3701 US 52 HWY COWARD SC 29530-9998

(Shredded heart valentine from CarbonNYC on Flickr under a Creative Commons Usage)

Donovan

Posted at 09:00 AM in Postmarks & Cancellations |

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