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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
contact: Mike Hocker, Executive Director
Ohio Lincoln Highway Heritage Corridor
419-468-6773
120 Harding Way East, Galion, OH 44833
Packgpwr@bright.net
Post Offices to Do Special Cancellation During BUY-WAY Yard Sale
List of participating locations.
Galion, Ohio -- Through special
arrangements with the U.S. Postal Service, all post office locations
across all alignments of Ohio's Lincoln Highway will be providing a
special pictorial cancellation during the second Annual BUY-WAY Yard
Sale this August.
According to the Canton Regional Customer Relations Coordinator, Ann
L. Frank, an unprecedented thirty-nine post offices will participate
in a cachet cover cancellation to commemorate the Lincoln Highway and
its BUY-WAY Yard Sale on both Thursday, August 10 and Friday, August
11 of the yard sale. The service will not be available the last day of
the sale, Saturday, August 13.
"Each community will have its own unique cancellation stamp for each
day, and this will be used upon request for anyone wanting their
regular outgoing mail cancelled that way," Ann said, "and in addition,
a beautifully designed commemorative Ohio Lincoln HIghway BUY-WAY Yard
Sale envelope will also be available along with one of the new
nationally released 'Superlative' 39¢ stamps." This is a longstanding
tradition with the Post office, and is called a cachet cover
cancellation. It is highly sought after by philatelists and history
buffs, alike."
In many communities, postal employees will actually set up a table
along the sidewalk on the highway. For example, Dalton's post office
has arranged with the local historical society to display old photos
of the road through town as well as perform cancellations at a table
on the street. Other post offices will simply have the cancellation
available inside at the window.
"This new stamp series ties in the theme of the Lincoln HIghway being
one of our nation's superlatives, also," remarked Frank, who went on
to point out the Highway was America's "first" Coast-to-coast paved
road in 1913.
BUY-WAY shoppers will not only be able to collect their favorite finds
along the yard sale, but also can collect all thirty-nine (times two
days) of the special cancellations. The cachet covers, or specially
cancelled Lincoln HIghway envelopes will also be available by sending
a request to the individual post office until September 12, 2006.
Collectors are urged to call the post office for prices and details.
For a list of participating communities and more details as they
become available, visit the
list of participating
locations.
Contact: Mike Hocker
Package Power, Inc.
120 Harding Way East #106
Galion, OH 44833
419-468-6773
Fax: 419-468-5139
email at Packgpwr@bright.net
website at:
packagepowerdesign.com
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