Special postmark for out Town and Wreaths Across America

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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASEContact: Tom RizzoNovember 29, 2011(O) 207-482-7111(C) 207-232-8142Release No. 12-14                                                                               Thomas.p.rizzo@usps.govColumbia Falls Post Office Offers Special Holiday Postmark
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We got a special postmark for Wreaths Across America.  Our Town of Columbia Falls, Maine is there hometown. Local guy started it 20 years ago.  http://www.wreathsacrossamerica.org/
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COLUMBIA FALLS – The Columbia Falls Post Office will be offering a special pictorial postmark tocelebrate the holidays. On Saturday, December 10 from 8:15 a.m. to 11 p.m. at 169 Main Street, Columbia Falls, Postmaster NormaLyons will stamp letters and postcards with a unique postmark documenting the historic event. Speciallyauthorized by the U.S. Postal Service, this special postmark is a wonderful way to take home aninexpensive souvenir of the occasion.Customers can request the special postmark free-of-charge by mail for 30 days after the event by sendinga self-addressed, stamped envelope containing the letter or envelope they wish to be cancelled to:Postmaster, 169 Main Street, Columbia Falls, ME 04623-9998."We will be happy to cancel and mail back any letters that our customers mail in," said Postmaster Lyons."Customers may also bring in their own envelopes to obtain a postmark that they can take home as akeepsake."For more information, customers may call Columbia Falls Postmaster Norma Lyons or Postmaster ReliefDale Smith at 207 483-2302.# # #A self-supporting government enterprise, the U.S. Postal Service is the only delivery service that reaches everyaddress in the nation, 150 million residences, businesses and Post Office Boxes. The Postal Service receives no taxdollars for operating expenses, and relies on the sale of postage, products and services to fund its operations. With32,000 retail locations and the most frequently visited website in the federal government, usps.com, the Postal Servicehas annual revenue of more than $67 billion and delivers nearly 40 percent of the world's mail. If it were a privatesector company, the U.S. Postal Service would rank 29th in the 2010 Fortune 500. Black Enterprise and HispanicBusiness magazines ranked the Postal Service as a leader in workforce diversity. The Postal Service has been namedthe Most Trusted Government Agency six consecutive years and the sixth Most Trusted Business in the nation by thePonemon Institute.