![]() To find out more about the postmark, visit the Australia Post website.įor more information on the Belconnen Owl statue, visit the Arts ACT website. Īlthough the postmark will not appear on all outgoing mail, customers can make a request to have their mail stamped when they post from the Belconnen post office. Earlier this week we received a self-addressed letter from Japan requesting the new postmark.”īelconnen’s new permanent pictorial postmark will begin appearing on. They need to design the postmark, get it. These days anyone can sponsor a postmark. “I’ve been surprised already with the amount of interest we’ve had outside of Belconnen and from collectors. Pictorial postmarks are also known as Special Handstamps/Postmarks. “Postmarks are usually released earlier in the year but because of the significance of the 12th of May, we decided to delay the release to coincide with the 11th anniversary of the statue." “The idea of a permanent Belconnen pictorial postmark was initially pitched by one of our team members, I then looked into the process and submitted our application to the Australia Post head office in Melbourne,” said Bradley. The postmark will begin to appear from, which is 11 years after the Owl statue’s official unveiling in 2011.īradley Stanhope, manager at the Belconnen Post office.īradley Stanhope, manager of the Belconnen post office was the driving force behind the stamp’s development and is ecstatic to see the stamp through to completion. Ninox Stenua is an occasional visitor to the ACT and has been sighted in the Australian National Botanic Gardens, Canberra Nature Park and Namadgi National Park. The famous sculpture, made by Bruce Armstrong, was commissioned in 2011 and depicts Ninox Strenua, the largest owl species in Australia. The stamp will now feature on outbound mail from the Belconnen post centre.Ī postal worker will stamp the postmark, an imprint that indicates the date and place, onto letters and parcels when the item enters the Australia Post mailing system. Farm Show visit For more information about the postal service visit or for information on how to request a pictorial postmark visit To reach writer Donna Rovins call 61.Sending a letter from the Belconnen post office any time soon? The recipient might get a real hoot out of it.īelconnen’s landmark sculpture, the Powerful Owl, has been symbolised as the region’s postmark by Australia Post. The post office will then create the rubber stamper.” She added that if the postal service can’t get an employee to the event, the postmark can be done at the local post office, or event coordinators can sell envelopes that already have been postmarked.įor information about the Pa. “They would then submit the artwork, and follow specific requirements. “They just need to send a letter to the postmaster explaining the event and that they would like a pictorial cancellation,” she said. Mazurkiewicz said the postal service frequently processes requests for special postmarks, and that any organization can request it. ![]() Mazurkiewicz said people who want the special postmark after the event can send an envelope with a first class stamp and a return address inside a larger envelope with a request for the Farm Show cancellation. The postal station is located in the Friends of the Farm Show Foundation (booth #0097) by the stage.Ĭollectors and out of town requests for the special cancellation will be processed for 30 days at the Harrisburg Post Office, 1425 Crooked Hill Road, Harrisburg, 17107-9998. at the Pennsylvania Farm Show Complex and Expo Center. The postmark is available through Friday, Jan. The one-of-a-kind commemorative cancellation is also included in the “Hold Your Horses! The Pennsylvania Farm Show at 100” book, available for sale during the event. So it costs a minimum of 49 cents,” Mazurkiewicz said. The only charge for the commemorative cancellation is the cost of the stamp. ![]() “You can put the stamp on anything – a program souvenir, a postcard or piece of mail. Only items bearing uncanceled postage stamps at the applicable First-Class Mail rate are eligible for the pictorial postmarking at the Farm Show. “There are collectors that collect stamps and cancels, but for the average person it is another way of commemorating a visit or event.” This one has a date and a year, and it has the station on it. “The postmarks make excellent souvenirs of special dates and events. Special cancellations are collectors’ items, she said, and differ from official cancellations because they do not carry a time stamp. “Because of the special nature of this year’s show – the 100th – it lends itself to doing the pictorial postmark,” said Karen Mazurkiewicz, USPS spokeswoman. In addition, the event will be an official postal station, with personnel on hand to issue the postmark for collectors and visitors. HARRISBURG > The United States Postal Service is offering a special postmark to commemorate the 100th Pennsylvania Farm Show, being held this week in Harrisburg.
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