Post Marks Spread Holiday Cheer
December 6th, 2009 admin
Glenn Estus, president of the Vermont Philatelic Society was interviewed on WCAX-TV in Burlington, Vermont about holiday postmarks. Shown in the piece are holiday covers being cancelled at the North Pole, New York and Bethlehem, New Hampshire post offices. Glenn (shown above) writes on the Virtual Stamp Club website,”… the postal clerk was actually the general manager of the Santa’s Workshop theme park. In the winter time…
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