Civil War Pictorial Postmark cancellation stamps for Chenango County townships began with Mt Upton,town of Guilford on April 12th. The second took place in Guilford on the 24th. This being an historical first, as such a large group of Post Offices in New York State will participate in a united pictorial postmark. You can mail a self addressed stamp envelope to the PO to obtain the postmark and attend the PO but, the MT UPTON postmark can only be used with the Civil War stamps released prior to the "Forever" stamps to be released on April 24th 2012. However, you can use the "Forever" stamps in Guilford on the 24th and 30 days after. All post offices can postmark for 30 days when they are mailed in.
The challenge is for you to obtain all 20. They make great collectors items. You can also design your own "cache" as with the envelope posted or use just a plain business size #10 envelope. The reason is that the cancellation is pretty big and works better with the business size...you can use a regular size but it will not appear as neat.
Here is the Post Office Schedule so far for the cancellation stamps. Be sure to buy your forever stamps when they are released as they will go fast. There may be additions to this list so stay tuned:
Dates for Pictorial Postmark and Display – These dates have been sent to the Post Office in Albany. They may make or suggest changes based on their schedule. Each of the Chenango county Post Offices will also have a display of the Post Office in the Civil War.
Mount Upton April 12, 2012 – Pictorial Postmark
April 2nd – April 13, 2012 – Postal/Civil War Display
Guilford April 24, 2012 – Pictorial Postmark ** First Day of Issue CW Forever Stamp
April 16th – April 27, 2012 – Postal/Civil War Display
Greene May 16, 2012 – Pictorial Postmark
May 9th – May 23, 2012 – Postal/Civil War Display
Afton June 13, 2012 – Pictorial Postmark
June 6th – June 20, 2012 – Postal/Civil War Display
Bainbridge July 18, 2012 – Pictorial Postmark
July 11th – July 25, 2012 – Postal/Civil War Display
Sherburne August 15, 2012 – Pictorial Postmark
August 8th – August 22, 2012 – Postal/Civil War Display
Norwich September 19, 2012 – Pictorial Postmark
September 12th – September 26, 2012 – Postal/Civil War Display
Oxford October 10, 2012 – Pictorial Postmark
October 1st – October 12, 2012 – Postal/Civil War Display
South Otselic October 24, 2012 – Pictorial Postmark
October 15th – October 26, 2012 – Postal/Civil War Display
Smithville Flats November 14, 2012 – Pictorial Postmark
November 1st – November 16, 2012 – Postal/Civil War Display
NO DISPLAYS DURING DECEMBER
North Norwich January 9, 2013 – Pictorial Postmark
January 7th – January 18, 2013 – Postal/Civil War Display
McDonough February 6, 2013 – Pictorial Postmark
February 4th – February 15, 2013 – Postal/Civil War Display
Pitcher March 13, 2013 – Pictorial Postmark
March 4th – March 15, 2013 – Postal/Civil War Display
North Pitcher March 27, 2013 – Pictorial Postmark
March 18th – March 29, 2013 – Postal/Civil War Display
Plymouth April 3, 2013 – Pictorial Postmark
April 1st – April 12, 2013 – Postal/Civil War Display
South Plymouth April 24, 2013 – Pictorial Postmark
April 17th – April 30, 2013 – Postal/Civil War Display
Smyrna May 8, 2013 – Pictorial Postmark
May 1st – May 15, 2013 – Postal/Civil War Display
South New Berlin June 19, 2013 – Pictorial Postmark
June 12 – June 26, 2013 – Postal/Civil War Display
New Berlin July 17, 2013 – Pictorial Postmark
July 10 – July 24, 2013 – Postal/Civil War Display
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