Special St. Pat's Postmark

It’s not always that things go to plan, but they did this month, at least for me. Last month when I mailed out St. Valentine’s Day cards well in advance, a woman who lives four houses down from me didn’t get hers until a month later. I made sure, when I mailed out my St. Patrick’s Day cards, that I also included a greeting for a Happy Easter in case there was a duplicate of that scenario. 

 
I decided to mail the St. Patrick’s Day cards on the first of the month, doing so via Saint Patrick, Missouri in order to get their special postmark as I mentioned in this post. I was so pleased to see mine arrive on the 17th. I said that I would share what the postmark for this year looked like, and here it is. This is a nice service that they offer, free of charge, and it adds so much to the envelope.

I did learn that there is an Easter, South Dakota, but it’s a small town and they don’t have a post office. Unfortunately. ;-)

 

St. Patrick's Day Cards

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 I just put this year’s St. Patrick’s Day cards into the mail, via Saint Patrick, Missouri, in order to obtain their special postmark, available for the entire month of March. This has become somewhat of a tradition with me. I don’t go crazy embellishing the envelopes, because their lovely postmark and accompanying cachet (in green ink, no less) is nice enough on its own. If you would like to do the same, address your envelopes, stamp them, package them up, and mail to:

 Postmaster (Special Postmark Request)
Saint Patrick Post Office
Two Erin Circle
Saint Patrick, MO 63466

 

 It is probably too late to get cards for this year, but you can get some lovely cards from Amazon here, here, and here. So, plan ahead for next year. It is really great fun! This one is a real wowzer.

I’ll post a picture of what the postmark looks like when my card is received. Yes, I always send one to myself as well.