PENINSULA HOSTS EVENT CANCELLATION THROUGH MAY*
Unless you`ve visited the New Academy at 1741 Main Street in Peninsula, it`s not likely you`re acquainted with a certain fixture on the first floor of Peninsula`s 1851 secondary school.
Time permitting, the current owner will signal the arrival of a so-called Window of Opportunity involving the Total Eclipse of 2024 from April 8 to May 8, 2024 by erecting a replica of this indoor/outdoor in his front yard on April 1. Stay tuned for last-minute developments.
Our local post office will be the only postal facility equipped with the unique cancellation design created by former Peninsula resident and chairperson of Akron University`s Art Department. It can be applied to mail originating from here under the following conditions:
(1) The piece must have the proper postage by weight and destination. For example: $0.68 for a one-ounce domestic letter or $0.53 for a postcard.
(2) Do not put the item in the outdoor box or inside receptacles but request counter service.
(3) Tell the clerk whether they should place the item in their non-machinable tray for further processing/delivery or ask for the item to be returned to you at the counter. Such items as leave with you cannot be put into the mail afterwards because the stamp(s) will have already been cancelled and therefore no longer valid.
(4) Clerks are forbidden to apply this dated cancellation stamp before April 8 but can do so afterwards until the device is destroyed per regulation.
(5) Items (together with an addressed/stamped return envelope) may be mailed to:
Postmaster
1921 Bronson St.
Peninsula, OH 44264
Special Cancel design contributed by artist Walt Herip
Few communities in the zone of totality here in Northeastern Ohio have made postal preparations. A tip of the hat goes to our Postmaster Taylor and her team.
*The Eclipse is not being cancelled. It will only be stamps.
| Ed Andros |