Postmarking the Holidays

The Postal Service is offering two holiday postmarks this year.

From December 1 - January 4, all First-Class Mail stamps will be canceled using the national postmark, which shows Santa Claus and his sleigh of reindeer flying over treetops.

Additionally, customers can have stamps on holiday cards canceled using a North Pole postmark.
Here’s how to do it:

• Customers should personalize their greeting cards as usual.

• Address the envelopes and affix them with holiday stamps.

• Put the envelopes in a larger envelope, such as a Priority Mail Flat Rate Envelope, or a Priority Mail box.

• Put postage on the larger envelope or box and mail it to: North Pole
Postmark, Postmaster, 4141 Postmark Drive, Anchorage, AK 99530-9998.

USPS recommends mailing the larger envelope or box by December 8. The USPS Holiday Newsroom site has more information about holiday stamps and postmarks.