You probably have one of the zillion helpful branches nearby, but
Minicon's U.S. Post Office will feature a
Minicon 30 Pictorial Cancellation (above),
thanks to Ken Fletcher, Jim Odbert, Jeff Schalles, Geri Sullivan and Scott
Imes.In operation from noon to 4pm on Friday, Saturday and Sunday of Minicon 30, the temporary Post Office will be located in the Grand Ballroom Foyer.
At Minicon 30, the Post Office encourages us to put first class postage (32cents ) on anything (c'mon, you know what they mean!) and the clerks will be happy to cancel the stamp(s) with the Minicon 30 Pictorial Cancellation and sell us more stamps. If one wishes to send regular mail rather than keep the commemorative cancellation, the Post Office will deliver the mail with the nifty cancellation in their usual, efficient manner.
Minicon Station
Postmaster
100 S. First St., Rm. 115
Minneapolis, MN 55401-9998
As with other philatelic cancellations, the Post Office requires sufficient postage on articles to be canceled to return them by mail (32cents on a first class letter, for instance). Enclose the material to be canceled inside another envelope, addressed as above, and include a cover letter requesting a philatelic cancellation using the Minicon 30 Pictorial Cancellation. The mail will then be delivered as addressed via mail and will carry Minicon's cancellation. NB: Requests must be postmarked by the above schedule. If one wishes to protect an individual item or avoid multiple returns of items addressed to the same locale, include a SASE with sufficient postage and correctly addressed to the intended recipient of the item(s).
Artists! Create envelopes and postcards printed or hand-drawn/colored. Art lovers will find them more valuable when posted and canceled with a Pictorial Cancellation.