I posted this in another thread, but I'm hoping to get this to as many interested readers as possible. I found this in the newspaper the other day, and I found the complete text on the paper's web site.
Anchorage Daily News Here's a quote of the article...
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Postal Service provides instructions for North Pole postmark
The Associated Press
ANCHORAGE(December 3, 6:25 p.m. AST) - The United States Postal Service says customers wanting a North Pole postmark on their holiday cards and letters are facing a Dec. 15 deadline.
The Postal Service says to receive a North Pole postmark customers should purchase stamps at any post office and affix them to the envelopes.
The letters should be placed in a larger envelope addressed to North Pole Christmas Cancellation, Postmaster, 5400 Mail Trail, Fairbanks, Alaska, 99709-9999.
The envelopes must arrive in Fairbanks by Dec. 15 so that the North Pole postmark can be processed.