Post office to offer special cancellation

Stacy Barnes

The Mustang Post Office will offer a special cancellation beginning Thurs., Jan. 11 at 10 a.m.

The cancellation pays tribute to the state's centennial. Collectors are expected to take advantage of Thursday's cancellation. Mustang Postmaster Cindy Thrift said there are several collectors in the area.

Each of Oklahoma's 567 post offices have their own unique stamp and will have two special commemorative envelopes, or caches, available as well.

Thrift said many collectors will put the special Oklahoma stamp on the cache and then have the cancellation put on.

"People must come in and bring an envelope with first class postage or must purchase first class postage, and they must ask for the special cancellation," Thrift said. "It's a big rubber stamp and you just capture the left side, just enough to cancel the stamp."

The special cancellation will be available throughout the year. The commemorative stamps and envelopes are only available while supplies last. Thrift said she only received 40 of each of the envelopes.