Kill Devil Hills, NC

            The town of Kill Devil Hills is located on the Outer Banks of North Carolina - a series of barrier islands threatened by erosion and rising sea levels. Some homes have already been destroyed as the coastline shifts inland. I asked the post office about this issue and he wrote back with this note, stressing the possible closure of his post office. 

Colville Lake, NT

After a long absence, I'm dipping back into my digital archive of postmark notes from when I was more active. This is from the small community of Colville Lake in the Northwest Territories of Canada. The town is located 31 miles north of the Arctic circle.

Punxsutawney, PA

After watching Groundhog Day for the first time, I had to get a postmark from the notorious town, Punxsutawney. I was pleasantly surprised to see some special stamps....

Atqasuk, AK

First Airmail Flight

Prudhoe Bay, AK

Cowpens National Battlefield

I don't know if any of you are familiar with the National Parks Passport....but at most National Parks, you can get a stamp that resembles a postmark as a small souvenir. When I worked at Congaree National Park, I found a way to combine postmark collecting with National Park stamp collecting. I stamped a card with the park's stamp, and then had it sent to me from the post office that delivered the park's mail. I found this postcard at a coin and stamp shop. It was too perfect that I couldn't resist doing the same thing for Cowpens National Battlefield. Only this time, I had to mail the card first to Cowpens and ask them to then forward it to the post office. This was my first time attempting this and I'm happy to report that Cowpens graciously complied with my odd request. Here is the result.