Mailing Valentines Postmarked with Love

There are many United States locations with names that are connected to Valentine's Day, love and romance. The post offices in many of the locations re-mail valentines each year for people who want a unique postal stamp on their valentines. You can find most of them in the U.S. Post Office link at the end of the article. Three of the most interesting are ones with on-line websites. I have provided those links below, as well.

The chamber of commerce in Loveland, Oh sponsors many activities for Valentine's Day every year. Some of the activities are a poetry contest, a contest for children to decorate the valentine character, and the annual official Loveland, OH card design contest. You can also send your cards to Loveland, OH for re-mailing. They will be stamped with the seal that is modeled after the winning card design and will be post-marked from Loveland. Click on the link below for the directions and the address to send your card to for re-mailing.

Loveland, CO postmarks and re-mails over 200, 000 cards each year from approximately 100 countries and all U. S. states. The Loveland, OH valentine program started in 1947 and has been going strong ever since. Each year there is an official Loveland, CO valentine card and it can be purchased on-line and automatically mailed for you with the Loveland, OH seal and postmark. Options from Loveland, OH include sending your own card for re-mailing, choosing on-line free e-cards or buying cards from their site. All will be sent with the Loveland, CO seal and the ones mailed will have the Loveland, CO postmark. See below for the link to the Loveland, CO valentine website.

Valentine, NE also has an on-line website with the address for mailing cards to be re-mailed with the "Valentine" postmark. It will have a seal from "heart city" . Visit their website with the link below.

Valentines, VA is another location that re-mails Valentine cards each year. See below for an interesting article in the News Virginian with the address to send your cards to if you want them mailed from this location. They will be stamped with a heart shaped stamp.

I have also included a link to the United States Postal site for other locations that re-mail Valentine cards and for samples of the seals and stamps that are used.

Loveland, Ohio
http://lovelandchamber.org/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=39&Itemid=196

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Loveland, CO
http://www.withlovefromloveland.com/

Valentine, NE
http://www.visitvalentine.com/HeartCity/Card.aspx

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Valentines, VA Article in NewsVirginian
http://www2.newsvirginian.com/wnv/news/local/article/valentines_postal_office_puts_its_own_stamp_on_valentine_greetings/51416/

U.S.P.S. articles on Valentine Re-mailing Locations and sample postmarks and seals
http://www.usps.com/communications/newsroom/localnews/co/2010/co_2010_0115.htm
http://www.usps.com/communications/newsroom/2009/pr09_013.htm