Going postal...

From Meridian Magazine:

Some things only happen once in your lifetime. Celebrating the 200^th year anniversary of Joseph Smith's birth was one of those rare events. As if to help us understand the significance of the experience we'd shared together as a people, President Hinckley told us at the end of the celebration that he was adjourning it for another hundred years.

You are probably like us. We like to remember the significant experiences of our lives.

Soon after we were in Sharon, Vermont covering the Joseph Smith Bicentennial Celebration in December we learned a wonderful thing: In honor of Joseph Smith and this significant milestone in history, the United States Postal Service issued a commemorative cancellation stamp. It would only be used in the tiny Sharon, Vermont Post Office (Zip Code 05065) and only from December 23, 2005 to January 23, 2006.

Yes, this is for real. The USPS had a limited-time only stamp cancelation graphic comemorating the birth of Joseph Smith.

Does anyone else find this not only creepy but weird?

I'm glad I don't know anyone in Sharon, Vermont that would have sent me a letter.

Eric