Oil 150 1st Day Cover to be Released
The Oil Region Alliance and Oil 150 will offer a “First Day Cover” featuring a specially designed combination of the Oil 150 logo and “Celebrating the Story- Progress from Petroleum” slogan in full color. The design will be produced on a high quality # 10 white linen (70 #) envelope with a vanity stamp depicting Colonel Edwin Drake at the first commercial oil well and the August 27, 1859 date.
The cancellation will be a special USPS cancellation featuring the Oil Creek and Titusville Railroad Post Office which is affiliated with the Oil City Post office. The cancellation features a line drawing of a Densmore tank car and the August 27, 2009 date. Anyone wishing to have other mail cancelled with the postmark may do that by following regular USPS procedures only at the Main Oil City Post Office, 302 East Second Street, Oil City, PA. The cancellation will not be available for other mail at the Perry Street Railway Post Office.
Randy Seitz, CEO of the ORA said: “This First Day Cover” will make an excellent keepsake of the celebration of 150 years of the petroleum industry, which started right here in the Oil Creek Valley.”
The first day cover will become available for sale on Thursday August 27, 2009 at the Oil Creek and Titusville Railroad’s Perry Street Station at Titusville, PA. The cost of the first day cover is $5.00 (shipping additional). Advance orders will be accepted via the online store at www.oil150.com and by telephone at 814 677-3152 ext 104. A limited edition of 3,000 covers is being produced. The cover will also be available for sale at the Drake Well Museum Store and at the Oil 150 Store, 111 South Franklin Street, Titusville, PA.
The vanity stamp will also be available for sale in full sheets from the Oil Region Alliance, 217 Elm Street, Oil City, PA 16301.
Information provided by William Wingo
Oil 150 Director
The cancellation will be a special USPS cancellation featuring the Oil Creek and Titusville Railroad Post Office which is affiliated with the Oil City Post office. The cancellation features a line drawing of a Densmore tank car and the August 27, 2009 date. Anyone wishing to have other mail cancelled with the postmark may do that by following regular USPS procedures only at the Main Oil City Post Office, 302 East Second Street, Oil City, PA. The cancellation will not be available for other mail at the Perry Street Railway Post Office.
Randy Seitz, CEO of the ORA said: “This First Day Cover” will make an excellent keepsake of the celebration of 150 years of the petroleum industry, which started right here in the Oil Creek Valley.”
The first day cover will become available for sale on Thursday August 27, 2009 at the Oil Creek and Titusville Railroad’s Perry Street Station at Titusville, PA. The cost of the first day cover is $5.00 (shipping additional). Advance orders will be accepted via the online store at www.oil150.com and by telephone at 814 677-3152 ext 104. A limited edition of 3,000 covers is being produced. The cover will also be available for sale at the Drake Well Museum Store and at the Oil 150 Store, 111 South Franklin Street, Titusville, PA.
The vanity stamp will also be available for sale in full sheets from the Oil Region Alliance, 217 Elm Street, Oil City, PA 16301.
Information provided by William Wingo
Oil 150 Director
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