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<DIV class=HTMLTitle><SPAN id=Ar0080000 style="TEXT-JUSTIFY: newspaper; TEXT-ALIGN: justify">Flood of new sprayed-on postmark machines installed in early 2006 </SPAN></DIV><BR style="FONT-WEIGHT: normal; FONT-SIZE: 5px; LINE-HEIGHT: normal; FONT-STYLE: normal; FONT-VARIANT: normal"><BR style="FONT-WEIGHT: normal; FONT-SIZE: 5px; LINE-HEIGHT: normal; FONT-STYLE: normal; FONT-VARIANT: normal">
<DIV class=HTMLByline><SPAN id=Ar0080007 style="TEXT-JUSTIFY: newspaper; TEXT-ALIGN: justify">By Jay Bigalke </SPAN><BR style="FONT-WEIGHT: normal; FONT-SIZE: 5px; LINE-HEIGHT: normal; FONT-STYLE: normal; FONT-VARIANT: normal"></DIV><BR style="FONT-WEIGHT: normal; FONT-SIZE: 5px; LINE-HEIGHT: normal; FONT-STYLE: normal; FONT-VARIANT: normal">
<DIV class=HTMLContent style="OVERFLOW: auto"><SPAN id=Ar0080001 style="TEXT-JUSTIFY: newspaper; TEXT-ALIGN: justify"></SPAN><BR><SPAN style="TEXT-JUSTIFY: newspaper; TEXT-ALIGN: justify"><!----> <!---->Many more United States mail-processing centers began using new sprayed-on postmark technology in late January and early February. So far, 109 locations are using the new sprayed-ons. </SPAN><BR><SPAN style="TEXT-JUSTIFY: newspaper; TEXT-ALIGN: justify"><!----> <!---->Fifteen new mail distribution facilities are using the new sprayed-on postmarks and are listed in the table nearby. Recent city or regional postmarks are shown nearby, graphically cropped from envelopes. </SPAN><BR><SPAN style="TEXT-JUSTIFY: newspaper; TEXT-ALIGN: justify"><!----> <!---->Only new sprayed-on postmarks received by Linn’s after Feb. 7 are listed in the chart nearby. </SPAN><BR><SPAN style="TEXT-JUSTIFY: newspaper; TEXT-ALIGN: justify"><!----> <!---->Readers interested in ob</SPAN><SPAN id=Ar0080002 style="TEXT-JUSTIFY: newspaper; TEXT-ALIGN: justify">taining a listing of all of the locations to date should </SPAN><SPAN id=Ar0080003 style="TEXT-JUSTIFY: newspaper; TEXT-ALIGN: justify">send a No. 10 return envelope franked with 39¢ post</SPAN><SPAN id=Ar0080004 style="TEXT-JUSTIFY: newspaper; TEXT-ALIGN: justify">age to the address given at the end of this article. </SPAN><SPAN id=Ar0080005 style="TEXT-JUSTIFY: newspaper; TEXT-ALIGN: justify"></SPAN><BR><SPAN style="TEXT-JUSTIFY: newspaper; TEXT-ALIGN: justify"><!----> <!---->Cities previously reported to be using the postmarks were listed in the Nov. 21, 2005, issue, page 8; Dec. 26, 2005, issue, page 14; Feb. 13, page 13; and Feb. 20, page 15. </SPAN><BR><SPAN style="TEXT-JUSTIFY: newspaper; TEXT-ALIGN: justify"><!----> <!---->More than 270 cities with regional mail-processing centers are expected to transition to sprayed-on cancels by the end of summer 2006. Approximately 160 offices are left to convert to the new technology, an average of about 28 per month for the next six months. </SPAN><BR><SPAN style="TEXT-JUSTIFY: newspaper; TEXT-ALIGN: justify"><!----> <!---->Linn’s encourages readers to send in sprayed-on postmarks of cities not listed here. Items should </SPAN><SPAN id=Ar0080006 style="TEXT-JUSTIFY: newspaper; TEXT-ALIGN: justify">be sent to Jay Bigalke, Linn’s, Box 29, Sidney, OH 45365. Thanks to all who sent in recent examples of sprayed-on postmarks. </SPAN></DIV><BR style="FONT-WEIGHT: normal; FONT-SIZE: 5px; LINE-HEIGHT: normal; FONT-STYLE: normal; FONT-VARIANT: normal">
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<DIV class=HTMLCaption style="FONT-WEIGHT: normal"><SPAN id=Pc0080601 style="TEXT-JUSTIFY: newspaper; TEXT-ALIGN: justify">Fifteen more United States post offices began using sprayed-on postmarks in early 2006. </SPAN></DIV>
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<DIV class=HTMLCaption style="FONT-WEIGHT: normal"><SPAN id=Pc0080701 style="TEXT-JUSTIFY: newspaper; TEXT-ALIGN: justify">Mail-processing centers </SPAN><BR><SPAN style="TEXT-JUSTIFY: newspaper; TEXT-ALIGN: justify"><!----> <!---->in the United States using new sprayed-ons </SPAN><BR><SPAN style="TEXT-JUSTIFY: newspaper; TEXT-ALIGN: justify"><!----> <!---->since Feb. 7 </SPAN><BR><SPAN style="TEXT-JUSTIFY: newspaper; TEXT-ALIGN: justify">Brockton, Mass., 023 Charlotte, N.C., 282 Fayetteville, N.C., 283 Mid Florida, PDC, Fla., 327 Birmingham, Ala., 352 Milwaukee, Wis., 532 Minneapolis, Minn., 554 Bedford Park, Ill., 604 San Antonio, Texas, 782 Austin, Texas, 787 Denver, Colo., 802 Los Angeles, Calif., 900 Santa Ana, Calif., 927 Stockton/Stkn, Calif., 952 Sacramento, Calif., 957 </SPAN></DIV><BR style="FONT-WEIGHT: normal; FONT-SIZE: 5px; LINE-HEIGHT: normal; FONT-STYLE: normal; FONT-VARIANT: normal"></DIV>
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