Thursday, February 5, 2009

They travelled to world to find love

Letters are winding their way rom Fargo, Washington, South America, China and beyond for a special postmark .

The Loveland, CO, Post Office is at it again — stamping Valentines from around the world with its famous postmark featuring Cupid and a love verse.

It’s the 63rd year of the popular program sponsored by the Loveland Post Office and Chamber of Commerce.

Loveland has the largest Valentine re-mailing program of any Post Office or community in the world.

More than 200,000 cards and letters were handled last year, from 100+ countries and all 50 states. More than 12 million valentines have been re-mailed by Loveland since the program started in 1947.

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