{"id":522,"date":"2009-04-24T08:54:18","date_gmt":"2009-04-24T12:54:18","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.railfanwindow.com\/blog\/?p=522"},"modified":"2009-04-24T12:46:52","modified_gmt":"2009-04-24T16:46:52","slug":"long-island-rail-road-celebrates-175th-anniversary-postal-stamp-cancel","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.railfanwindow.com\/blog\/2009\/04\/long-island-rail-road-celebrates-175th-anniversary-postal-stamp-cancel\/","title":{"rendered":"MTA Long Island Rail Road Celebrates 175th Anniversary With Commemorative U.S. Postal Stamp Cancel"},"content":{"rendered":"

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LIRR 175th in the 34th St Entrance Corridor at Penn Station<\/p><\/div>\n

The MTA Long Island Rail Road 175th Anniversary celebration I mentioned earlier<\/a> this week is in full swing now at Penn Station! The commemorative U.S. Postal Stamp Cancel<\/a> is taking place in the 34th Street Entrance Corridor. The LIRR is giving out vintage envelopes<\/a> with their old logos for you to add your own stamps to (or buy them there) and then have them hand canceled by the USPS<\/a>. You can also purchase a special pre-stamped, pictorial envelope<\/a> for hand cancel. They are a limited edition of 500<\/a>, and they’re going fast!<\/p>\n

Correction: I believe the vintage envelopes that were handed out free were actually donated by the President of the Long Island Sunrise Trail Chapter of the NRHS. LIST<\/a> also produced the limited edition pictorial envelopes that are for sale for $2.00 until 1:00 PM.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Here are some photos of the event. You can also click the photo above to see all the photos I took.<\/p>\n

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