Past USPS Building Bridges Postal Cancellations

DateEventLocationStamps / Cancellation SlogansCredits / Notes
May 29, 1996Building Bridges of Peace Awards and Breast Cancer Awareness Stamp UnveiilingWalnut Creek Main Post OfficeStamp: Breast Cancer Awareness Stamp
Slogan: Building Bridges of Peace
Postmaster: Layton Hansen
Speakers: USPS Corporate Area Manager: Dan DiMiglio, Karen E. Lile, Peggy Marshburn
Performers: Kendall Ross Bean, Lissa Werson, California Theater Arts
Over 50 representatives of Contra Costa County non-profits
Building Bridges of Peace Awards presented by CCC Breast Cancer Partnership
October 11, 1996Kendall Ross Bean Concerts for KidsHoffman Theater (Dean Lesher Regional Center of the Arts), Walnut Creek, CASlogan: Building Bridges of PeacePostmaster: Layton Hansen
Speakers: Karen E. Lile
Performers: Kendall Ross Bean
Contra Costa County Proclamation of Building Bridges of Peace Month
October 26, 1996Contra Costa Newspapers Health and Safety Fair ExpoCountrywood Shopping Plaza, Walnut Creek, CASlogan: Building Bridges of PeacePostmaster of the Day: Gwen Regalia (mayor of Walnut Creek)
Performers: California Theater Arts
Contra Costa County Proclamation of Building Bridges of Peace Month
April 28, 2014
April 23, 2017100th PICYA Opening Day on the San Francisco BayPier 3, San Francisco Bay, San Francisco; Jack London Square, OaklandStamp: Global: Sea Surface Temperatures Forever
Cancellation: Cruising the Century 100th Opening Day on the Bay
Postmasters: Abraham Cooper (San Francisco); Daryl Trujillo (Oakland)
A Cannon Battle between the Lady Washington and Hawaiian Chieftain
Boat parade
November 17, 201880th Year Music Recording History in Berkeley CelebrationBerkeley Main Street Post Office 2000 Allston Way, BerkeleyStamp: Celebrate Forever
Cancellation: 70th Year of Music Recorded in Berkeley (typo in cancellation)
Postmaster: Candace Champion-Forbes
Music Recording History Illustration: Aneka K. Bean
Performer: Sweetfoot representing Ashkenaz Community Center.
Speaker: Mayor of Berkeley, Candace Champion-Forbes
An original 78 record was played with “Oh Happy Day” recorded in Berkeley in 1969. The Cal Alumni Marching Band was set to perform outside the Post Office but celebrations were cancelled because of Fires creating poor air quality. Event was filmed.
February 23, 2019Black History Month: SF Jazz Center Family Matinee ConcertSFJAZZ Center, San Francisco, CAStamp: Gregory Hines Forever
Cancellation: 80th Year of Music Recording History in San Francisco
Postmaster: Abraham Cooper
Music Recording History Illustration: Aneka K. Bean
Speaker: Postmaster Abraham Cooper
Performers: Linda Tillery & The Cultural Heritage Choir
April 19, 2019, April 21, 201930th Birthday of Lady Washington Journey from Pier 39 to AberdeenSports Byline USA, Pier 39, San Francisco, CAStamp: Celebrate Forever
Cancellation: Celebrating 30 years of learning, sailing and discovering (1989–2019)
Postmaster: Abraham Cooper
Illustration: Grays Harbor Historical Seaport
Speakers: Karen Lile, Rick Tittle, Abraham Cooper, Winston Bumpus
Tall Ship Cannon Battle between Hawaiian Chieftain and Lady Washington on April 19 on the water off Pier 39.
Cancellation ceremony on April 21 at Sports Byline USA, broadcast on Sports Byline radio network
April 29, 201930th Birthday of Lady Washington Journey from Pier 39 to AberdeenHawaiian Chieftain Tall Ship, Eureka, CAStamp: Celebrate Forever
Cancellation: Building Bridges: Celebrating 30 years of learning, sailing and discovering (1989–2019)
Postmaster: Heather McTigue
Illustration: Grays Harbor Historical Seaport
Speakers: Susan Seaman (mayor)
Sail on Hawaiian Chieftain with cannon shots
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