The United States Postal Service has approved a pictorial oyster festival postmark honoring the 68th annual Urbanna Oyster Festival, which is this Friday and Saturday, Nov. 7 and 8, in Urbanna.
Urbanna Postmaster Dana Longest said that the postmark, which is a group of oyster knifes, an oyster shell and a slice of lemon, was designed by local artist Lisa Wiggins Reitdorf.
Customers and collectors who want the postmark can get them at the Urbanna Post Office on Nov. 7 and 8 in person and afterwards on a 30-day mail request, said Longest. The post office will sell the postmark souvenirs on a post card for 69 cents.
