Tired of seeing the usual boring machine-cancellations? 

Imagine having your very own, personalised postmark, wouldn't that be cool?

In February this year, a fellow postie Chris from the Wild Postcards blog (see my links at the side bar), received his very own Mailers Postmark Permit. It simply means he is allowed to cancel his own stamp (using his very own cancellation device - a rubber stamp he ordered from a private manufacturer) before mailing it. 

To commemorate its first day of use, he asked who among his online friends would love to receive a special postcard with his very own postmark. Of course, I had to raise my two hands to receive this awesome hand-cancel :) 

Unfortunately there aren't any details about the bridge so pardon the lack of background info about it here. But it does look like one of those spooky bridges we see in horror movies, don't you agree?  I wonder if this bridge have any historical significance or something. Anyhoo, here's the valuable part showing the hand-cancellation:

As you can see, the first day of use was February 9, 2010 and Chris sent all postcards on that very day. How cool is that? I received the postcard in March and I so love it I want to have one now, too. Don't you?

Thank you very much, Chris. You're the man!
After I'm done with the zencore write up, I will go and check at the Cambodian Post Office if they issue a similar permit. I think it would fun to send mails, postcards and what-have-yous bearing my own mailers postmark :) :) :) On second thought though, I have a feeling that the staff at the Post Office won't have any idea what a mailers postmark permit is. Arrggh. I hope I am wrong.