Valentine stamping has started in Loveland. Here's how to get your valentines remailed.

Erin Udell, Fort Collins Coloradoan
Updated ·3 min read

Volunteer stampers took to their pink and red battle stations Tuesday morning as the first batches of valentines made their way through the Loveland Chamber of Commerce.

For nearly 80 years, the Sweetheart City has been leaning into its name via its decades-old valentine remailing program, which enlists volunteers to mark valentines that come through the city with a Loveland postmark and sweet annual message.

Stamping will take place during the next two weeks, with roughly 100,000 to 125,000 valentines estimated to come through the chamber's stamping station from across the world, Loveland Chamber of Commerce President Mindy McCloughan said Tuesday.

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The first valentine of the season ― which was ceremoniously stamped by 2024 Miss Loveland Valentine McKayley Lane ― came from Logan, Utah. As of Tuesday morning, the program had seen valentines from as far as Australia, Germany and Norway.

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If you're interested in getting your valentine stamped and remailed through Loveland's remailing program, there are a couple of ways to get your cards and letters to the city's fleet of volunteer stampers.

One of the most popular ways is to send your pre-addressed, pre-stamped valentines inside a larger first-class envelope to "United States Postal Service, 446 E. 29th St., Loveland, CO, 80538-9998." From there, your valentine will be removed from its first-class envelope, stamped with a special valentine-themed collector’s stamp and postmark, and sent on its way to its final destination.

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If you live in Northern Colorado, you can also drop valentine cards off at these remailing drop-off locations in Loveland through Monday, Feb. 12:

  • Loveland Chamber of Commerce and Loveland Visitor Center, 5400 Stone Creek Circle (10 a.m. to 3 p.m. Monday through Friday)

  • Aims Community College, 104 E. Fourth St. (8 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday through Friday)

  • Independent Financial, 935 N. Cleveland Ave. (8:30 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday through Friday and 9 a.m. to noon Saturday)

  • Elevations Credit Union, 970 E. Eisenhower Blvd. (8:30 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. Monday through Friday and 9 a.m. to noon Saturday)

  • Barnyard Vet & Pet Supply, 806 14th St. SW (9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday through Friday and 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. Saturday)

  • The HUB Centerra, 6402 Union Creek Commons Drive (9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Tuesday through Saturday and 1-5 p.m. Sunday)

Through Friday, Feb. 9, you can also drop off valentines in the red mailboxes displayed in the lobby of Loveland's post offices, which are located at:

  • 446 E. 29th St.

  • 601 Cleveland Ave.

Valentine remailing deadlines

  • International mail: Feb. 1 (for international mail)

  • Destinations in the continental U.S.: Feb. 5

  • Colorado mail: Feb. 7

This article originally appeared on Fort Collins Coloradoan: How to get your valentines stamped through Loveland remailing program