The Peruvian and United States Flags at USPS Building Bridges Special Postal Cancellation CeremonyFlag Raising Ceremony at Treasure Island Yacht Club began the Ceremony. From Left to right: TIYC Staff Commodore, TIYC Vice Commodore Will Smith, Consul General of Peru in San Francisco Hernando Tores-Fernández, Pacific Inter-Club Yacht Association Commodore Patti Mangan, Past International Bridge Member, International Yachting Fellowship of Rotarians and Past Commodore IYFR-SF, Karen E. LileRob Dehlinger premeirs the Pacific Unity Fanfare for Trumpet he composed for speaks at USPS Building Bridges Special Postal Cancellation CeremonyKaren Earle Lile, the Art Director and Executive Producer for the USPS Building Bridges Special Postal Cancellation Series, which began in 1996 in partnership with USPSSF Postmaster Abraham Cooper Speaks at USPS Building Bridges Special Postal Cancellation CeremonySF Postmaster Abraham Cooper Speaks at USPS Building Bridges Special Postal Cancellation CeremonySF Postmaster Abraham Cooper Speaks at USPS Building Bridges Special Postal Cancellation Ceremony in front of the Treasure Island MuseumSF Postmaster Abraham Cooper hand stamps the first Feb 18, 2021 USPS Building Bridges Special Postal Cancellation on the Peruvian Tall Ship Union postal cache celebrating Peru’s Bicentenial of Independence. Other postal caches featured in the event are honoring Treasure Island Museum and the Golden Gate International Exposition of 1939, and the Pacific Inter-Club Yacht Association Pacific Unity Parade.The first hand stamp of the USPS Building Bridges Special Postal Cancellation Feb 18, 2021Only a few were allowed to attend the speaks at USPS Building Bridges Special Postal Cancellation Ceremony, socially distanced, because of the pandemic.Hernando Torres-Fernández, Consul General of Peru in San Francisco spoke on behalf of Peru at the USPS Building Bridges Special Postal Cancellation CeremonyHernando Torres-Fernández, Consul General of Peru in San Francisco spoke on behalf of Peru at the USPS Building Bridges Special Postal Cancellation CeremonyThe East Bay Bridge is a backdrop for the speaks at USPS Building Bridges Special Postal Cancellation Ceremony on Treasure Island. Aerial Photography by Dan Foldes
Hernando Torres-Fernández, Consul General of Peru in San Francisco spoke on behalf of Peru at the USPS Building Bridges Special Postal Cancellation Ceremony
Hernando Torres-Fernández, Consul General of Peru in San Francisco spoke on behalf of Peru at the USPS Building Bridges Special Postal Cancellation CeremonyPresident Mike Hennahane of Treasure Island Museum speaks at USPS Building Bridges Special Postal Cancellation CeremonyPresident Mike Hennahane of Treasure Island Museum speaks at USPS Building Bridges Special Postal Cancellation CeremonyCommodore Patti Mangan of the Pacific Inter-Club Yacht Association speaks at USPS Building Bridges Special Postal Cancellation CeremonyVice Commodore Will Smith of the Treasure Island Yacht Club accepts the honor on behalf of the Yacht Club.Karen Earle Lile, Adriana Pinzon Navarro de Torres-Fernández and Hernando Torres-Fernández walk down the ramp to the boat, Sandpiper to set sail for the ending of the ceremonyKaren Earle Lile at the help of her sailboat Sandpiper, motoring out of the Treasure Island Yacht Harbor (with backdrop of San Francisco skyline). On the boat from left to right are Captain Michael Arntz, Consul General of Peru in San Francisco, Hernando Torres-Fernandez Karen Earle Lile at the helm, Adriana Pinzon Navarro de Torres-FernandezConsul General of Peru in San Francisco, Hernando Torres-Fernández at the helm of Karen Earle Lile’s Sailboat Sandpiper coming under the San Francisco-Oakland Bay Bridge with his wife Adriana Pinzon Navarro de Torres-Fernández on the right. The sailing was the end of the USPS Building Bridges Special Postal Cancellation ceremony on Feb 18, 2021Consul General of Peru in San Francisco, Hernando Torres-Fernández at the helm of Karen Earle Lile’s Sailboat Sandpiper coming under the San Francisco-Oakland Bay Bridge with his wife Adriana Pinzon Navarro de Torres-Fernández on the right. The sailing was the end of the USPS Building Bridges Special Postal Cancellation ceremony on Feb 18, 2021
