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Can someone please tell me what post office let you hand cancel?

SteffieSunshine1 Posted: Mar 05, 2004 08:44 PM+

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Posted: Mar 05, 2004 08:44 PM

Can someone please tell me what post office let you hand cancel?

I want to make sure they don't go through the machine. We put a lot of work into designing & printing our own envelopes and I would like them to be in good condition when they get to our guests.

Thanks!

wc0143 Posted: Mar 05, 2004 10:03 PM+

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Posted: Mar 05, 2004 10:03 PM

Re: Can someone please tell me what post office let you hand cancel?

I did mine in Northport.

Moehick Posted: Mar 05, 2004 11:35 PM+

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Posted: Mar 05, 2004 11:35 PM

Re: Can someone please tell me what post office let you hand cancel?

Did mine in Hicksville

Sunny Posted: Mar 05, 2004 11:44 PM+

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Re: Can someone please tell me what post office let you hand cancel?

Hicksville wouldn't let me do it, but dix hills post office said I could.

I ended up going to hicksville, and they did a good job. I had wax seals, and they survived!

halloweenbride04 Posted: Mar 06, 2004 12:26 AM+

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Posted: Mar 06, 2004 12:26 AM

Re: Can someone please tell me what post office let you hand cancel?

Jericho does it for no....no extra charge.

AmyKay Posted: Mar 06, 2004 08:44 AM+

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Posted: Mar 06, 2004 08:44 AM

Re: Can someone please tell me what post office let you hand cancel?

I hand canceled mine at the East Northport office

Cindy Posted: Mar 06, 2004 09:56 AM+

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Posted: Mar 06, 2004 09:56 AM

Re: Can someone please tell me what post office let you hand cancel?

Smithtown

JimmysBride Posted: Mar 06, 2004 10:03 AM+

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Posted: Mar 06, 2004 10:03 AM

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Mineola

Misstene Posted: Mar 06, 2004 10:55 AM+

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Posted: Mar 06, 2004 10:55 AM

Re: Can someone please tell me what post office let you hand cancel?

Silly question, but I'm sure I'm not the only one wondering... What is hand canceled?

Stavia Posted: Mar 06, 2004 10:57 AM+

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Posted: Mar 06, 2004 10:57 AM

Re: Can someone please tell me what post office let you hand cancel?

Coram.

swags1016 Posted: Mar 06, 2004 11:19 AM+

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Posted: Mar 06, 2004 11:19 AM

Re: Can someone please tell me what post office let you hand cancel?

Lindenhurst let us do it

Jenny5150 Posted: Mar 06, 2004 11:22 AM+

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Posted: Mar 06, 2004 11:22 AM

Re: Can someone please tell me what post office let you hand cancel?

Posted by Misstene

Silly question, but I'm sure I'm not the only one wondering... What is hand canceled?

You 'cancel' the mailing stamp with a rubber stamp & ink pad as opposed to the invite going through a machine to be canceled.

Jenny5150 Posted: Mar 06, 2004 11:22 AM+

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Posted: Mar 06, 2004 11:22 AM

Re: Can someone please tell me what post office let you hand cancel?

I did mine myself at the Huntington PO.

Misstene Posted: Mar 06, 2004 11:44 AM+

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Posted: Mar 06, 2004 11:44 AM

Re: Can someone please tell me what post office let you hand cancel?

Posted by Jenny5150

Posted by Misstene

Silly question, but I'm sure I'm not the only one wondering... What is hand canceled?

You 'cancel' the mailing stamp with a rubber stamp & ink pad as opposed to the invite going through a machine to be canceled.

Ooooohhhh,

like that dopey post mark they put on it. Instead, they actually do it by hand for you? That's nice. I hadn't thought about that.

SteffieSunshine1 Posted: Mar 06, 2004 11:57 AM+

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Posted: Mar 06, 2004 11:57 AM

Re: Can someone please tell me what post office let you hand cancel?

Posted by Misstene

Posted by Jenny5150

Posted by Misstene

Silly question, but I'm sure I'm not the only one wondering... What is hand canceled?

You 'cancel' the mailing stamp with a rubber stamp & ink pad as opposed to the invite going through a machine to be canceled.

Ooooohhhh, like that dopey post mark they put on it. Instead, they actually do it by hand for you? That's nice. I hadn't thought about that.

Some people don't think it matters, but there is a bride who just told us the other day that she let them go through the machine, and they arrived with big, black lines on the envelope. I will try EVERY post office until I find one that lets me do it.

Jenny5150 Posted: Mar 06, 2004 12:00 PM+

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Posted: Mar 06, 2004 12:00 PM

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Posted by Misstene

Ooooohhhh, like that dopey post mark they put on it. Instead, they actually do it by hand for you? That's nice. I hadn't thought about that.

Well, you may have better luck if you ask if you can hand cancel your own invites, especially if it's a busy PO. That's what I did. They gave me the ink & stamp and I got busy!

lgluszak Posted: Mar 06, 2004 12:35 PM+

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Posted: Mar 06, 2004 12:35 PM

Re: Can someone please tell me what post office let you hand cancel?

MY NEIGHBOR DID HERS AT THE FLORAL PARK POST OFFICE ON TULIP AVE. IF YOU NEED DIRECTIONS EMAIL ME..

GOOD LUCK

SteffieSunshine1 Posted: Mar 06, 2004 09:14 PM+

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Posted: Mar 06, 2004 09:14 PM

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Thanks for all the info, ladies!

jenny2penny Posted: Mar 06, 2004 09:29 PM+

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Posted: Mar 06, 2004 09:29 PM

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palebride Posted: Mar 06, 2004 09:29 PM+

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Posted: Mar 06, 2004 09:29 PM

Re: Can someone please tell me what post office let you hand cancel?

i think most will let you - i did some of mine at the smithtown post office and others at the willston park one (by the way, the people in the willston park PO are so friendly and nice - I love them!

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someone suggested to me that you ask to do it yourself is you have a whole bunch to do - to save them time and make sure it gets done.

it's definitely worth doing because the envelopes look much prettier when they arrive.