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champagnebride Posted: Mar 18, 2005 09:29 AM+

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Posted: Mar 18, 2005 09:29 AM

hand stamped invites at the post office

I am bring my invites to the post office tomorrow. I want them cancelled by hand. How does that process work out? Do I bring the invites to the window and does it cost extra? I did not buy stamps for the invites yet, so when it is hand stamped is the postage marked as well?
TIA!
Jan

eogara Posted: Mar 18, 2005 09:41 AM+

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Posted: Mar 18, 2005 09:41 AM

Re: hand stamped invites at the post office

Apparently it depends on the post office as to whether it costs extra. I didn't pay anything. I also did it myself, though. I just asked them for the stamp, they did one as a sample, and then I stepped to the side and handled it for them. It made their lives easier since there was a line of people behind me and this way I didn't have to stress that they weren't going to do it.

Lastminute Posted: Mar 18, 2005 09:50 AM+

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Posted: Mar 18, 2005 09:50 AM

Re: hand stamped invites at the post office

I handed in one invite and they calculated the postage then I bought the correct postage, took them home, took them back the next day and handed them to the counter person...they didnt mind....Warning: Please make sure they check and double check the postage as I mailed all mine save one at one post office and when I went to a diff post office they said the price was more...

so now the waiting game begins to see if they all start coming back....

MrsJ Posted: Mar 18, 2005 10:03 AM+

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Posted: Mar 18, 2005 10:03 AM

Re: hand stamped invites at the post office

I took one of my invites to the post office and had the weigh it to tell me how much postage it needed. Then I bought the stamps and put the stamps on all the invites.

Then I brought them back to the PO and asked them to hand cancel them.

The benefit of having your invites hand cancelled is that they wont be run through the machines and rish the possibiity of getting stuck. My friend had hers run through the machine and they were so think they were stuck and some were delivered all torn and others were never delivered at all!

sag530 Posted: Mar 18, 2005 10:35 AM+

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Posted: Mar 18, 2005 10:35 AM

Re: hand stamped invites at the post office

Posted by eogara

Apparently it depends on the post office as to whether it costs extra. I didn't pay anything. I also did it myself, though. I just asked them for the stamp, they did one as a sample, and then I stepped to the side and handled it for them. It made their lives easier since there was a line of people behind me and this way I didn't have to stress that they weren't going to do it.

Same for me.

diamondgrlie Posted: Mar 18, 2005 10:37 AM+

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Posted: Mar 18, 2005 10:37 AM

Re: hand stamped invites at the post office

FH brought them to the post office yesterday and asked if they could be hand cancelled so the teller handed him a stamp and said here you go. He did them all and it was free!

dita531 Posted: Mar 18, 2005 10:49 AM+

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Posted: Mar 18, 2005 10:49 AM

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I went to Sayville Post offices and they did it for free, no problems at all.

FrescaBride Posted: Mar 18, 2005 10:52 AM+

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Posted: Mar 18, 2005 10:52 AM

Re: hand stamped invites at the post office

Posted by eogara

Apparently it depends on the post office as to whether it costs extra. I didn't pay anything. I also did it myself, though. I just asked them for the stamp, they did one as a sample, and then I stepped to the side and handled it for them. It made their lives easier since there was a line of people behind me and this way I didn't have to stress that they weren't going to do it.

The same for me. I went to a post office that one of my BM's know one of the girls in there. She let my BM come in, show her how to do it and My BM did all of them for me.

naps627 Posted: Mar 18, 2005 11:33 AM+

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Posted: Mar 18, 2005 11:33 AM

Re: hand stamped invites at the post office

so if i bought stamps already then what do i do when i go to the post office to drop them off?

dita531 Posted: Mar 18, 2005 11:57 AM+

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Posted: Mar 18, 2005 11:57 AM

Re: hand stamped invites at the post office

Posted by naps627

so if i bought stamps already then what do i do when i go to the post office to drop them off?

yup

naps627 Posted: Mar 18, 2005 12:01 PM+

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Posted: Mar 18, 2005 12:01 PM

Re: hand stamped invites at the post office

Posted by dita531

Posted by naps627

so if i bought stamps already then what do i do when i go to the post office to drop them off?

yup

so i just drop them off and thats it or do i ask to hand cancel them. i am really confused.

DMcK Posted: Mar 18, 2005 12:51 PM+

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Posted: Mar 18, 2005 12:51 PM

Re: hand stamped invites at the post office

We hand cancelled them ourselves

MrsJ Posted: Mar 18, 2005 12:52 PM+

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Posted: Mar 18, 2005 12:52 PM

Re: hand stamped invites at the post office

Posted by naps627

Posted by dita531

Posted by naps627

so if i bought stamps already then what do i do when i go to the post office to drop them off?

yup

so i just drop them off and thats it or do i ask to hand cancel them. i am really confused.

hand them to the person at the counter and tell them you want them hand stamped and thats it, they will do it for you (at most places)

SomethingBlu Posted: Mar 18, 2005 02:13 PM+

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Posted: Mar 18, 2005 02:13 PM

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Posted by DIJBH

We hand cancelled them ourselves

Yes, it's called hand cancelling and all you have to do is say that you want it done. Not all PO's do it and not all are free, so your best bet would be to call the one you're interested in...I took mine to the one in E. 53rd St and 3rd Ave (FDR Main PO).

Mrs. dleeny Posted: Mar 18, 2005 02:17 PM+

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Posted: Mar 18, 2005 02:17 PM

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Posted by diamondgrlie

FH brought them to the post office yesterday and asked if they could be hand cancelled so the teller handed him a stamp and said here you go. He did them all and it was free!

Wow! this is the 1st I am hearing about 'hand canceling'. I can't believe how much great information I have picked up on this site thanks to you all!!

nov2004bride Posted: Mar 18, 2005 02:18 PM+

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Posted: Mar 18, 2005 02:18 PM

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The PO would not do ours, I had too. There were too many. It took me forever

leighdvm Posted: Mar 18, 2005 02:24 PM+

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Posted: Mar 18, 2005 02:24 PM

Re: hand stamped invites at the post office

Posted by dleeny

Posted by diamondgrlie

FH brought them to the post office yesterday and asked if they could be hand cancelled so the teller handed him a stamp and said here you go. He did them all and it was free!

Wow! this is the 1st I am hearing about 'hand canceling'. I can't believe how much great information I have picked up on this site thanks to you all!!

Same here! I had no idea about this....

dpli Posted: Mar 18, 2005 03:03 PM+

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Posted: Mar 18, 2005 03:03 PM

Re: hand stamped invites at the post office

The person at our PO was/is so nasty, that DH did not even ask. We just mailed them the regular way. Nothing happened to any of ours as far as I know. I don't think people spend that much time inspecting the outer envelope, JMO.

RENEE92405 Posted: Mar 18, 2005 03:42 PM+

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Posted: Mar 18, 2005 03:42 PM

Re: hand stamped invites at the post office

im confused. So does 'hand cancelled' mean it still gets a stamp or no? Do i put a stamp and asked to be hand cancelled? sorry, clueless

SomethingBlu Posted: Mar 18, 2005 03:49 PM+

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Posted: Mar 18, 2005 03:49 PM

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Posted by RENEE92405

im confused. So does 'hand cancelled' mean it still gets a stamp or no? Do i put a stamp and asked to be hand cancelled? sorry, clueless

Yes, it still gets a stamp. Hand cancelling simply means that the stamp is voided by hand, as opposed to cancelling it by running it through the machine. They cancel the postage so that the stamp can't be re-used.