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Dreemer107 Posted:

Hand Cancel?

Did you or will you have your invitations hand cancelled?

little34 Posted:

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I just mailed my invites out yesterday and FH is a mailman in Oakdale so he told the clerks I was coming and they did it for me...they were so nice so I would recommend going there!

JennyAPH Posted:

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Make sure they do it!!!!!! Watch them

and dont go to Blue Point post office...

I still hate the stupid beotch that ruined mine
MoochsWifey Posted:

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I brought my invites to the Bethpage post office and the girl there let me hand cancel them myself.

If they had said that they couldn't do it and wouldn't let me do it I would have left and gone to another post office!
LadyDuda81509 Posted:

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we did hand canel it mainly because he had photo stamps! and if they ran it thru the machine it would have went right over our picture!

gina409 Posted:

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we didnt...i dont know i guess mine were not that fancy
RPMG26599 Posted:

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Posted by Dreemer107

Did you or will you have your invitations hand cancelled?



Can someone please explain HAND CANCELING to me????
Future Mrs Roo Posted:

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It didnt really matter to UNTIL I saw one that wasnt hand cancelled ( b/c it was returned for a wrong address) and the ink was smuged. It looked bad. I would recommend the old bethpage office. The gentleman that helped me was awesome! I told him it matter if they were hand cancelled and left. He did it for me anyway
Just Cindy Posted:

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Hand Canceling was what I did and would recommend all brides sending out their invites. it makes a diff especially if you have calligraphy

FutureMrsM Posted:

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I did, specifically because I had a very thick pocketfold invitation with a ribbon/rhinestone embellishment on them. If I was doing a flat card that had no embellishments I probably wouldn't have bothered.
FutureMrsM Posted:

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Posted by RPMG26599

Posted by Dreemer107

Did you or will you have your invitations hand cancelled?



Can someone please explain HAND CANCELING to me????


Hand cancelling is when the post office clerk uses a stamp to cancel the postage instead of running it thru the machine to cancel the stamps. The postage must have have the post offices stamp or printing over it so that you cannot reuse the stamps. When they run the envelopes thru the machine the ink smears and even worse than that the machine crushes your envelopes and they don't look as nice.

ETA: the next time you get your mail, look at the printing over the stamps and the barcode thing that gets printed, this happens when they run it through the machine. If it is hand cancelled it will just have a little round USPS stamp over the postage
RPMG26599 Posted:

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Posted by FutureMrsM

Posted by RPMG26599

Posted by Dreemer107

Did you or will you have your invitations hand cancelled?



Can someone please explain HAND CANCELING to me????


Hand cancelling is when the post office clerk uses a stamp to cancel the postage instead of running it thru the machine to cancel the stamps. The postage must have have the post offices stamp or printing over it so that you cannot reuse the stamps. When they run the envelopes thru the machine the ink smears and even worse than that the machine crushes your envelopes and they don't look as nice.

ETA: the next time you get your mail, look at the printing over the stamps and the barcode thing that gets printed, this happens when they run it through the machine. If it is hand cancelled it will just have a little round USPS stamp over the postage


Thanks! So, if I tell them I want them hand canceled, will they do it definitly? Should I stay and watch them do it? Are they annoying about it?
allegracristina Posted:

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We did, the Hicksville PO did all 110 for us. I did know someone there though haha.

Ann 52409 Posted:

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I went to the post office in Manhassett and they let me hand cancel them myself. they are very nice..... great service

ttdiff11 Posted:

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Posted by allegracristina

We did, the Hicksville PO did all 110 for us. I did know someone there though haha.



thats great bc thats where im going lol
browneyes Posted:

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we sent ours out on monday n we did not hand cancel them, i was a little worried about it but they were fine. everyone got theres n no one said nething about smudges or nething like that.. so yeah... Maybe it just depends on ur envolpe and the ink u wrote with. we used printed lables n like i said everything was A-Ok., :)

lizzzie35 Posted:

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I went to Melville PO on 110 and as I was waiting on line, the guy in the back came out and told me he would do it personally and that he does them all the time. One was returned to us and I saw my sister's and he actually did it and it still looked great! Definitely recommend them!

fonz616 Posted:

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I had them hand cancelled but that's b/c it had a ribbon on it which made it uneven and could get caught in the machine...The 2 post offices I went to also charged me extra for hand cancelling (18 or 20 cents) so I had to include that in my postage...I used 2 regular wedding stamps. If you go on the USPS website it tells you info. about it and the fees, but if you are lucky some P.O.'s won't charge that extra fee...mine just happened to.

MrsCastanedain09 Posted:

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I didn't care anymore, some of my invites were lost and would have gotten lost whether or not we hand cancelled them.

I hate the USPS and it makes sense they have such a multi billion dollar operating deficit. Completely inefficient and antiquated.

OK, putting away the soapbox.
Celeste617 Posted:

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I didn't - mine were square with a bow on it so not too many things I was worried about having it get stuck in the machine. There were no issues and everyone got their invites, including the ones that went overseas.

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