I live in Indiana and we went to get our invitations weighed today to see how much the postage is going to cost. I asked about hand canceling and they said that costs 20 cents more for each envelope, is this correct?
I have heard of this, but I do not think most post offices charge for this. I did not pay a fee for this, but we did hand cancel our invitations ourselves (although, I still do not think there would have been a charge). I would try another post office. Also, keep in mind, which we were told, of course, after the fact, that even though your invitations are hand cancelled, they still go through a machine.
They should not charge you! I had the invites for my e-party hand stamped and the guy did it right in front of me!! Talk about service!
There shouldnt be a charge... The only 20 cent charge is if it is non-machinable... meaning there is like some kind of bump or something that makes it uneven and may get stuck within the machine...
Posted by soontobecruz
ummm... at the risk of sounding like a ditzzzz what is hand canceling?![]()
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Posted by FuTuRe MrS MaZz
Posted by soontobecruz
ummm... at the risk of sounding like a ditzzzz what is hand canceling?![]()
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it just means that someone at the post office physically puts a stamp over your stamps on your invites so that the stamps cannot be used again... normally a machine does this but some girls dont want their invites going through a machine and having black marks all over them... i saw mine after they were mailed and the only mark on them was a red circular stamp over the corner of the stamp on my invites....
Posted by deeva007
How do you hand cancel stamps yourself?
Also-- my envelope fit through the sample slot they had at the post office but the woman said they may add a 'cardboard surcharge ' of the .20 cents anyway, she also said they may not.
I guess I should just be safe rather than sorry and suck up the extra postage?
The post office I brought mine to did it automatically. i didn't even ask for it.
Anyone know which post offices in Queens, NYC or LOng Island would be willing to hand cancel?
Posted by deeva007
Anyone know which post offices in Queens, NYC or LOng Island would be willing to hand cancel?
