what is... (pardon the dumb question)

hand canceling? i've read a few posts and i'm not entirely sure i understand what it is?

TIA

For your invites...instead of putting them in the mailbox and having them go through a machine to stamp the postmark and date, the person at the post office stamps each one individually with literally a stamp by hand (hence 'hand stamped'). The guy at the post office didn't seem all that psyched with me when I asked him to do it, but he did it and I'm sure it made a huge difference (I'm kidding about that last statement )

ahhh ok.
thanks!

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Posted by nylibride

For your invites...instead of putting them in the mailbox and having them go through a machine to stamp the postmark and date, the person at the post office stamps each one individually with literally a stamp by hand (hence 'hand stamped'). The guy at the post office didn't seem all that psyched with me when I asked him to do it, but he did it and I'm sure it made a huge difference (I'm kidding about that last statement )

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I've never heard of it before so thanks for explaining. I might be a little slow but what is the benefit of doing it this way?