How to Order the First-Day-of-Issue Digital Color or Traditional Postmarks

Customers have 60 days to obtain the first-day-of-issue postmarks by mail. They may purchase new stamps at their local Post Office™, by telephone at 800-STAMP-24, or at The Postal Store® website at www.usps.com/shop.

Traditional Postmarks

Customers should affix the stamps to envelopes of their choice, address them to themselves or others, or provide a self-addressed return envelope with sufficient postage large enough to accommodate the canceled item. Mail the request to the corresponding city of issuance. There is no charge for the first 50 postmarks. There is a 5-cent charge for each additional postmark over 50. Customers should submit a check, money order, or credit card for payment. After applying the first-day-of-issue postmark, the Postal Service™ will return the envelopes to the customer by U.S. Mail.

All postmark requests should go to the first-day-of-issue city. The first-day-of-issue city Post Office will then forward in bulk all postmark requests to Cancellation Services, Stamp Fulfillment Services, PO Box 449992, Kansas City, MO 64144-9992 by respective Post Offices.

Digital Color Postmarks

Only select stamp issues offer a digital color postmark. Customers may submit #6 or #10 envelopes constructed of paper rated as “laser safe.” The Postal Service recommends envelopes of 80-pound Accent Opaque, acid-free, 9/16" side seams with no glue on the flap. The maximum size of all digital color postmarks is 2" high x 4" long. Allow sufficient space on the envelope to accommodate the postmark. Do not use self-adhesive labels for addresses on the envelope. Two test envelopes must be included. There is a minimum of 10 envelopes at 50 cents per postmark required at the time of servicing. Customers should submit a check, money order, or credit card for payment.

The Postal Service reserves the right to not accept hand-painted and other cachet envelopes that are not compatible with our digital color postmark equipment. The Postal Service also reserves the right to substitute traditional black rubber postmarks if use of nonspecified envelopes results in poor image quality or damage to equipment.

Customers should affix the stamps to the envelopes and address them to themselves or others for return through the mail. Or, they may include an additional self-addressed return envelope, large enough to accommodate their canceled items, with sufficient postage affixed for return of their postmarked items. Mail the request for a first-day-of-issue digital color postmark to the corresponding city of issuance. Post Offices will then forward all customer requests for digital color postmarks to Cancellation Services, Stamp Fulfillment Services, PO Box 449992, Kansas City, MO 64144-9992.

After applying the first-day-of-issue postmark, the Postal Service will return the envelopes to the customer by U.S. Mail.

 

First Day of Issue

Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer Stamps

Special Events

PO Box 92282

Washington, DC 20090-2282

January 5, 2015

Black and White Pictorial

 

 

First Day of Issue

Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer Stamps

Special Events

PO Box 92282

Washington, DC 20090-2282

January 5, 2015

Digital Color Pictorial

 

 

First Day of Issue

Christmas Magi Stamp

Special Events

PO Box 92282

Washington, DC 20090-2282

January 18, 2015

Digital Color Pictorial

 

 

First Day of Issue

Wilt Chamberlain Stamps

Retail Manager

Philadelphia Metropolitan District

3190 South 70th Street

Philadelphia, PA 19153-3244

February 3, 2015

Black and White Pictorial

 

 

First Day of Issue

Wilt Chamberlain Stamps

Retail Manager

Philadelphia Metropolitan District

3190 South 70th Street

Philadelphia, PA 19153-3244

February 3, 2015

Digital Color Pictorial

 

 

First Day of Issue

Circus Souvenir Sheet

Postmaster

303 Broadway Street

Baraboo, WI 53913-6738

February 8, 2015

Black and White Pictorial

 

 

First Day of Issue

The War of 1812: Battle of New Orleans Stamp

Marketing Manager

701 Loyola Avenue #10003

New Orleans, LA 70113-9996

March 9, 2015

Black and White Pictorial

 

 

First Day Of Issue

The War of 1812: Battle of New Orleans Stamp

Marketing Manager

701 Loyola Avenue #10003

New Orleans, LA 70113-9996

March 9, 2015

Digital Color Pictorial

 

 

First Day of Issue

$1 Patriotic Waves Stamp

Cancellation Services

8300 NE Underground Drive, Pillar 210

Kansas City, MO 64144-0001

March 13, 2015

Digital Color Pictorial

 

 

First Day of Issue

Love: Forever Hearts Stamps

Postmaster

Richmond Post Office

1801 Brook Road

Richmond, VA 23232-9996

March 23, 2015

Digital Color Pictorial

 

 

First Day of Issue

$2 Patriotic Waves Stamp

Norcross Main Office

265 Mitchell Road

Norcross, GA 30071-9998

March 31, 2015

Digital Color Pictorial

 

 

First Day of Issue

Lunar New Year: Year of the Ram Stamp

Attention: Station Manager

Chinatown Station

867 Stockton Street

San Francisco, CA 94108-9998

April 8, 2015

Digital Color Pictorial