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

Major League Baseball All-Stars Stamp: Joe DiMaggio Stamp

Deborah Hart

Special Events

380 West 33rd Street, Rm. 4032

New York, NY 10199-9998

September 21, 2012

Black and White Pictorial

 

 

First Day of Issue

Major League Baseball All-Stars Stamp: Joe DiMaggio Stamp

Deborah Hart

Special Events

380 West 33rd Street, Rm. 4032

New York, NY 10199-9998

September 21, 2012

Digital Color Pictorial

 

 

First Day of Issue

Major League Baseball All-Stars Stamp: Larry Doby Stamp

2200 Orange Avenue, Room 206

Cleveland, OH 44101-9996

September 21, 2012

Black and White Pictorial

 

 

First Day of Issue

Major League Baseball All-Stars Stamp: Larry Doby Stamp

2200 Orange Avenue, Room 206

Cleveland, OH 44101-9996

September 21, 2012

Digital Color Pictorial

 

 

First Day of Issue

Major League Baseball All-Stars Stamp: Willie Stargell Stamp

Philatelic Clerk

700 Grant Street, Suite A

Pittsburgh, PA 15219-9998

September 21, 2012

Black and White Pictorial

 

 

First Day of Issue

Major League Baseball All-Stars Stamp: Willie Stargell Stamp

Philatelic Clerk

700 Grant Street, Suite A

Pittsburgh, PA 15219-9998

September 21, 2012

Digital Color Pictorial

 

 

First Day of Issue

Major League Baseball All-Stars Stamp: Ted Williams Stamp

Retail Department

Greater Boston District

25 Dorchester Avenue, Rm. 3011

Boston, MA 02205-9600

September 21, 2012

Black and White Pictorial

 

 

First Day of Issue

Major League Baseball All-Stars Stamp: Ted Williams Stamp

Retail Department

Greater Boston District

25 Dorchester Avenue, Rm. 3011

Boston, MA 02205-9600

September 21, 2012

Digital Color Pictorial

 

 

First Day of Issue

Innovative Choreographers Stamp

Los Angeles District

7001 S. Central Avenue

Los Angeles, CA 90052-9998

September 28, 2012

Digital Color Pictorial

 

 

First Day of Issue

Innovative Choreographers Stamp

Los Angeles District

7001 S. Central Avenue

Los Angeles, CA 90052-9998

September 28, 2012

Digital Color Pictorial

 

 

First Day of Issue

Innovative Choreographers Stamp

Los Angeles District

7001 S. Central Avenue

Los Angeles, CA 90052-9998

September 28, 2012

Digital Color Pictorial

 

 

First Day of Issue

Innovative Choreographers Stamp

Los Angeles District

7001 S. Central Avenue

Los Angeles, CA 90052-9998

September 28, 2012

Digital Color Pictorial

 

 

First Day of Issue

Flags of Our Nation: Set 6 Stamps

Postmaster

Sacramento Post Office

2000 Royal Oaks Drive

Sacramento, CA 95813-9998

October 16, 2012

Black and White Pictorial

 

 

First Day of Issue

Flags of Our Nation: Set 6 Stamps

Postmaster

Sacramento Post Office

2000 Royal Oaks Drive

Sacramento, CA 95813-9998

October 16, 2012

Digital Color Pictorial

 

 

First Day of Issue

Edgar Rice Burroughs Stamp

Tarzana Post Office

5609 Yolanda Avenue

Tarzana, CA 91356-9998

October 17, 2012

Black and White Pictorial

 

 

First Day of Issue

Edgar Rice Burroughs Stamp

Tarzana Post Office

5609 Yolanda Avenue

Tarzana, CA 91356-9998

October 17, 2012

Digital Color Pictorial

 

 

First Day of Issue

The War of 1812: USS Constitution Stamp

Postmaster

25 Dorchester Avenue

Boston, MA 02205-9998

October 18, 2012

Black and White Pictorial

 

 

First Day of Issue

The War of 1812: USS Constitution Stamp

Postmaster

25 Dorchester Avenue

Boston, MA 02205-9998

October 18, 2012

Digital Color Pictorial

 

 

First Day of Issue

O. Henry Stamp

Greensboro Main Office

201 N. Murrow Blvd.

Greensboro, NC 27420-9998

November 12, 2012

Digital Color Pictorial

 

 

First Day of Issue

Earthscapes Stamps

Postmaster

7600 Ora Glen Drive

Greenbelt, MD 20770-9998

December 2, 2012

Digital Color Pictorial

 

 

First Day of Issue

Santa and Sleigh Stamp Booklet

Postmaster

421 Eighth Ave., Rm. 2029B

New York, NY 10199-9998

December 11, 2012

Digital Color Pictorial