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

Kaleidoscope Flowers Stamp

30 West Pershing Road, #112

Kansas City, MO 64108-9998

March 14, 2013

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Lunar New Year: Year of the Snake Stamp

Postmaster

180 Steuart Street

San Francisco, CA 94105-9992

March 16, 2013

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Apples Stamp

Postmaster

205 W. Washington Ave.

Yakima, WA 98903-9998

March 17, 2013

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Wedding Cake Stamp

Postmaster

USPS Retail Manager

4500 Annshire Ave.

Louisville, KY 40213-9998

March 18, 2013

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Spicebush Swallowtail (Butterfly) Stamp

Postmaster

158 N. MacDougald Ave.

Pine Mountain, GA 31822-9998

March 23, 2013

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Tufted Puffins Stamp

Postmaster

507 Madison Street

Seward, AK 99664-9998

March 23, 2013

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Arlington Green Bridge Stamp

265 Mitchell Street

Norcross, GA 30071-9998

March 25, 2013

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Global Forever Stamp

Postmaster

421 Eighth Ave., Rm. 2029B

New York, NY 10199-9998

March 28, 2013

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Sealed With Love Stamp

Postmaster

PO Box 9998

Loveland, CO 80538-9998

March 30, 2013

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Grand Central Terminal Stamp

Postmaster

421 Eighth Ave., Rm. 2029B

New York, NY 10199-9998

April 1, 2013

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Rosa Parks Stamp

Postmaster

3800 Greenfield Road

Dearborn, MI 48120-9998

April 4, 2013

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Rosa Parks Stamp

Postmaster

1401 W. Fort Street, Room M248

Detroit, MI 48233-9998

April 4, 2013

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Muscle Cars Stamp

Postmaster

500 Bill France Blvd.

Daytona Beach, FL 32114-9998

April 22, 2013

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Muscle Cars Stamp

Postmaster

500 Bill France Blvd.

Daytona Beach, FL 32114-9998

April 22, 2013

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Modern Art in America 19131931 Stamp

Postmaster

421 Eighth Ave., Rm. 2029B

New York, NY 10199-9998

May 7, 2013

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Patriotic Star Stamp

Debbie Brady/Elisa Sloan NPF

PO Box 7838

San Francisco, CA 94120-7838

May 19, 2013

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La Florida Stamp

U.S. Postal Service

99 King Street

St. Augustine, FL 32084-9998

June 3, 2013

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Where Dreams Blossom Stamp

Postmaster

421 Eighth Ave., Rm. 2029B

New York, NY 10199-9998

June 11, 2013

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Yes, I Do Stamp

Postmaster

421 Eighth Ave., Rm. 2029B

New York, NY 10199-9998

June 11, 2013

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