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

New England Coastal Lighthouse (Boston Harbor) Stamp

Postmaster

25 Dorchester Avenue, Rm. 3011

Boston, MA 02205-9600

September 13, 2013

Digital Color Pictorial

 

 

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New England Coastal Lighthouse
(New London Harbor) Stamp

Postmaster

27 Masonic Street

New London, CT 06320-9998

September 13, 2013

Digital Color Pictorial

 

 

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New England Coastal Lighthouse (Point Judith) Stamp

Postmaster

551 Kingstown Road

Wakefield, RI 02879-9998

September 13, 2013

Digital Color Pictorial

 

 

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New England Coastal Lighthouse (Portland Head) Stamp

Postmaster

125 Forest Avenue

Portland, ME 04101-9998

September 13, 2013

Digital Color Pictorial

 

 

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New England Coastal Lighthouse (Portsmouth Harbor) Stamp

Postmaster

73 Main Street

New Castle, NH 03854-9998

September 13, 2013

Digital Color Pictorial

 

 

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Eid Stamp

Main Office Window Unit

PO Box 5066

Milwaukee, WI 53201-5066

October 8, 2013

Digital Color Pictorial

 

 

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Bobcat Stamp

Main Office Window Unit

PO Box 5066

Milwaukee, WI 53201-5066

October 9, 2013

Digital Color Pictorial

 

 

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A Flag for All Seasons Stamp

Main Office Window Unit

PO Box 5066

Milwaukee, WI 53201-5066

October 8, 2013

Digital Color Pictorial

 

 

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A Flag for All Seasons Stamp

Marketing

2200 Orange Avenue, Rm. 206

Cleveland, OH 44101-9996

October 16, 2013

Digital Color Pictorial

 

 

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Made in America ~ Building a
Nation Stamps

Special Cancellations

PO Box 92282

Washington, DC 20090-2282

October 8, 2013

Digital Color Pictorial

 

 

First Day of Issue

Made in America ~ Building a
Nation Stamps

Special Cancellations

PO Box 92282

Washington, DC 20090-2282

October 8, 2013

Black and White Pictorial

 

 

First Day of Issue

Althea Gibson Stamp

Retail Manager

1050 Forbell Street

Brooklyn, NY 11256-9998

October 23, 2013

Digital Color Pictorial

 

 

First Day of Issue

Althea Gibson Stamp

Retail Manager

1050 Forbell Street

Brooklyn, NY 11256-9998

October 23, 2013

Black and White Pictorial

 

 

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War of 1812: Battle of Lake Erie Stamp

Postmaster

2200 Orange Avenue, Rm. 206

Cleveland, OH 44101-9998

November 10, 2013

Digital Color Pictorial

 

 

First Day of Issue

War of 1812: Battle of Lake Erie Stamp

Postmaster

2200 Orange Avenue, Rm. 206

Cleveland, OH 44101-9998

November 10, 2013

Black and White Pictorial

 

 

First Day of Issue

Stamp Collecting: Inverted Jenny Stamp

Special Cancellations

PO Box 92282

Washington, DC 20090-2282

November 22, 2013

Digital Color Pictorial

 

 

First Day of Issue

Stamp Collecting: Inverted Jenny Stamp

Special Cancellations

PO Box 92282

Washington, DC 20090-2282

November 22, 2013

Black and White Pictorial

 

 

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Ray Charles Stamp (Atlanta)

(Address Unavailable)

November 23, 2013

Digital Color Pictorial

 

 

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Ray Charles Stamp (Atlanta)

(Address Unavailable)

 

November 23, 2013

Black and White Pictorial

 

 

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Ray Charles Stamp (Los Angeles)

(Address Unavailable)

 

November 23, 2013

Digital Color Pictorial

 

 

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Ray Charles Stamp (Los Angeles)

(Address Unavailable)

 

November 23, 2013

Black and White Pictorial

 

 

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Poinsettia Stamp

Special Events Coordinator

380 W. 33rd Street, Rm. 4032

New York, NY 10199-9998

December 10, 2013

Digital Color Pictorial

 

 

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Virgin and Child by Jan Gossaert Stamp

Special Events Coordinator

380 W. 33rd Street, Rm. 4032

New York, NY 10199-9998

December 11, 2013

Digital Color Pictorial

 

 

First Day of Issue

Holy Family Stamp

Special Events Coordinator

380 W. 33rd Street, Rm. 4032

New York, NY 10199-9998

December 11, 2013

Digital Color Pictorial