Stamp Services

Update: Stamp Announcement 14-3: Love: Cut Paper Heart Stamp

Stamp Announcement 14-3: Love: Cut Paper Heart Stamp (Postal Bulletin 22381, 1-23-14, Page 23) Special Dedication Postmarks information is as follows:

Special Dedication Postmarks

Only the following pictorial postmark is permitted for the Love: Cut Paper Heart stamp. The word “Station” or the abbreviation “STA” is required somewhere in the design, because it will be a temporary station.

Guidelines for Finalizing Love: Cut Paper Heart Stamp Pictorial Postmark Art

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Cut Paper Stamp Pictorial Postmasrk Art

To finalize the Love: Cut Paper Heart stamp pictorial postmark art, insert the date, city, state and ZIP™ Code of the physical location of your event adjacent to the stamp image. Overall dimensions of the pictorial postmark must not exceed 4 inches horizontally by 2 inches vertically. Collectors prefer the dimensions 3-1/2 inches by 1.

The Postal Service™ must make all special postmarks known to collectors through advance publicity in the Postal Bulletin. Therefore, all special dedication cancellations must be reported to Stamp Services four weeks before the events using PS Form 413, Pictorial Postmark Announcement/Report. To get a copy of the form, go to http://blue.usps.gov/formmgmt/forms/ps413.pdf.