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

Lunar New Year: Year of the Horse Stamp

Chinatown Station

867 Stockton Street

San Francisco, CA 94108-9998

March 15, 2014

Digital Color Pictorial

 

 

First Day of Issue

Love: Cut Paper Heart Stamp

Special Events Coordinator

380 West 33rd Street, Room 4032

New York, NY 10199-9998

March 28, 2014

Digital Color Pictorial

 

 

First Day of Issue

Ferns Stamp (3K & 10K)

Cancellation Services

8300 NE Underground Drive, Pillar 210

Kansas City, MO 64144-0001

April 1, 2014

Digital Color Pictorial

 

 

First Day of Issue

Shirley Chisholm Stamp

Retail Manager

1050 Forbell Street

Brooklyn, NY 11256-9998

April 2, 2014

Digital Color Pictorial

 

 

First Day of Issue

Shirley Chisholm Stamp

Retail Manager

1050 Forbell Street

Brooklyn, NY 11256-9998

April 2, 2014

Black and White Pictorial

 

 

First Day of Issue

The Star-Spangled Banner Stamp

Postmaster

Independence Station

301 West Lexington Avenue

Independence, MO 64050-9998

April 2, 2014

Digital Color Pictorial

 

 

First Day of Issue

Hummingbird Stamp

Cancellation Services

8300 NE Underground Drive, Pillar 210

Kansas City, MO 64144-0001

April 11, 2014

Digital Color Pictorial

 

 

First Day of Issue

Great Spangled Fritillary (Butterfly) Stamp

Cancellation Services

8300 NE Underground Drive, Pillar 210

Kansas City, MO 64144-0001

April 13, 2014

Digital Color Pictorial

 

 

First Day of Issue

Abraham Lincoln Stamp

Postmaster

FDOI Postmark

2105 East Cook Street

Springfield, IL 62703-9998

April 15, 2014

Digital Color Pictorial

 

 

First Day of Issue

Winter Flowers Stamp

Little Rock Main Post Office

Attn: Station Manager

600 East Capital Avenue

Little Rock, AR 72202-9998

April 19, 2014

Digital Color Pictorial

 

 

First Day of Issue

Ralph Ellison Stamp

Cancellation Services

8300 NE Underground Drive, Pillar 210

Kansas City, MO 64144-0001

April 19, 2014

Digital Color Pictorial

 

 

First Day of Issue

Wedding Cake Stamp

Postmaster

Main Post Office

135 N. Center Street

Mesa, AZ 85201-9998

April 23, 2014

Digital Color Pictorial

 

 

First Day of Issue

The Star-Spangled Banner Stamp

Special Cancellations

PO Box 92282

Washington, DC 20090-2282

May 3, 2014

Digital Color Pictorial

 

 

First Day of Issue

Verrazano-Narrows Bridge Stamp

Retail Manager

USPS – Triboro District

1050 Forbell Street

Brooklyn, NY 11256-2015

May 3, 2014

Digital Color Pictorial

 

 

First Day of Issue

Ferns Forever Stamp (10K)

Cancellation Services

8300 NE Underground Drive, Pillar 210

Kansas City, MO 64144-0001

May 5, 2014

Digital Color Pictorial

 

 

First Day of Issue

Jimi Hendrix Stamp

Postmaster

8225 Cross Park Drive

Austin, TX 78710-9998

May 12, 2014

Digital Color Pictorial

 

 

First Day of Issue

Jimi Hendrix Stamp

Postmaster

8225 Cross Park Drive

Austin, TX 78710-9998

May 12, 2014

Balck and White Pictorial

 

 

First Day of Issue

C. Alfred “Chief” Anderson Stamp

Retail Manager

Philadelphia Metropolitan District

3190 South 70th Street

Philadelphia, PA 19153

May 13, 2014

Digital Color Pictorial

 

 

First Day of Issue

USS Arizona Memorial Stamp

Marketing Department

3600 Aolele Street, Room 106

Honolulu, HI 96820-9996

May 13, 2014

Digital Color Pictorial

 

 

First Day of Issue

Yes, I Do Stamp

Retail Manager

Clayton Post Office

7750 Maryland Avenue

Clayton, MO 63105

May 21, 2014

Digital Color Pictorial

 

 

DID YOU KNOW? USPS recognized 262 employees in the fiscal year 2013 Heroes Program.