September 5, 2006

  • Hand Cancelling

    I have heard horror stories about how hard it is to get your invitations hand cancelled from the post office.  Some post offices wont do it at all.  Others will send you on 4 different lines (and we all know how long those lines can get at the post office).  So I was not expecting anything different when it was my turn.

    I happened to be at the post office buying the 63 cent wedding stamps.*  While there, I asked the woman helping me if they did hand cancelling.  She told me just to drop off the invitations to the customer service line and that would be done.  Of course, I didn’t believe her.  I mean, how could it be so easy?  No way. 

    Few days later, I finished my invitations and walked over to the post office at 5:30pm.  It was 30 minutes til closing and I knew that the employees would be desperate to get out of work.  I took my bag of invitations (about 40) and the customer service asked if there were less than 50**, and then took my bag. 

    That. was. it.

    Now, I didn’t have an extra invite to mail to myself so I dont know how they turned out.  Perhaps we can ask one of the recipients to send in a picture?  (ahem…Mrs. Bee?)

    If anyone lives on the upper east side, go to the post office on 91st and 3rd avenue.  They are by far the friendliest post office that I have ever been to, and everyone who works there is very helpful. 

    *I think its ridiculous that the 63 cent stamps only come with the 39 cent stamps on one sheet.  I already had all my 39 cent stamps.  What a waste of money.

    **The first 50 invites are free to hand cancel.  Each one after that costs you extra – I don’t know by how much.  I think only 5 cents.

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