How Do I Get Something Postmarked?

A friend has a thing about 8's, because her birthday is 8-24-48. She has been looking forward to August 8th this year (08-08-08), and I would like to commemorate the date for her. She collects stamps, so I thought something postmarked with that date would be cool.

How does one go about getting the post office to do that? I mean, besides just droppingn something in the mailbox.

And does anybody have any suggestions on what it should be? A postcard, an envelope with a card in it? Any special stamp?

Any suggestions greatly appreciated.

I would also like to say I've been concentrating on coins lately and haven't been to this site in a long time. It seems to be doing well, for which I'm glad. Some very cool stuff on the home page.

Jan

You can simply take the stamped addressed envelope, to the post office, on August 8th.

Wait on line, and when its your turn, ask the postal clerk to give you a circular date cancel. ( Hand Cancel )

How you want to decorate the envelope is up to you

Hey Phil:

Would you like a metered stamp dated 08/08/08 ?

get a birthday card, use the "happy birthday" stamp and have them hand cancel it. Then take it back and sneak it into her mailbox. (canceled on that date wouldn't get there in time otherwise)

If you have access to a word processing program and a good color printer you can print up a nice one-of-a-kind cover or series of covers with pictures of your choice. Then do what the others have suggested.

You could also use the "Celebr8!" stamp. LOL

Or you could use 8 cent stamps or a total of 8 stamps to make up the first class R8 of 42 cents. You could arrange them in a figure 8.

Great ideas! Thanks, everybody!

Jan

In today's USPS postal bulletin there are several towns have a pictorial postmark for 08/08/08. These will only be available for 30 days from the 8th to request. It's a CRAZY 8 day.

Well, that worked very well except that the clerk in the post office, after hand-cancelling the thing, would not let me take it away with me. She insisted it had to be mailed. Is this small-town government employee mind at work, or would that have been the case in any post office?

But, it did arrive the next day and the recipient was delighted, even thought I was quite put out about it.

Thanks for the info, everybody.

Jan

I get hand cancels off and on--heck, at the Air Base near here the guy will even hand stamp a cancel on a piece of stationary for me and hands it back. Ask that employee to show you the RULE BOOK where it says that the piece of hand cancelled envelope has to go thru the mail.

Gussyboy1

Glad it arrived in time for the birthday!