For a friend's birthday present, I cut a heavyweight printout of a still from a Star Wars film into quarters, to have each quarter serviced as a postcard. I'll then reassemble the quarters and frame them for him.
I sent to Force, Pennsylvania for a postmark:
Not only was the strike fantastic, I got the sweetest note back from the postmaster:
I've gotten some nice comments back from postmasters when I send in requests, but this tops them all.
I thought I would follow up with how the reassembled cards look.
Yes, the quarter in the upper-right is a little bit off of square. This will be matted to hide the white border, and I think it looks pretty good. I'm pleased.
Thank you for this picture showing how you want the cancellation placed. I try to do my best and sometimes I never know if a collector wants it below or to the left of the stamp. (Especially if the envelope is blank & then they add the design later.) I have been a collector myself. I know that a lot of people applying the cancellations have never done so before and this really will help them. I have done a lot of pictorial cancellations over the years and actually took a few tips from [a] Kansas City philatelic clerk and still don't know how some people want them to look. Hopefully your taking the time to do this helps you get better quality cachets.
[MANAGER'S NAME] Retail Mgr. Western PA District
It did seem to have the desired effect, because it turned out great:
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