Create Your Own Postage Stamp As Valid US Stamp
A firm rule of the United States Postal System is: no living person may appear on any stamps issued by them. Sorry Elvis fans, but "The King" is still dead. However, that does not mean you have to wait for Aunt Marnie to kick off before you see her happy, smiling face on a stamp. Today, via one of several websites, you can get personal stamps created, and they are perfectly valid U.S. stamps. To date, nearly thirty-two million such stamps have been printed. The website photo.stamps.com (part of Stamps.com) was the first to offer photo stamps, back in 2004. The site has a simple three step procedure for making personal postage stamps. First, scan and upload your photos. Whether it's an old wedding picture, a new baby added to the family, your grandparents' fiftieth anniversary, they can be turned into stamps.
In addition, your business can take its logo, a new product, or some upcoming important event and make a stamp to use on their correspondence. Whatever the occasion, once the picture (or pictures) is uploaded, the website's software allows for step two: customizing the design of the stamp: colors, borders etc. After that, part three is easy: place an order for sheets of the stamps. In the case of photo.stamps.com, each sheet contains twenty stamps, and you can order productions rolls containing up to ten thousand photo stamps per roll. So, quantity is not a problem. Of course, there are other websites: zazzle.com and yourstamps.com to name only two. And, they are all pretty standard and follow the same procedure as photo.stamps.com. However, in some cases, you can find some good deals. Often times the websites will run specials in an effort to attract business. A sheet of twenty forty-one cent stamps can cost you as little as $12.99! So, a little due diligence and price comparison can sometimes save you money. Finally, there's that old problem: what sort of gift do you get for the person who has everything? How many times have you heard a dear, old grandmother or uncle say: "Oh, what ever you get me, I'll love."? Yeah, right. How many bottles of aftershave can one uncle stand? So, doing up some personal postage stamps offers a way of giving a dear friend or relative a gift unlike anything they have ever gotten before. Since the first U.S. stamps were issued, way back in 1847, people have argued over what images should be shown on postage stamps. Not only who or what, but how they should be portrayed. You may recall there was quite the debate as to whether to go with the young Elvis or the old Elvis. Now, with the advent of the Internet, photo scanners and digital cameras, anyone can get any kind of stamp they want. |