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Is it looking less and less likely that you will fulfill your parents' dream and get elected President of the United States? Say you're just a tad behind in your training and probably won't win 12 gold medals in the next Olympics? Still tinkering with that new invention that will change life as we know it?
Once upon a time, you had to do something pretty remarkable â and be dead for at least 10 years! â just to be considered for U.S. postage. Now you can join George Washington and Ben Franklin and other American heroes on the front of your next envelope!
Customized Postage is a creative new way to give your mail a personal touch. Simply log on to one of three authorized websites - photo.stamps.com, pictureitpostage.com, or zazzle.com. Have a digital file of the image you want to use ready, and don't worry - they accept all of the common image formats. You can crop, enlarge, rotate - tinker with the image until you get it just the way you want it, and then pick a border color. Decide how many you want to buy, and pay up. Your new "George Washington ain't the only hero 'round here!" sheets of postage will be printed and sent to you through the mail.
During a market test that runs through May 16, 2007, businesses can even create their own postage featuring company logos, products or slogans. Business owners, here's a great new way to jazz up your envelopes and enhance your customer message. And don't worry - regardless of what happens after the market test, Customized Postage will always be worth its face value for use on your mail.
Customized Postage can be printed in a variety of denominations, so you can use it on postcards, First-Class Mail envelopes, direct mail, packages, and more. All of the companies offer sheets of 20 stickers; Stamps.com also makes them in rolls to fit on your business' mailing equipment.
Of course, you can't use just any photo. The images must be created by you, belong to you or your business, or not violate copyright laws in any other way. They also must not be inappropriate or offensive. See the company web sites for more information.
What are you waiting for? The folks in Stockholm to send you that long-deserved Nobel Prize in Physics? Forget about it! You no longer have to be a rocket scientist to get your own postage!
Millstone Post Office
7:30 a.m.-noon Monday-Friday
9-10:30 a.m. Saturday
304-655-8862
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