How to Design Your Own Postage Stamps

Custom made postage stamps are a great way to make your event special, when it comes to sending invitations to friends and family members.  Customised postage stamps can be used as creative gift for wedding and birthday parties. You can use your own images in the postage and commemorate a special event or a person in your family.

In order to create your own postage stamps, you do not need to purchase any image editing software program. In fact, you can use the online program offered by U.S. Postal Service, which provides you with different templates, to create your own postage stamps.

Instructions

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    Visit the United States Postal Service website and scroll down to the bottom of the page, where you will find the “Would you like to..?” section.

    Under that section, look for the “Create customized postage” and click on it. As a result, you will be taken to the “Customized Postage” page. You will now see a list of different postage suppliers. Select one and click the "Get Started" bubble under your preferred supplier.

  • 2

    A new window will appear on your screen, where you need to select the picture you want to use for your custom postage stamps. For that purpose, click the “Load image” button, under the “Try it now” heading. Now locate the picture on your computer and click on it to make it highlighted. Click “Open” to upload the image. You can also double click on the image file to upload it.

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    Once the image is uploaded, you can see the preview by clicking the “See my stamp” option. If you want to make any changes, you can use the image editing tool to adjust the size and angle of your image on the stamp. Once you are done with editing, you can click the “Add to Cart” button, to purchase it.

  • 4

    Using the drop-down arrow, select the number of books of stamps you want to order. Also, you will be required to select your shipping method, such as standard or priority. Both methods will have different costs associated with them. If you do not need the stamps urgently, then go for the standard shipping method to save your money.

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    After selecting the number of books and shipping information, you can continue with the checkout or you can create more stamps, if you want. If you continue with checkout, then you will have to provide your billing and delivery information and click the “Process Order” to complete the order.

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