We weighed our wedding invitation today and found that is was… 2.10 ounces. A 2 ounce stamp = .63 cents of postage. Anything over 2 ounces a .87 cent stamp. So much for using the beautiful, pastel .63 cent “wedding” stamps. The post office only sells one .87 cent stamp. Of a scientist.
Visited zazzle.com and stamps.com which were too expensive at a $1.30 a stamp for the face value of .87 cents. Six hours later I’m still looking and now am desperate for 1970s stamps. A selection below:
I was trying to explain to the budding stamp obsession/appeal to Tim: is it that stamps somehow represent our collective best intentions in less than a cubic inch? And, they are just beautiful, affordable design in our every day lives. To be continued…
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