Post Office Offers Postage Personalization

Renick MO- Want to add a personal touch to postage on your holiday cards and letters, and dazzle family and friends? It’s quick and easy at usps.com, where customers can turn their digital photos into customized greeting cards and personalized postage stamps with a simple click of the mouse.

“The Postal Service’s website brings the card store directly to you,” says Postmaster Jane Ellen Kindell “With a computer, an Internet connection and a digital photo, anyone can design perfect cards and postage stamps.”

At CardStore, www.usps.com/createmail/welcome.htm, customers can create greeting cards using personal photos or choose from more than 50 card designs, including traditional, religious, multicultural, and nondenominational images. Ordering online takes only minutes and the cards are printed and shipped the next business day- either to the customer or directly to recipients, whichever the sender chooses. Prices start at just $0.79 a card.

Other online options for holiday greetings include Click2Mail and Premium Postcards.

Premium Postcards can be created in black and white or full color to announce new holiday products or discounts, to send a personal greeting, say Happy New Year, or to thank customers for their support throughout the year. You can even choose the date you want them to be mailed.

Adding the personal touch doesn’t have to stop with the card. The outside of the envelope can be personalized as well.

Customized postage at www.usps.com/postagesolutions/customizedpostage.htm allows customers to create postage using digital photos or images- a family vacation photo, a warm holiday scene, or a favorite pet playing in the snow. It can be used on First-Class Mail, Priority Mail and Express Mail.