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Just Said Yes September 2017

Mailing nonmachinable invitations

Jessica, on March 23, 2018 at 2:00 PM Posted in Etiquette and Advice 0 11

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Hi all! I just received my wedding invitations in the mail, and I had them printed in double thick cardstock, so they are super rigid. My invitation company told me I need to send them as "nonmachinable." Any idea how I do this? I know it will require extra postage, but is it as simple as just putting the extra postage on the envelopes and taking them to a post office? Or do I need to include some sort of marker on them that they cannot be put through a machine? The USPS website has not been very helpful in trying to figure this out (or, I am just not looking in the right place!). Thank you so much in advance for your help with this!

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Latest activity by Victoria, on March 23, 2018 at 4:45 PM

VIP June 2018
PrincessLawrence · on March 23, 2018 at 2:02 PM
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I have heard there is no such things as "hand canceling" no matter what they go through a machine as they dont sort by hand as it would take way to long.
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Just Said Yes September 2017
Jessica · on March 23, 2018 at 2:05 PM
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Well, this is a little different that just requesting that my invitations be hand cancelled - due to the thickness of the envelope, the invitations literally will not fit through the machine and so they need to be processed a different way.
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Going to the chapel · on March 23, 2018 at 2:08 PM
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There are definitely pieces of mail that don't go through machines. You'll need to actually go into a post office, stand in line and hand the stack of invitations to a postal clerk explaining that they are non-machinable.
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Just Said Yes September 2017
Jessica · on March 23, 2018 at 2:08 PM
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Okay, awesome, thank you for your help!
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Kiersten · on March 23, 2018 at 2:12 PM
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Go to the PO and ask to have them hand stamped.
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amandaaok · on March 23, 2018 at 2:33 PM
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Yeah my invitations had flexible wax seals, the "non machinable surcharge" stamp covers an extra ounce of weight and is a really pretty blue butterfly stamp...all I had to do was walk into the post off and hand them off, they knew what to do from there - based on stamp alone
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Jessica · on March 23, 2018 at 3:45 PM
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Do you have to use that exact stamp, or can you just pay for extra postage?
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amandaaok · on March 23, 2018 at 3:52 PM
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I used it because it was the prettiest non machinable...I suppose you could just use 2 of whatever "forever stamp" if there's a specific one you want, but then you're paying way more postage than necessary and also it adds more stuff to the envelope than is necessary. I think the base non machinable stamp is 71 cents...
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Jessica · on March 23, 2018 at 3:56 PM
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You have been super-helpful. I appreciate it!! Thank you!!
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amandaaok · on March 23, 2018 at 3:59 PM
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You're welcome! The other thing is the non machinable stamps actually say "non machinable" in little print on them, so if your invitations don't have something obvious- like my wax seal - that says "maybe no machine" then the stamp does.
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Victoria · on March 23, 2018 at 4:45 PM
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I had the same situation. You just have to personally hand them off at the post office and let them know they are non-machineable. Depending on the postal worker they will stamp them for you. Our postage ended up being a total of $1.12 per invitation.
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