Perhaps you purchased too many stamps and no longer have use for them. Or you may have bought too many stamps for a project. How can postage stamps be returned if you don’t need them anymore?
Returning Stamps To The Post Office
Unfortunately the United States Post Office does not accept returns. However, that doesn’t mean that you’re stuck with them forever. You can get cash back for your stamps if you return them to a postage buying service like Return My Stamps.
We will accept any amount of postage stamps as long as they haven’t been used yet. The process is pretty simple. Just print out the Packing Slip off our website, fill it out, and ship it to them with your stamps.
Next, you’ll receive an email from them within a week or two letting you know how much we will pay for your stamps. You can either accept or decline their offer. It’s that easy.
It’s important to understand that you won’t get back the full face value of your postage stamps, no matter who you sell them to. After all, why would someone pay full price for your stamps when they can get them at the Post Office, likely in better condition, or at least with an official receipt to write off their purchase as an expense?
Like with most goods, aftermarket options are always sold for less than the manufacturer’s price. How much you get for your stamps will depend on what type of stamps they are. Condition will also play a major roll in their resale value.
For example, Forever stamps will fetch more value because they are always worth whatever the First-Class letter rate is, even if it goes up. When it comes to condition, the closer to new condition they are, the more they will pay. Complete sheets or rolls of stamps will bring a higher offer compared to single stamps or partial books and rolls.
If you received the wrong denomination, kind, or size of stamps or the wrong envelope, you can exchange them at full postage value. Stamps can be exchanged if they are: Intact, full panes of stamps. Coils of stamps in the original sealed wrappers.
Most retailers (including the Post Office) won't allow the return of postage stamps for a cash refund, and typically only offer exchanges. Instead, you can use a postage buying service to get a cash refund for your stamps.
1. The parties have to apply to concerned district Collector/Sub- Collector/Dy. Collector/R.D.O/M.O.R., U/s 2 (9) of I.S. Act through the Sub- Register duly mentioning the reasons for seeking refund along with challan and recipt in orginal issued by the designated Bank Branch.
Only full panes of stamps, coils of stamps in the original sealed wrappers, full boxes of stamped envelopes, or original sealed packs of stamped cards may be exchanged.
From 31 July, 2023, you won't be able to use stamps which don't have a barcode on. But no need to panic. You can use non-barcoded stamps until 31 July 2023.
Machines do the work and if they can't tell a stamp has been reused then it will go through. People do not inspect your letters. 95% go through the system without anybody looking at them until actual delivery.
Most stamps are coated with a substance that may be detected by cancellation machines which verify that postage is affixed. These machines reject letters on which a stamp cannot be detected. If the stamp affixed is torn, the cancellation machine may not be able to detect its presence.
Stamps that have not yet been used, but have been attached to an envelope may still be used. However, you may not cut an unused stamp from an envelope and use tape to apply to a new envelope. The tape will prevent the stamp from being canceled.
If your envelopes don't print correctly and you cannot reprint, you can request a refund. USPS does not provide electronic refunds for non-trackable postage, which includes postage printed directly on envelopes. You must mail in your request for a refund.
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