The Post Office (did something they never did before)!
@LeaPea2417 (39703)
Toccoa, Georgia
December 13, 2025 12:32pm CST
Today, for the first time in my life, I received a piece of mail with literal No Stamp on it! I'm serious.
A long time friend from my school days sent me a Christmas Card like she does practically every year. This year, she obviously forgot to put a stamp on it.
It did have a post mark of December 9th and that little scan mark at the bottom of the envelope, but no stamp.
Usually, if someone forgets to put a stamp on a letter, it gets returned to sender with a message to put a stamp on it. That happened to me once many years ago.
So, obviously this stampless letter got overlooked.
Has this ever happened to you?
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@FourWalls (84056)
• United States
13 Dec
Yes, it’s happened. Back in the old days of people actually handling the mail, my limited duty job was to check mail for stamps. I kept track and realized that I’d “saved” the post office nearly $100 in a month by catching mail without stamps, or with inadequate postage, or people trying to pass off Easter Seals stamps as postage stamps.
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@FourWalls (84056)
• United States
13 Dec
@AngelNelson — way back in the old days they sold these stamps, or “seals” to raise money for a disabled children’s organization called Easterseals.
Here’s information from their website:
https://www.easterseals.com/about-us/history
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@AngelNelson (49)
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13 Dec
@FourWalls Ah okay, interesting. My doctor is through a company called Easter Seals.
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@AmbiePam (115218)
• United States
14 Dec
@LeaPea2417 Long story I’ve told here before, but they apologized for their employee(s), but did NOT reimburse me the over $100 they owed me.
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@LeaPea2417 (39703)
• Toccoa, Georgia
14 Dec
@AmbiePam how did they steal from you?
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@snowy22315 (204540)
• United States
13 Dec
Uh no, don't think I ever got a stampless letter. You were blessed.
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@DaddyEvil (170181)
• United States
13 Dec
No, I've never seen that before. Your friend got lucky!
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@wolfgirl569 (131228)
• Marion, Ohio
13 Dec
Glad they sent it through. Never has happened
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@LeaPea2417 (39703)
• Toccoa, Georgia
14 Dec
I have done that where I steam the stamp and use it again.
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@moirai (2948)
• Philippines
14 Dec
We don't really get mail anymore (except for bills) so...
What are stamps for again? I've forgotten. 
Is it pretty much just a proof that certain fees have been paid?
In which case, if the mail got to you, it may be possible there originally was a stamp, but perhaps it wasn't glued on properly and fell off somehow.
Is it pretty much just a proof that certain fees have been paid?
In which case, if the mail got to you, it may be possible there originally was a stamp, but perhaps it wasn't glued on properly and fell off somehow.1 person likes this
@RebeccasFarm (91293)
• United States
14 Dec
Hmm that's funny and I wonder if it fell off.
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@LeaPea2417 (39703)
• Toccoa, Georgia
14 Dec
It had no smudge like a stamp had been there. I really think she forgot to put a stamp on it.
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@moffittjc (127783)
• Gainesville, Florida
13 Feb
I forgot to put a stamp on a bill I mailed out years ago, and the next day I had a hand-written note from the mailman letting me know that he went ahead and put a stamp on it himself so that my bill wouldn't be late. That was really nice of him.
Do you remember in the past people would write cards or give small gifts to service workers like mailmen? I don't think many people do that anymore. I remember my parents would always put a small gift in the mailbox each year around Christmastime for our mailman, to thank him for faithfully delivering our mail every day without fail.
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@LeaPea2417 (39703)
• Toccoa, Georgia
13 Feb
I remember hearing about that. I'm not sure if my parents ever gave the mailman a Christmas gift.
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@moffittjc (127783)
• Gainesville, Florida
16 Feb
@LeaPea2417 My parents did. But it was something I never picked up from them. I think one year right after I had gotten married that my wife and I gave our mailman a Christmas card, but I think we only ever did it that one time.
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@DianneN (251441)
• United States
26 Jan
@LeaPea2417 And a bit wealthier. Postage is a small fortune now.
@Deepizzaguy (119257)
• Lake Charles, Louisiana
21h
I have yet to receive a stamp less letter in my lifetime.
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@misunderstood_zombie (8765)
• United States
19 Feb
Once I received a card stating there was evidence that a stamp had been there wo they sent it through, but that was years and years ago.
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@thedevilinme (4946)
• Northampton, England
26 Jan
Maybe it's the reply from your application to be on The Housewives of Fort Lauderdale ;-)
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@luisadannointed (10278)
• Philippines
1 Jan
I think no, but the last time I send a letter through postal mail was after college 2002? lol! That was so long ago.
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@BelleStarr (61463)
• United States
3 Jan
No but that is a lucky deal for the mailer. I did recently get a mangled letter in a bag from the USPS which was interesting.
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@JESSY3236 (21771)
• United States
17 Feb
no. But I know some people have stamp machines. I always try to remember to put stamp on any mail.
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