The Post Office (did something they never did before)!
@LeaPea2417 (39381)
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 (82404)
• 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 (82404)
• 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 (111223)
• 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 (39381)
• Toccoa, Georgia
14 Dec
@AmbiePam how did they steal from you?
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@snowy22315 (201943)
• United States
13 Dec
Uh no, don't think I ever got a stampless letter. You were blessed.
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@DaddyEvil (166437)
• United States
13 Dec
No, I've never seen that before. Your friend got lucky!
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@wolfgirl569 (128604)
• Marion, Ohio
13 Dec
Glad they sent it through. Never has happened
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@LeaPea2417 (39381)
• Toccoa, Georgia
14 Dec
I have done that where I steam the stamp and use it again.
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@luisadannointed (10128)
• 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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@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 (91193)
• United States
14 Dec
Hmm that's funny and I wonder if it fell off.
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@LeaPea2417 (39381)
• 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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@BelleStarr (61439)
• 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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@DianneN (247435)
• United States
26 Jan
@LeaPea2417 And a bit wealthier. Postage is a small fortune now.
@thedevilinme (4731)
• Northampton, England
26 Jan
Maybe it's the reply from your application to be on The Housewives of Fort Lauderdale ;-)
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