All letters are supposed to be marked, but a few slip through the cracks. The new USPS machines can postmark a letter either upside-down or right-side up. Letters going through the machines are marked with an ink which, if the stamps are used again, kicks out the letter as containing a previously used stamp. Metered letters ususally have the date already on them; so the postal services does not need to postmark them.
Generally, yes. But - occasionally some come through the system without it, I suppose this happens when two letters go through the machine at one time. The purpose of postmarking is to cancel the stamp(s) used. This prevents them being re-used.
I need to have a letter postmarked today, Vetrans Day, will the post office stamp the letter with todays date tomorrow?
A letter is postmarked on the day that it is accepted by the postal office. It will usually be the same day, but it won't be postmarked for earlier days.
Yes.
It is not envelopes that are postmarked (franked), it is the stamps on the envelopes (so that they can not be used twice). Therefore they are franked when fist processed in the sorting office.
Tombstone Territory - 1957 Postmarked for Death - 1.18 was released on: USA: 12 February 1958
No, that is when they must be postmarked by.
Yes It is
April 15.
65.00
You should put take the envelope to the post office before midnight, or earlier, on that Saturday to get the correct postmark. That is, If the pick up for the mailbox has already passed, your mail will be postmarked the following day of business, which is Monday.
it will be mailed out and postmarked no later then feb1.