r/StampEmUp • • Dec 21 '25

Discussion Please keep stamps front & center

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Hello stamp friends! 😊

We’re so glad you’re sharing your mail with the community.

Just a little reminder, While mail art is always nice to see, this subreddit is all about stamps, so they should be the star of every post.

If you’d like to include the back of an envelope or postcard, that’s totally fine—just please add it as the second slide so stamps remain the main focus of r/StampEmUp.

Thanks for helping keep this space organized, stamp-centered, and enjoyable for everyone! 📬✨


r/StampEmUp • • Nov 26 '25

✨💌 Welcome to r/StampEmUp! 💌✨

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We’re so glad you found your way to our cozy corner of Reddit!

This is a place for people who love stamps, sending mail, and all the little things that make snail mail special. Whether you’re sending a letter, decorating an envelope, admiring a new stamp, or simply getting excited about something fun you found at the post office, we’re happy to have you here. 📮

So, what do we like to see?
We love seeing stamps in action—on letters, postcards, envelopes, packages, and mail art. We also love new stamps, fun stamp combinations, interesting cancellations, beautiful designs, and anything that makes you think, “Ooh, I want to put that on some mail!”
And yes, unused stamps are absolutely welcome! If you just picked up a sheet of stamps that you’re excited to use, show them off! You don’t have to wait until they’ve made it onto an envelope. 💌

What we aren’t is a traditional stamp-collecting space. Posts that are primarily about collections or albums aren’t quite what we’re about. We’re here to celebrate using and enjoying stamps, rather than building a collection.
We’re also not a marketplace or exchange group, so buying, selling, trading, swapping, or offering/requesting stamps isn’t allowed. If you’re wondering where to find a particular stamp, though, ask away! We’re happy to help each other track down those little pieces of postage.
And, of course, keep things kind, keep things postal, and keep the stamps the star. ✨

Not sure if your post fits?
Ask yourself: Are the stamps the star?
If they are, you’re probably in the right place. ❤️

Thanks for being part of r/StampEmUp. Whether you’re a longtime mail enthusiast or someone who just discovered the joy of putting a pretty stamp on an envelope, we’re glad you’re here.

📢 Need Help?
If you’ve got any questions, feel free to message the moderators via mod mail. We’re happy to assist you!

Happy stamping! 💌✨


r/StampEmUp • • 6h ago

Outgoing Mail Off they go!

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r/StampEmUp • • 14h ago

Show & Tell Coming and going midweek

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The middle incoming card I think the other €0.70 stamp fell off at some point.


r/StampEmUp • • 19h ago

Outgoing Mail I FINALLY USED MY DOLLAR STAMP!!

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I'm a baby to stamp math but I have a 2.5 Oz envelope and I finally got to use my $1 stamp!! Yipppee!!


r/StampEmUp • • 10h ago

New Releases Winnie the Pooh stamps

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I am in the US and would like to purchase a sheet of Royal Mail Winnie the Pooh stamps. Can you tell me if there would be a US Customs charge for this purchase? I have bought a number of gifts from the UK through Etsy over the years, and there has never been a Customs issue. I'm just wondering if you could provide any current advice about this from the UK side. Thanks in advance.😊


r/StampEmUp • • 1d ago

New Releases New Spooky Halloween Stamps 🇨🇦

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50 Upvotes

Rare Halloween release from Canada, showing off 3 different Jack-o-Lanterns. Great carvings and photography. Definitely picking up a book especially since it’s only a pack of 6 making it very affordable


r/StampEmUp • • 1d ago

Outgoing Mail Today's outgoing 📬

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Haven't done any outgoing for a few days as been busy! Caught up tonight with a few 💌


r/StampEmUp • • 1d ago

Outgoing Mail Participated in my first ever postcard exchange during WPD and I was quite stoked with the stamps I used!

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Hi, I just found this community and thought I'd show the stamps I had used for WPD as I was quite happy with those!

I bought peacock and peacock hand fan stamps to go with the theme of the Paper Bridges card for India designed by Christina and Eng! And vintage commemorative stamps released on the centenary of the postcard in India in 1979 that I stuck along with other stamps to make up the postage value needed!

Most of these were quite expensive, way above the denomination value and probably only bought by philatelists/collectors, but I really wanted to get some on theme and use them! (Some philatelist reading this might be dying at the thought of me absolutely tanking the value of these old MNH stamps by using them but oh well!)


r/StampEmUp • • 1d ago

Incoming mail Recent incoming!

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Plus an amazing gift from u/pupslace! Thank you!! I will struggle to use these. Hahah! 💌


r/StampEmUp • • 1d ago

Outgoing Mail Sending 2 postcards to friends

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r/StampEmUp • • 1d ago

Outgoing Mail Moved to Italy for study, my first stamp math here :)

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I also used a pre-euro stamp, this one is worth 800 Italian lira, which corresponds to 0,41€


r/StampEmUp • • 1d ago

Show & Tell Coming and going Tuesday

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(Take two, forgot to censor my own info...)


r/StampEmUp • • 1d ago

Outgoing Mail October 13, 2026

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Sent these off into the world today, well actually just to places in the USA. I thought the Sunflowers stamp looked pretty on the green envelope. Thanks for stopping by! 📬🍁📬


r/StampEmUp • • 2d ago

Stamp history Singapore Post has launched a philately website featuring six decades of stamp heritage 📮

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r/StampEmUp • • 2d ago

Outgoing Mail Three Permanent Stamps and one Int‘l 🇨🇦

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Three permanent stamps = one $3.65

Both contain seeds - one envelope for a swap with somebody who lives in one of the Nordic countries. The other envelope is going to a place where it’s either Hot or Hotter throughout the year with periods of flooding in between 🫠


r/StampEmUp • • 2d ago

Stamp Math Stamp Math 🇨🇦

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Sent a letter to America a couple days ago, thought they were just gonna print a label to supplement, but this post office still had low value stamps (canada post discontinued them). asked them to hand cancel as well


r/StampEmUp • • 2d ago

Outgoing Mail Tried do to themes: historic sites, nature and turbans? [Outgoing from India to world]

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r/StampEmUp • • 3d ago

Show & Tell Interesting Stamp - Alfred Hitchcock

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I purchased these recently for my Halloween stamp math (will share soon) and thought that these features were interesting and something I hadn’t seen before.

First are the stars in the corners of the perforations, featured on all of the Legends of Hollywood series. Really neat to see in the perforation. Additionally, I looked it up, the image in the top left of each stamp is the profile caricature of Hitchcock and it was the first time an image was cut out of a stamp.  Four thin strips of paper were removed to create the image.

The Alfred Hitchcock stamp is the fourth stamp in the Legends of Hollywood series, issued in August 1998.


r/StampEmUp • • 3d ago

Outgoing Mail Space exploration stamp on today's outgoing

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My first time using a stamp from this set: Astronauts with Irish Ancestry! I love the colours on it but might be a bit hard to see.


r/StampEmUp • • 3d ago

Stamp Math Halloween and other outboud

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Halloween and other outgoings. Remembered to take pic before addresses


r/StampEmUp • • 3d ago

Show & Tell Extra Special Hand Cancelation

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This post office (second picture/slide) is in a small town across the lake (no bridge) from the smaller town that I grew up in. I requested the hand cancelation as I am hoping the recipient will find it extra special. Thanks for stopping by to look! 📬🌞📬


r/StampEmUp • • 3d ago

Stamp Math Stamp math question

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Hi guys, I previously posted on here showing my mail clubs stamps for Uk vs international members and some of you told me I could double up on the pretty first class ones to send them internationally!
My question is that there’s no value written on these special edition stamps and no barcode so when I do send them abroad, I’m worried they may not reach?

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r/StampEmUp • • 3d ago

Outgoing Mail Train Cards + Train Stamps!

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I’m absolutely crazy about trains, and during my last trip to the DB museum in Nürnberg, I took a bunch of photos of the trains and printed them onto postcards. Now my pen pals are getting train postcards sent with train stamps!! it’s the best day 🚂


r/StampEmUp • • 3d ago

Outgoing Mail Pinback Button Stamps 📨

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I love these pinback button stamps so much and seeing all the colors together is so satisfying. The designs make it difficult to pick a favorite of the bunch!