fir3bu1k :The Domestic Mail Manual states that the mailer is authorized to print a date correction for PC postage. The postmaster is guilty of criminal obstruction of the mail and should be issued a letter of removal.
.4.1 Date and Postage CorrectionsMailers may print a date correction or additional postage indicium directly on the mailpiece or on a USPS-approved label under the following conditions.
a. A date correction indicium is required for any mailpiece not deposited by the date of mailing in the indicium. Only one date correction indicium is permitted on a mailpiece. For all postage evidencing systems except PC Postage systems, a date correction must show the actual date of deposit and zero postage value (“0.00″). Place the date correction as follows:
1. On letter-size mail, place the date correction on the nonaddress side in the upper right corner or on the address side in the lower left corner.
2. On flat-size mail or parcels, place the date correction next to the original indicium, except when applied by an ink jet printer on barcoded flats.
b. Indicia for additional postage on shortpaid mailpieces must equal the total amount of required postage.

Does this mean that you can print the correction by hand or does it have to be a zero value label printed by the clerk?

There are various U.S. providers of “picture-postcards-by-phone”, but they lack the well trusted USPS brand recognition.

Postino requires no registration and you can send postcards to worldwide destinations. Postino has a print center in Italy and in the U.S. Payment is issued via PayPal.

goPostal offers an iPhone app to send picture postcards (4×6 inches and UV protective coating) within the U.S. for $1.29. An account registration is required.

Shutterfly offers picture postcards for $1.99

T-Mobile, Vodafone, E-Plus and O2 offer this service in Germany. It is based on the MMS format. The recipient’s address is typed into the text portion of the MMS

.4.1 Date and Postage Corrections
Mailers may print a date correction or additional postage indicium directly on the mailpiece or on a USPS-approved label under the following conditions.

a. A date correction indicium is required for any mailpiece not deposited by the date of mailing in the indicium. Only one date correction indicium is permitted on a mailpiece. For all postage evidencing systems except PC Postage systems, a date correction must show the actual date of deposit and zero postage value (“0.00″). Place the date correction as follows:

1. On letter-size mail, place the date correction on the nonaddress side in the upper right corner or on the address side in the lower left corner.

2. On flat-size mail or parcels, place the date correction next to the original indicium, except when applied by an ink jet printer on barcoded flats.

b. Indicia for additional postage on shortpaid mailpieces must equal the total amount of required postage.

Also, marking through the date or over-stamping it with a round date does not change the date of record in the electronic tracking system, which is how on-time delivery is measured.

However, I think it’s worth asking the Postmaster to look more deeply into the matter. It makes sense that, since Sunday is not a day on which mail is accepted, that Click N Ship packages bearing labels generated on Sunday could be accepted the following mailing day (usually Monday) without compromising service scores.

If this were not so, then it should be asked why the Click N Ship system applies a Sunday date — a day on which mail cannot be entered into the system.

There’s a lot of moving parts in the system and some of the requirements may seem odd at first. However, seen in the context of the whole, they make perfect sense.