Ideally the stamp or stamps affixed relate to the event.

He picked up the packet of covers with the yellow stamps affixed and opened the drawer to find a glass.

There is no charge for cancellation of covers with stamps already affixed.

As she leaned to blow out the lamp, she saw the envelope upon the table, with the two large stamps of many colors affixed to the upper right-hand corner.

The Postal Service gives preferential treatment to covers with stamps already affixed.

Most non-collectors simply took a few envelopes to the local post office and had the stamps affixed and canceled.

To obtain first day cancellations for any of these issues, covers with stamps affixed should be sent to the appropriate addresses listed below.

Alternatively, the business can disseminate the envelopes or postcards with stamps already affixed, similarly to metered reply mail.

Goods that are being imported under distance selling arrangements must have the stamps affixed before the goods are imported into the UK.

If you receive a gift from a person in another Member State via courier or post, your goods should arrive with the stamps already affixed.