Hi Joseph,

Yes, your post is a good reminder. We have mailed many a letter general post for $0.03 in stamps. We had to learn to "call for our mail" but that was easy enough once the clerks got used to me. We did this for years as an experiment but later found it was more cost effective to pay the first class stamp to have the postal service make the livery of the mail to my residence.

Also we noticed that the post master has the authority to cancel a first class stamp under philately. This fact is very useful in terms of a witness to our issue.

Best regards,
MJ