Postage stamps are now a canvas for you and your kid’s mugshot. With “MySchemeâ€_x009d_ – your picture could be a stamp on the letter to a dear one. With personalised photographs that are  now legally valid stamps, you can pay for the thumbnail photos to be printed on a sheet of 5 Rupee stamp paper containing 12 stamps. Gifting stamps to grandchildren is like creating your own history. A personalised picture and a backdrop of Indian themes like monuments is one great way to make an occasion a special and a memorable one. Even the corporates can use the logos of their organisations and businesses as pictures on stamps and use them in creative ways in their business meetings. Yes now the letters that you send can bear the pictures of your face. Here is a guide of how to go about it.
My stamp is available at your nearest GPO (General Post Office). Â While you make your visit you can carry a picture of your choice or you can alternatively get yourself clicked at the studio itself. You will need to carry your ID proof or any member of the family(even kids) to register yourself for MyStamp. Fill in the application form in case you are a corporate customer. One sheet of My Stamp will cost you Rs. 300 and the face value of each stamp is Rs 5. Contact: 022-22644944 for any queries or visit the website here.
Here are 7 fun and creative ways to use postal stamp with your kids.
Spend free time with your productively and learn about different countries of the world through collecting stamps. Not just kids, this is one hobby the adults too can involve in leisure. Save the envelopes that have postage stamps. This will act as a beginner’s kit for your kid.
1. Use for playing post office with your kiddos– A meaningful way to make your kids spend time in learning about different countries is to engage them in playing a post office games. With pictorial illustrations, currency denominations, historic representations and themes your child can learn multiple facets about a country in an easy manner.
2. Add it to your digital creations– You can create customised postage stamps as per your requirements in digital world. It might be a business, a cooking site or a kid’s blog. Using postage stamps will distinguish your content in a great way.
3. Print and attach it to gifts as tags– One fun and great way to use personalised postage stamps is to attach it to gifts as tags. It’s a great way of celebrating a relation and recalling who you are and where you belong can to. The person whom you gift will love the tag and it can be used in as many creative ways as you can think of.
4. Make greeting cards for birthdays– Personalised postage stamps can also be used to make greeting cards for your kids as well as your family members. It’s a creative and a different way to celebrate occasions. Pictures of the hobbies and interest of the B’day boy/girl, their close friends, things they love to do may be compiled to create a memorable artwork as a gift.
5. Theme a collection and print it– Make a collection on a theme and get the set printed on a t-shirt, bag or a pillow cover. Get your personalised stamps with fun pictures of family or important events and get them printed on a pillow cover to embrace the celebration every night your kid goes to bed. You can alternatively get them printed on a t-shirt or a bag to travel with real-time memories.
6. Make a photo-collage– Collect stamps with pictures of all the family members and make a collage out of it. You can get yourself and the members of the family photographed at the studio. Alternatively you can make stamps out of this image and get them fixed in a photo-frame.
7. Birthday Month Letters- You can make a letter for your kid, one for every month. Use the personalised stamps on the letters while you give them. Gift these letters to your kids on every month on the date matching their birthday. This will gradually cultivate in your kids a habit of collecting stamps and studying them.
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KSP Team
Janani S Koushik
