Since our save the dates were postcards, our US postage was $0.29 (pre-January 2012 price increase). I spent lots of time stalking the USPS website for wedding-invitation stamp options, so I tried to check out our postcard-stamp options.
Or so I thought. It turns out there was exactly one design worth 29 cents.
{image via USPS}
Herbs. I was disappointed that I was not given a chance to choose, but the stamps are actually quite pretty. I’ve become so accustomed to having a choice for everything that not having a choice almost felt like I was being cheated out of something.
However, our international postcards are quite another story. An international postcard requires $0.98 postage. I’m very familiar with this one from my frequent visits to the US. It’s a picture of Grand Teton National Park with fog drifting through trees.
{image via USPS}
It so happened that the day we went to the post office in town to buy stamps for our save the dates…they were all out of 98-cent stamps. Rats. So they gave us a mix of stamps to cover our postage. Problem = solution.
However, in many cases this meant that the stamps took up more space than I had planned for. We have several postcards where the stamps are all over the place. Not quite what I had in mind. We got better at placing them after a few tries.
See the improvement happening here?
{personal photo}
The German post office offers several stamps in our required postage. We used the lilies.
Dinosaur museum, historic houses, or lilies of the valley
{collage by me, images via DP}
Which German stamp would you pick?
All three are very cool! I’d probably go with the lilies as well, though, especially for a save the date.
the lillies for sure 
I think we may have to get creative with our RSVP postcards. The current rate is $.32 and the only $.32 stamp from USPS is a Hawaiian shirt with aloha written underneath. Not exactly a match to our winter/christmasy wedding!
@gingerlylove: We used the Hawaiian shirt stamp! It’s SO not us, but oh well 
Lillies.
At least you got to use the herbs. I have the new rate Hawaiian shirts. Meh doesn’t really go with my winter themed post cards, but at least the picture on the Save the Dates was the beach in the snow.
@gingerlylove: I missed reading your post. I am right there with you.
I think I would use the lily stamp for a wedding, but I’m suuuper drawn to the dinosaur! I <3 dinosaurs!
The German stamps are so pretty, I love the house one! Your creativity for the placement of the US stamps cracks me up, you did a great job on it!
The lilies are beautiful! But I would love that house one for regular use. It’s so cute! I ran out of my “Love” stamps for the Bengali invitations, so some of them had creative stamp placement as well.
Love all these stamps, but the historic house is definitely my favorite!
Miss Bracelet, Frankfurt, Germany/Rapid City, SD Age and Occupation: 26, Post-Graduate Student Fiance's Age and Occupation: 31, Electrical Engineering Student/ Ex-Navy Cal Tech Engagement Date: May 11, 2011 Wedding Date: September 2012 Venue: Schloss Heiligenberg/ Spearfish Canyon Lodge About Me: I'm a half-American from Germany who fell in love with a wonderful guy from Montana. We met in Japan and have been in a LDR for most of our relationship. I love organizing so much that it could be my middle name (Post-Its, anyone?). I have a serious addiction to paper products and milk chocolate. My fiancé totally gets my tomboy-princess-combo personality and will bring me chocolate when I need a pick-me-up. After a legal ceremony in Germany, we're planning a down-to-earth (semi-destination) wedding with our friends and family in the US.
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