How to Get Stamps? Let Me Count the Ways!

Need postage stamps? They may be closer than you think. Wherever you go, there’s a location to buy stamps.

The U.S. Postal Service is expanding customer access to its products --- including stamps --- at nearly 100,000 places across the nation. It’s not about brick-and-mortar Post Offices anymore, as our products move online and into retail outlets, grocery stores, office supply chains and pharmacies.

“We’re Everywhere So You Can Be Anywhere.” Customers can find dozens of locations to purchase postal services in their neighborhoods by visiting an interactive map at uspseverywhere.com and typing a ZIP Code. Using a simple icon guide designating stamps, shipping and packaging, PO Boxes and other services, customers can easily navigate to retail outlets, grocery stores, Automated Postal Center (APC) kiosks and Post Offices, among other options. There are many other ways that our customers may purchase stamps:

-- There’s one stamp store that’s open 24 hours a day, and it’s only a few mouse clicks away. Visit shop.usps.com. Here you can select postage stamps by price, subject or type and get them delivered right to your home or office in just a few days. There is a small handling fee to prepare and ship your order.

-- You don’t have to leave your home or office if you order your Stamps by Mail. Just get some order forms from your letter carrier or at your local Post Office, and then order stamps for delivery directly to your home.

-- Use your credit card and our 24-hour stamp hot line to order the postage you need. There is a small handling fee. Dial 800-STAMP-24 (800-782-6724).

-- Your nearest access point for postage stamps may be one of the thousands of bank automated teller machines (ATMs) nationwide that stand ready to serve as your personal stamp machine, and all are listed on our website, usps.com. Just click on Locate a Post Office and under Options select Alternate Locations to Buy Stamps. The website will list the nearest address, and even give you a map and directions on how to get there.

-- The Automated Postal Center (APC) is a state-of-the-art self-service mailing kiosk that helps you perform most postal transactions, including sending packages and letters, buying stamps and searching for a ZIP Code. Almost 2,500 Post Offices across the country now have these ATM-like machines. They are quick, easy, and convenient.

With more than 100,000 options for buying stamps, customers might get the idea we don’t want them to visit us any more. But we welcome their business and look forward to serving their mailing needs at the local Post Office as well.