Update: Hallmark.com Offers Free Stamps on Personalized Paper Cards

Personalize Valentine's Day Cards at Hallmark.com; Hallmark Will Address, Stamp and Mail for You


KANSAS CITY, MO--(Marketwire - February 8, 2010) - Hallmark.com is making it easier and more convenient to send Valentine's Day cards this year by offering free stamps on every card mailed for consumers from the Web site through September 30, 2010. Orders must be placed by Feb. 9 to ensure delivery by Valentine's Day.

Shoppers can select a card design and add their own touch by including photos and a personal message. Hallmark.com will do the rest -- from gathering addresses to stamping and mailing the personalized Valentine's Day cards to each recipient. Hallmark.com offers hundreds of personalized cards, including customizable designs appropriate for kids and adults in categories such as romantic, sentimental, casual & cute and funny. Spanish language cards also are available from Hallmark's Sinceramente line.

"By offering free stamps on our personalized paper cards at Hallmark.com, we hope people will find it easier than ever to reach out to their friends and family at Valentine's Day," said Camille Lauer, Hallmark Cards. "We want to make connecting with loved ones as convenient as possible."

In addition to Valentine's Day cards, Hallmark.com offers hundreds of personalized paper card designs appropriate for birthdays, weddings, anniversaries, congratulations, encouragement, graduation and other card-sending situations, whether it be one card designed for many people (like holiday cards), or a customized card for one person.

Hallmark.com Valentine's Day cards come in several varieties including:

-- 4.25 x 6 Postcards -- Starting at 89 cents

-- 5x7 Folded Cards -- $3.49

-- Cards with Sound -- $5.99

-- 8.8 x 3.8 Flat Cards -- $1.29

-- 3.8 x 5.3 Flat Cards -- $0.99


About Hallmark Cards, Inc.

Hallmark makes the world a more caring place by helping people express what's in their hearts and spend time together -- a privilege few other companies in the world enjoy. Hallmark greeting cards and other products are found in more than 41,000 retail outlets in the United States, including the network of flagship Hallmark Gold Crown® stores. The brand also reaches people online at Hallmark.com, via cell phone at Hallmark Mobile Greetings and on television through Hallmark Hall of Fame original movies and cable's top-rated Hallmark Channel. Worldwide, Hallmark offers products in more than 30 languages available in 100 countries. Privately held company based in Kansas City, Mo. Visit http://corporate.hallmark.com for more details.

Contact Information: Contacts: Sarah Kolell Hallmark Cards, Inc. (816) 545-6270 Angie Read Fleishman-Hillard (816) 512-2322 http://newsroom.hallmark.com