Tearing the stamp and placing the halves in the upper left-hand corner: “You have broken my heart.”
Using two one-cent stamps; in place of a two-cent stamp, if placed alongside of each other in the upper right-hand corner, means: “My love for you has doubled.”
Two penny stamps in the upper left-hand corner means: “You have a rival.”
Two penny stamps one above the other means: “I will call to see you tonight.”
Two two-cent stamps where only one is necessary means: “My love for you stops at nothing.”
Two penny stamps reversed means: “I am thinking of you with joy.”
Lovers frequently place a message of love under the stamp, which must be taken off in order that the message can be read.