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Offhand, I don't think I've ever mailed an International letter or package. Is return postage something that, normally, my local post office would help me with

Offhand, I don't think I've ever mailed an International letter or package. Is return postage something that, normally, my local post office would help me with? E.G. do they have some method of marking or adding post to a package that would be accepted globally (or at least within the destination country)?

ahazred8ta 1y ago
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- Lex-2008 1y ago
  yep, article also mentions them: > I was disappointed to find out that the UK’s Royal Mail discontinued international reply coupons in 2011. The only alternative that I could think of was to buy some US stamps.
Symbiote 1y ago
That's the International Reply Coupon mentioned in the article, but it's not supported by all countries. I think I've sent far more international letters and parcels than domestic. Christmas cards for elderly relatives in the country I was born in, and postcards when I travelled abroad. Some obscure things I sold on eBay were mostly sent abroad.
- mjevans 1y ago
  """ United Kingdom The Royal Mail stopped selling IRCs on 31 December 2011[26] due to a lack of demand. United States The United States Postal Service stopped selling international reply coupons on 27 January 2013.[27] """ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/International_reply_coupon#United_Kingdom https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/International_reply_coupon#Uni... That explains why I was confounded in my efforts to search within USPS results.
dl9999 1y ago
I send $3 U.S. with QSL (ham radio) cards. It seems like everybody is able to convert that to local currency to cover postage.
- relistan 1y ago
  I send international reply coupons with QSL cards. They no longer sell them in Ireland, where I live, but you can still order them from Swiss Post, online. They work everywhere. They mail them to you for free. https://shop.post.ch/en/packing-sending/sending-letters/registered-prepaid/international-reply-coupon/p/554094 https://shop.post.ch/en/packing-sending/sending-letters/regi...

ahazred8ta 1y ago

Lex-2008 1y ago
yep, article also mentions them: > I was disappointed to find out that the UK’s Royal Mail discontinued international reply coupons in 2011. The only alternative that I could think of was to buy some US stamps.

Symbiote 1y ago

That's the International Reply Coupon mentioned in the article, but it's not supported by all countries. I think I've sent far more international letters and parcels than domestic. Christmas cards for elderly relatives in the country I was born in, and postcards when I travelled abroad. Some obscure things I sold on eBay were mostly sent abroad.

mjevans 1y ago
""" United Kingdom The Royal Mail stopped selling IRCs on 31 December 2011[26] due to a lack of demand. United States The United States Postal Service stopped selling international reply coupons on 27 January 2013.[27] """ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/International_reply_coupon#United_Kingdom https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/International_reply_coupon#Uni... That explains why I was confounded in my efforts to search within USPS results.

dl9999 1y ago

I send $3 U.S. with QSL (ham radio) cards. It seems like everybody is able to convert that to local currency to cover postage.

relistan 1y ago
I send international reply coupons with QSL cards. They no longer sell them in Ireland, where I live, but you can still order them from Swiss Post, online. They work everywhere. They mail them to you for free. https://shop.post.ch/en/packing-sending/sending-letters/registered-prepaid/international-reply-coupon/p/554094 https://shop.post.ch/en/packing-sending/sending-letters/regi...