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Article #276Re: postage for mail to foreign countries
From: #ERIC K. BUSTAD
Date: Wed, 29 Oct 1986 17:49
Date: Wed, 29 Oct 1986 17:49
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> The Universal Postal Union (UPU) treaties signed back in the late 1800's > by most (if not all) countries state that countries receiving foreign mail > will deliver it to the addressee without charge. From my stamp collecting > days, I remember a lot of commemoratives being issued for one of the > anniversaries of the UPU. I have read that the theory behind this is that there is about the same amount of mail going in one direction between two countries as there is going the other direction. So each country pays for delivering the mail from the other country with the extra money it gets for mail going to the other country. = Eric Bustad AT&T Bell Laboratories Holmdel NJ 07733-1988 (201)949-6257 ekb@ho3cad.ATT.COM or ihnp4!ho3cad!ekb
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Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!utzoo!watmath!clyde!cbatt!ihnp4!houxm!ho3cad!ekb From: ekb@ho3cad.UUCP (#ERIC K. BUSTAD ) Newsgroups: net.internat,net.travel Subject: Re: postage for mail to foreign countries Message-ID: <525@ho3cad.UUCP> Date: Wed, 29-Oct-86 12:49:34 EST Article-I.D.: ho3cad.525 Posted: Wed Oct 29 12:49:34 1986 Date-Received: Thu, 30-Oct-86 07:02:55 EST References: <1275@ttrdc.UUCP> <6379@mhuxd.UUCP> Organization: AT&T Bell Laboratories, Holmdel Lines: 17