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Article #277Re: postage for mail to foreign countries
From: Alan Jeddeloh
Date: Wed, 29 Oct 1986 17:33
Date: Wed, 29 Oct 1986 17:33
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In article <6379@mhuxd.UUCP> dthk@mhuxd.UUCP (D. T. Hawkins) writes:
>The Universal Postal Union (UPU) treaties signed back in the late 1800's
I *knew I had the name wrong!
>by most (if not all) countries state that countries receiving foreign mail
>will deliver it to the addressee without charge.
I am currently a stamp collector and follow the US postage rates fairly
closely (c.f. my last posting). The 2nd ounce rate to Canada is 18 cents
(vs 17 for domestic mail). I seem to recall in the last postage
rate increase go-around that the 2nd ounce rate for letters to Canada
was expained as being required to make up a deficit in the Canadian
reimbursment account -- the money the US gives to Canada to deliver
stuff from the US. Of course, I could be wrong, I didn't get the name
of the UPU right!
-Alan Jeddeloh
Tektronix GTD
tektronix!orca!alanj
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