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The US postal service and the Australian postal
service also have certain "issues" between them.... that come down to basically
the US postal service wants the Australian postal service to adopt their methods
for everything they do.
It's not unlike the way the US government wants
the Australian government to do everything it wants as well. Surprisingly, the
postal service, unlike the government, has resisted some things already, but
show signs of cracking.
And to those people who have asked (really!)
- Australian dollars are not the same as US dollars. We have different dead
people on our bills, including a woman or two, and they have a different value
depending on the exchange rate at the time.
I have heard, however, that Australia will
be soon issuing the trillion dollar note, with George W. Bush's head on it. We
hope to use these to pay back the massive trade deficit Australia now has.
Apparently they are good in America and several other non-disclosed
countries.
I guess if the moderator can break the "no
politics rule", then a contributor can too, occasionally.
Phil
Phil Edwards Cinema Arts
26 Vista Avenue
Soldiers Point
NSW
2317
AUSTRALIA
----- Original Message -----
Sent: Thursday, March 10, 2005 12:49
PM
Subject: Re: [MOPO] New Mandatory Address
Requirements for Canada
There are international postal conventions to which
virtually every country with postal services belongs. If the Candian service
has introduced any new addressing requirements they are, as Bob notes,
essentially variations of those already in use. The prospect that the postal
service is turning back truckloads for minor "noncompliance" seems somewhat
unlikely. Anyway, the paypal address info setup that many sellers seem to copy
and paste onto parcels works fine. If paying by mail buyers should include
their own label.
Return addresses though have to be as clear as the
recipient's. So there is an issue related to legibility of that - make sure
it's complete or else that will result in a rejection of receipt. And that's
the same for the US and other countries now.
Starting and since late Fall the US and Canadian services
have been a loggerheads and I'm not sure who is to "blame", over where the US
will deliver parcel post in Canada - there was a change from Winnipeg, Calgary
and Vancouver Customs depots to Vancouver only for all of western Canada, so
there has been a long backlog - first for Christmas; possibly now there is no
room for MORE parcels and there is a turnaround of trucks / other
delay - as FEWER Customs agents check many more parcels than before for,
as Phil states, contraband and explosives.
Going the other way of course, there is the interdiction of
homemade foodstuffs such as cookies and fudge and horrors (!?) farm-drawn
bottles of maple syrup from Gramma that have not been preapproved (tasted by
Gitmo prisoners?).
Still, the mail does leak through.
Craig, Vancouver
----- Original Message -----
Sent: Wednesday, March 09, 2005 1:16
PM
Subject: Re: [MOPO] New Mandatory
Address Requirements for Canada
Hello,
What are the specific
requirements?....................I just sent about 10 up
there............Thanks, Vaughn
At 03:04 PM 3/9/2005 -0600, Captain
Bijou wrote:
Are all
MoPOers aware of the recently instituted mandatory addressing requirements
on all mail sent to Canada??
A
worker at my local post office gave me a inter-office bulletin outlining
the new requirements, which begins with the following paragraph:
"Canada has
instituted mandatory addressing requirements on all incoming mail. Canada
is refusing all mail that does not conform to the new requirements and has
been returning truckloads to us every day."
I've had two packages to Canada recently returned for no
apparent reason. The culprit must have been the way the labels were
addressed. Any other MoPoers have this experience recently??
Earl Blair
CAPTAIN BIJOU
www.captainbijou.com
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