On Tue, 5 Feb 2008, Bill Parry wrote:
> This is a great review for QSLing. It is also reassuring.
>
> I have comments about a couple of items.
>
>
> "3. Send via Air Mail. If you know the DX station has postal theft
> problems, send via Registered Mail (or via FedEx if you are really
> desperate-one good FedEx is better than three lost Air Mails)."
>
> According to my postmaster, all letters outside the US are sent Airmail. I
> asked if I needed to affix a special Air Mail sticker or write Air Mail and
> he said that I didn't need to. Those Air Mail stamps are real pretty and I
> am always worried that my envelope might be intercepted by "stamp
> collectors!"
>
In the USA this is true. I've been told this by many postal employees.
You can have the post office put a sticker on it for the postage instead
of a stamp. It still goes by air mail. I do that sometimes.
73, Zack W9SZ
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