I studied my local postal thieves and concluded:
A note about postal theft: Thieves who steal mail on a regular basis seek
envelopes that form a pattern: (a) many similar ones to the same address,
(b) thickness more than 1 paper sheet, and (c) from rich countries. Thieves
doing this regularly can not be stopped by inserted carbon paper, valuables
hidden inside inner envelopes, or other tricks because they simply open
ALL envelopes fitting the pattern, take the valuables, and destroy the rest
(thus destroying the evidence of their theft). Some thieves steal only for
rare or odd stamps. Ham radio QSL mail makes a very easily identifiable
pattern that simply can not be defeated by the usual tricks, so skip the
tricks. Instead, try Registered Mail or, if desperate, use FedEx, UPS, or
DHL. Even if you disguise your mail to look like an advertisement or
typewritten official mail , the determined regular thieves may well steal
EVERYTHING to an address known to get QSLs.
Charles Harpole, HS0ZCW
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