Thanks for that, Barry. All I know is that FR5DX said "put Reunion Island, France, not Reunion Island Indian Ocean" and he's more likely to receive it. QSLs the old route were never answered (zero out of 4), QSLs the new route were (three out of three). I can't figure the science, but there you go :-) I still stand by the tips I gave earlier like hiding $$ well and Never putting ANYTHING about ham radio or callsigns on the envelope cheers D
--- On Mon, 17/11/08, Barry <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: From: Barry <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: [DX-CHAT] Follow-up on Via France post To: "Dx-Chat" <dx-chat@njdxa.org> Date: Monday, 17 November, 2008, 11:35 PM I know someone whose son is a supr. with USPS. I posed the question to him about writing routing info like Via France or Via Japan on an envelope and whether it makes any difference. Here's what he said, FWIW: My son went with this to Washington. Apparently, there is a large book called the "International Mail Manual". According to whomever Dave talked to, there is NO way that the public can request or demand the route that something is to be shipped internationally. In other words, it is at the discretion of the postal system as to how it gets wherever it is going. I read that as if it was leaving say Washington, D.C.---it could fly out from there and go one route. But, if leaving say California, it might go another route. However the particular regional distribution center has it set up. For example---our mail goes by truck to Baltimore---and then out from there. Barry W2UP -- Barry Kutner, W2UP Newtown, PA ----------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe or subscribe to this list. Please send a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] In the message body put either unsubscribe dx-chat or subscribe dx-chat This is the DX-CHAT reflector sponsored by the NJDXA http://njdxa.org ----------------------------------------------------------- ----------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe or subscribe to this list. Please send a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] In the message body put either unsubscribe dx-chat or subscribe dx-chat This is the DX-CHAT reflector sponsored by the NJDXA http://njdxa.org -----------------------------------------------------------
