Re: [DX-NEWS] yap - micronesia or belau(palau)?

[Htorr]

This is similar to the Panama Canal Zone before it became a part of Panama.  You could not send a letter outbound with U.S. Postage on it (except through the APO/FPO).  The U.S. Ham license was not valid in the Canal Zone  but you could get the Canal Zone license without exam if you had a valid FCC license.        A baby born in the U.S. (i.e. Alabama) is automatically a U.S. citizen but a baby born in the Canal Zone was not.         Tom Orr,  W6HT   FWIW Dept:  According to the FSM conculate 2 years ago, US postage will get a letter to the Federated States of Micronesia, but is not valid for their Postal Service - that is on an SASE.  They have approval to mint their own postage 'for revenue'.  They still have a US ZIP code, so I can only assume it's still true. Pelau has a US ZIP code, but no idea about their 'outbound' mail procedures. Casey/KQ4YI