Quite true, Joe. There was a big increase in postal rates to the U.S. and International destinations. Please note that one is also charged 6% GST (goods & services tax) when purchasing stamps. That makes the cost 1.58CDN to overseas destinations and 0.94CDN to the U.S.!!! Would you believe that Canada Post only increased the postage within Canada by 1 cent when they put the whopping increase on U.S. and foreign outgoing mail.
73 from Dave, VA3RJ ----- Original Message ----- From: "Joe Subich, W4TV" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "'Jan Erik Holm'" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; <dx-news@njdxa.org> Sent: Thursday, August 03, 2006 8:56 AM Subject: RE: [DX-NEWS] Canadian postage Q > > According to the Canada Post web site, one Canada Dollar (CAD) > is not sufficient for an international airmail letter. The > cost to 30 gm is 1.49 CAD. By the way, an airmail letter from > Canada to the USA is 0.89 CAD. > > Before the question is asked, at the current rate one US Dollar > (USD) does not cover international postage from Canada to the rest > of the world (1 USD = 1.12 CAD). > > Canadian postal rates are visible from: > http://www.canadapost.ca/segment-e.asp?sblid=english > or > http://www.postescanada.ca/segment-f.asp?sblid=french > > Select the desired service in the Personal/Personnel box. > > For those interested, Canadapost sells stamps directly to end > users on-line: www.canadapost.ca/personal/shop/default-e.asp > The price is much better than the "foreign postage" vendors. > > 73, > > ... Joe, W4TV > > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Jan Erik Holm > > Sent: Thursday, August 03, 2006 2:34 AM > > To: dx-news@njdxa.org > > Subject: [DX-NEWS] Canadian postage Q > > > > > > Is 1 Canadian dollar OK for a QSL request > > return from Canada? > > > > 73 SM2EKM > > > > ---------------------------------------------------------- > > Archives http://www.mail-archive.com/dx-news@njdxa.org > > THE DXR is sponsored by the North Jersey DX Association. > > Please visit our website: > > http://www.njdxa.org/index.php > > scroll to bottom for subscribe/unsubscribe options > > ---------------------------------------------------------- > > > > > > ---------------------------------------------------------- > Archives http://www.mail-archive.com/dx-news@njdxa.org > THE DXR is sponsored by the North Jersey DX Association. > Please visit our website: > http://www.njdxa.org/index.php > scroll to bottom for subscribe/unsubscribe options > ---------------------------------------------------------- > ---------------------------------------------------------- Archives http://www.mail-archive.com/dx-news@njdxa.org THE DXR is sponsored by the North Jersey DX Association. Please visit our website: http://www.njdxa.org/index.php scroll to bottom for subscribe/unsubscribe options ----------------------------------------------------------
