--- Jean Nathan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: From 18th August the Royal Mail will be > charging postage by size as well as weight. The > notice says small letter, large letter and packet.
The USA has had this for years. Don't panic. I'm sure you'll learn the dimensions allowed for small letter, etc, quite quickly, and adapt to it. Our small letter is large enough for business mail and greeting cards -- most routine mailing items. If it's big enough for flat sheets of paper or if it is over 1/4 inch thick, yes, it will cost an extra 23 cents over the normal weight postage. The bigger packages go on the Parcel Post rates. Size/weight specifics can be found on the web. I think the USA does this because of machine processing. The oversize/overweight items have to be done by hand. The standard sized mail can go through the machine for stamp cancelling and zipcode sorting. It's the price of progress. <G> Packages are always hand processed because the the variety of shapes/sizes that's received. Let us know when you learn more about the specifics. It might affect just a small portion of your mailings. Lace note -- I finished the needlelace sampler flower that I began at conference 3 weeks ago. Now I need a tiny vase to hold it. Best wishes, Alice in Oregon -- where the weather is cooling down. It's cloudy again. To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace-chat [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
