On Oct 26, 2004, at 4:13, Helene Gannac wrote:
Personally, I never have room to put my own address on the front of an envelope,
Those tea labels you've been getting from US at exorbitant prices (and me profiting in bobbins from Neil in the process <g>)? They're meant to fit in the upper-left corner
of any envelope, even a small one. I'm dedicated to pasting *many* pretty stamps when mailing abroad, also, and never have I had any conflict between the two. The US "airmail sticker" is somewhat oversizeed, compared to those from other countries, but I can usually fit it on also; if not, I just write: "air mail"
Anyway, I would be extremely mad if I ever found out that any P.O. chucks
my letters out wihtout bothering to turn them over to check if I've put
the sender's address on.
I would be too, if I thought it was the fault of the *people* responsible. Unfortunately, the envelopes are - mostly - scanned by machines; that's one of the reasons we've been told (years ago) to stick to certain, "prescribed", sizes of envelopes. The puter won't flip the envelope; all it can do is reject what it thinks is deficient in the info area.
Presumably, the PO workers then check the rejects, to make sure that they're legitimate. But, given the Christmas rush/madness, when the PO - like everyone else - has to employ partly-trained seasonal help... I wouldn't trust that too far :) If you're mailing to US, my advice would be to stick a piece of clear scotch tape on the back (to hold the flap down), and put your address label on the front (in the upper left corner)
I have lots of "issues" with the US's "do it my way or take the highway" attitude, but the placing of the address label isn't one of them :) For one thing, it's a minor matter (it's better to save your breath for protesting something important <g>). For another, it does make sense, if you're trying to have millions of pieces of mail processed, efficiently, by a dumb machine... I'm a great proponent of common sense :)
--- Tamara P Duvall http://lorien.emufarm.org/~tpd Lexington, Virginia, USA (Formerly of Warsaw, Poland) Healthy US through The No-CARB Diet: no C-heney, no A-shcroft, no R-umsfeld, no B-ush.
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