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NJDevils
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Friday, October 9, 2015 8:46 AM | |
How much does it cost to mail a legal sized envelope with one card in a plastic in one sheet of paper (under 1 ounce total) to Canada from the US? Thanks
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C2Cigars
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vrooomed
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Friday, October 9, 2015 9:45 AM | |
According to the USPS web site, a "letter" (standard #10 envelope size) is $1.20. An "Envelope containing a rigid object" is $1.42. Depends on your PO, and if it gets through for the 22 cents less.
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NJDevils
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Friday, October 9, 2015 12:06 PM | |
Thanks everyone. I once took an envelope to be mailed and I was concerned it was over an ounce. I was mailing 4 cards. So I asked the clerk to weigh it. She took the envelope and weighed it and said "there's something inside here". I replied, "I don't usually mail empty envelopes". It survived the postal crushing machines.
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C2Cigars
Posts: 11,467
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Friday, October 9, 2015 12:21 PM | |
LOL...love the comeback!
Like vrooomed said there's a surcharge for "non-machineable" envelopes. If it's too rigid to go through the automated sorting machines. Most of the stuff I mail (top loaders, cardboard) is apparently not too rigid and flexible enough to go through the machines. I've never had anything returned for insufficient postage...yet (fingers crossed).
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wjsenke
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Friday, October 9, 2015 12:46 PM | |
I put 2 forever stamps on the envelope and have not had anything returned yet.
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Baseball: 1957 + 61 Topps, 1950 + 53 Bowman (Color), If i win the lottery maybe i will try to finish an 1887 Buchner Gold Coin and the 1914 and 1915 Cracker Jack Sets too
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Kaline6
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Friday, October 9, 2015 6:36 PM | |
I don't know the actual rule for international mail, but I do know domestically, it really does't matter what an envelope weighs, so much as it's thickness. Once over 3/8" thick, an envelope basically becomes a parcel, (being non-machanable), and therefore charged a parcel rate. As a postal carrier, I see many bulky envelopes that get ripped apart by the sorting machines, because they weren't designated non-machinable. An envelope with a dozen cards or so, could easily get ripped in the machines.
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"He stood there like the house by the side of the road, and watched that one go by." - Ernie Harwell
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vrooomed
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Friday, October 9, 2015 7:18 PM | |
If it's anything more than one toploader, it's a bubble mailer for stuff leaving this house!
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-- Dan -- Note: Please see my profile for more info regarding trading (section updated 3/4/2024). I have added a large portion of my inventory to the site, and currently have trading turned on (details are in my profile).
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Mike67
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Friday, October 9, 2015 7:33 PM | |
I've thrown a few envelopes into the mail (I always go to get postage when I mail it) and they almost always check the thickness of the envelope both for machining and for if it'd fit in the mail slot.
I just have to say though I've seen so much variation in cost for packages sent to me (I'm Canadian) I've seen $1.20 up to $31.. Being on a fixed income myself I tend to go as inexpensive as possible while still trying to make sure cards don't get damaged. Nobody's complained yet, so... :D
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sandyrusty
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Saturday, October 10, 2015 4:03 AM | |
When less than 20 cards, I place them in three short stacks in an extra wide plastic sleeve, enclose the three stacks between 2 cereal box cardboards and put them in a long envelope. I then put standard postage for a letter to the USA without my return address. I don't let the postal clerk measure or weigh it (I don't bring it in with me to get stamps). I drop it in the mailbox and the recipient gets it within a couple of weeks. No complaints received.
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