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"stamps on bombs" Australian Stamp News Vol 39 Issue 11 http://cjoint.com/data/gBhGfgZr7Y.htm This process was mandated by the Unabomber experience. |
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On Jun 26, 11:05*am, wrote:
On Jun 25, 7:05 pm, Ralphael1 wrote: Today I received a letter, computer addressed to me or current resident. The return address was a gold and black personal stick on, not a company or business address. Ten cents postage. The contents was advertising for a local air conditioner service. I don't care how well the mail is sorted when delivered to the bulk mail unit, it still has to be sorted a couple of times and then delivered. Ten cents is not enough for this service, in my opinion. Ralphael, the OLD one You do not say what type of 10 cent stamp it is - if it is regular postage (not bulk mail or special service) then I suspect that it was intended to be added to a 34 cent value to meet the current first class rate. Several possible reasons for only the 10 cent stamp arriving are possible - the sender forgot to add the other stamp(s), or the other stamp was lost in the sorting machine. If it was commercial bulk mail, most probably all the sorting up to and including being cased for your mail carrier was mechanically done. The cover may not have been touched by human hands from placing in the sorting machine until your carrier placed it in your mail box. 10¢ Banner stamp, Presorted Standard is the stamp. Its use is dedicated to mass mailers that sort their own mail into little bundles with the zip code on front. The post office people just take the bundles from the mailers deposit box and put them in the correct zip code box without any cancel being applied. RtOo |
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On Jun 26, 7:37*pm, Sir F. A. Rien wrote:
found these unused words: On Jun 25, 7:05?pm, Ralphael1 wrote: Today I received a letter, computer addressed to me or current resident. The return address was a gold and black personal stick on, not a company or business address. Ten cents postage. The contents was advertising for a local air conditioner service. I don't care how well the mail is sorted when delivered to the bulk mail unit, it still has to be sorted a couple of times and then delivered. Ten cents is not enough for this service, in my opinion. Ralphael, the OLD one You do not say what type of 10 cent stamp it is - if it is regular postage (not bulk mail or special service) then I suspect that it was intended to be added to a 34 cent value to meet the current first class rate. Several possible reasons for only the 10 cent stamp arriving are possible - the sender forgot to add the other stamp(s), or the other stamp was lost in the sorting machine. If it was commercial bulk mail, most probably all the sorting up to and including being cased for your mail carrier was mechanically done. The cover may not have been touched by human hands from placing in the sorting machine until your carrier placed it in your mail box. Carriers still have to sort their routes by hand ... If it's not a 'flood' mailing, the central also has to sort by carrier route unless it bears the route code.- Hide quoted text - - Show quoted text - Also the zip code bundle has to be broken down by hand and sent to the individual carriers. RtOo |
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On Jun 27, 7:02�am, Ralphael1 wrote:
On Jun 26, 7:37�pm, Sir F. A. Rien wrote: found these unused words: On Jun 25, 7:05?pm, Ralphael1 wrote: Today I received a letter, computer addressed to me or current resident. The return address was a gold and black personal stick on, not a company or business address. Ten cents postage. The contents was advertising for a local air conditioner service. I don't care how well the mail is sorted when delivered to the bulk mail unit, it still has to be sorted a couple of times and then delivered. Ten cents is not enough for this service, in my opinion. Ralphael, the OLD one You do not say what type of 10 cent stamp it is - if it is regular postage (not bulk mail or special service) then I suspect that it was intended to be added to a 34 cent value to meet the current first class rate. Several possible reasons for only the 10 cent stamp arriving are possible - the sender forgot to add the other stamp(s), or the other stamp was lost in the sorting machine. If it was commercial bulk mail, most probably all the sorting up to and including being cased for your mail carrier was mechanically done. The cover may not have been touched by human hands from placing in the sorting machine until your carrier placed it in your mail box. Carriers still have to sort their routes by hand ... If it's not a 'flood' mailing, the central also has to sort by carrier route unless it bears the route code.- Hide quoted text - - Show quoted text - Also the zip code bundle has to be broken down by hand and sent to the individual carriers. RtOo- Hide quoted text - - Show quoted text - I recommend that you go to the USPS website and read the regulations for standard, pre-sorted mail in the Domestic Mail Manual. In order to qualify for discounted rates there are a number of prerequisites that must be met in preparation of the mail, all intended for the maximum processing of that mail by mechanical means. I reiterate that such mail (and nearly all of today's mail, pre-sorted or not) is processed with none (or little) manual processing until it is delivered to the carrier. They even have Optical Character Recognition (OCR) equipment that is capable of reading handwriting. I also recommend that you check the USPS website for mail rates - I doubt that there is a 10 cent rate for any type of mail. The 10 cent stamp on your piece is what is termed 'false franking' in that a stamp was used in an attempt to get you to open the mail piece because studies have found that mail with stamps is opened more often than the same type mail with printed permits. The difference was paid in cash when the mailing was delivered to the post office. |
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On Jun 26, 9:54*am, wrote:
This process was mandated by the Unabomber experience. It was determined by someone that any package weighing 13 ounces or more could be potentially hazardous so such items are required to be handed to a clerk; otherwise, they are supposed to be removed and returned to It used to be 16 ounces (450g). It's now 370g. I had two thoughts: 1. 1mg of anthrax would be far more than enough to kill the recipient 2. I haven't tried, and it's not the kind of thing I'm eager to post on the Internet, but I am *certain* a clever and experienced person could construct a lethal explosive package under 370g. -- Joshua H. McGee Sierra Madre, Los Angeles, California, USA, Earth Member: APS, ATA, ISWSC, MBPC Trade?: http://www.mcgees.org/stamp-offers/ |
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On Jun 26, 5:35*am, "rodney" wrote:
I had a feeling this was the case, Ralphael. So the parcel is franked correctly. Still, it is a bit odd really, I can only guess that the label assists the parcel with its routing, otherwise it is a waste of time and material. The man-hours saved probably greatly outweigh (pardon the pun) the cost of printing a label. When one presents a package, the counter clerk is supposed to count the postage. The $0.00 is evidence that he or she has. Without this, someone at a sorting facility might very well feel the need to re-weigh and re-count. Two specific occasions come to mind: 13-oz-or-less parcels, and parcels with partial postage paid electronically. In my admittedly small sample size, I've seen that $0.00 sticker apparently save a day in delivery time. -- Joshua H. McGee Sierra Madre, Los Angeles, California, USA, Earth Member: APS, ATA, ISWSC, MBPC Trade?: http://www.mcgees.org/stamp-offers/ |
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