# of stamps to get a x-mas card to Ireland?
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# of stamps to get a x-mas card to Ireland?
Does anybody know how many stamps I need to stick on the envelope to send a normal-sized christmas card to a pal in Ireland and not have it come back to me?
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In my experience of sending Xmas cards to the States, I go to the Post Office and ask how many stamps do I need on this.
They tell me.
I pay.
That simple.
It ain't expensive.
Slan,
D.
They tell me.
I pay.
That simple.
It ain't expensive.
Slan,
D.
And many a poor man that has roved,
Loved and thought himself beloved,
From a glad kindness cannot take his eyes.
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Loved and thought himself beloved,
From a glad kindness cannot take his eyes.
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Lucky for you,emmline wrote:I do that too. But I don't go to a P.O. in Scunthorpe is the only thing.dubhlinn wrote:In my experience of sending Xmas cards to the States, I go to the Post Office and ask how many stamps do I need on this.
They tell me.
I pay.
That simple.
It ain't expensive.
Slan,
D.
I went down to the P.O. a while back to send a DVD to a friend of mine in
Boston.
Had it all boxed up and addressed and everything and told the guy that I wanted to send it first class and Airmail..
"Where to ?", he sez.
"The States", sez I.
"The States.." sez he.."Where's that?"
"America", sez I.
"Oh , America", sez he, " You mean the United States of America?"
"The very place", sez I.
Then he told me how much and I paid the postage.
I am prepared to be charitable here and can kinda understand that Scunthorpe Post Office workers do not use the standard Irish expression for America - The States - but even a Scunny Bunny should know where the States are.
Cultural differences, eh.
Slan,
D.
And many a poor man that has roved,
Loved and thought himself beloved,
From a glad kindness cannot take his eyes.
W.B.Yeats
Loved and thought himself beloved,
From a glad kindness cannot take his eyes.
W.B.Yeats
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If you were the man on the desk, and you got it in the neck if there was a mistake, even if it wasn't your mistake, you would be officious too.
Time was, "The States" could mean "The United Federal Soviet States of Russia". It still could mean "The League of Arab States" or the seven states of Myanmar.
But I've been to Post Offices, or what pass for Post Offices, in the U.S.A., and can understand the reluctance to go anywhere near them. Despite the fashion for emulating the U.S. Postal Service, the Royal Mail still does a good job, including the mystery service where they miraculously manage to accurately deliver letters with addresses like "The lady in the blue Cardigan on Watling street".
The Royal mail do publish details of what postage is required for what weight (and now size) of letters and packets, to various places.
Does the U.S. Postal Service not do this? Oh yeah, there's a nice link from Jeferson.
The answer to the original question is "One, if it's big enough."
Time was, "The States" could mean "The United Federal Soviet States of Russia". It still could mean "The League of Arab States" or the seven states of Myanmar.
But I've been to Post Offices, or what pass for Post Offices, in the U.S.A., and can understand the reluctance to go anywhere near them. Despite the fashion for emulating the U.S. Postal Service, the Royal Mail still does a good job, including the mystery service where they miraculously manage to accurately deliver letters with addresses like "The lady in the blue Cardigan on Watling street".
The Royal mail do publish details of what postage is required for what weight (and now size) of letters and packets, to various places.
Does the U.S. Postal Service not do this? Oh yeah, there's a nice link from Jeferson.
The answer to the original question is "One, if it's big enough."
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It actually takes more than 2 first-class stamps to get a letter to Ireland now, although I don't remember exactly what the postage is. I had to send a bunch of thank you cards there after my wedding this year, but since I had like 5 rolls of stamps I just stuck 2 first-class & 1 postcard stamp on each. That worked, although I think it's something closer to 83 cents or something.
J.
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Bleh. I think I'll just jam three on there and hope it works.
Thanks everybody.
Thanks everybody.
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Right. A standard Christmas card takes a 39 cent stamp. Therefore, using the Domestic Rate Chart, I deduce that a standard Christmas card weighs less than 1 ounce. Looking at the International Rate Chart, I see that a 1 ounce letter requires 84 cents in postage to Ireland.
There is a requirement to include the county and a postal code.
Also, do not send any advertisements for venereal disease preventives unless your recipient is a physician or registered pharmacist.
There is a requirement to include the county and a postal code.
Also, do not send any advertisements for venereal disease preventives unless your recipient is a physician or registered pharmacist.
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That is a Christmas greeting I frankly hadn't considered, ever.Lambchop wrote:Also, do not send any advertisements for venereal disease preventives unless your recipient is a physician or registered pharmacist.
And what, by the way, is a postal code? Is it the same as one's ZIP code?
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