-- 73 de Pierre VE2PIJ FN35qi http://www.geocities.com/vhfdx2/ http://www.qsl.net/ve2pij > Date: Sat, 17 May 2008 22:03:54 -0700 > From: [email protected] > To: [email protected] > Subject: [amsat-bb] Re: QSL's to Canada and Mexico > > Hi Ron! > > > I am trying to get VUCC and have made several contacts in Canada and > > Mexico. In trying to be courteous, I dont just want to drop the cards > > in the mail and hope that I get a return. I would like to get local > > postage so they can put the card in the mail and get it back to me with > > no cost to them. > > > > I have found a link to the Canadian post office and am waiting for a > > login to the website so I can order stamps. The Mexican post office > > doesnt seem to be as organized in the same way. There isnt a english > > page on the site and google translating only gets you so far. What are > > my options with getting postage to Mexico ? > > Canada Post's online ordering bordered on the horrific a year or two > ago. I don't bother with it. I call through their toll-free 1-800-565-4362 > number (toll-free for Canada and the USA, available 7am-7pm Eastern > time, Monday through Friday) to place orders. No tax, no shipping > charges, just the face value of the stamps to your doorstep if outside > Canada. This number goes to their stamp-collecting hotline, and you > get on their mailing list for future catalogs etc., but it works well. > > Mexico... e-mail me directly. I get, and keep, a small arsenal of > Mexican stamps. It's more important for Mexico-bound mail to > avoid sending "green stamps" with your QSLs if you expect them > to reach their destination. As long as you get a good address for > the XE ham (I may be able to help with that, if you have questions > on what may be listed on QRZ.com), making an SASE with > Mexican postage is the way to go. I have had an almost perfect > record for getting my XE satellite QSOs confirmed down there. > > Sometimes, to avoid the occasional black hole of Mexico City's airport > post office/Customs, I will have letters mailed from just across the > border in Mexico. Mail generally takes longer to get to its destination > compared to having it arrive directly from a foreign country (i.e., from > Mexicali - across from Calexico and El Centro, California - to Mexico > City is a 3- to 4-week trip for the Mexican post), but you do avoid some > of the problems that might pop up. Again, I can help you with that if > necessary. > > 73! > > > > Patrick WD9EWK/VA7EWK > http://www.wd9ewk.net/ > _______________________________________________ > Sent via [email protected]. Opinions expressed are those of the author. > Not an AMSAT-NA member? Join now to support the amateur satellite program! > Subscription settings: http://amsat.org/mailman/listinfo/amsat-bb _________________________________________________________________