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From: alanj@orca.TEK.COM (Alan Jeddeloh)
Newsgroups: net.internat,net.travel
Subject: Re: postage for mail to foreign countries
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Date: Wed, 29-Oct-86 12:33:36 EST
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In article <6379@mhuxd.UUCP> dthk@mhuxd.UUCP (D. T. Hawkins) writes:
>The Universal Postal Union (UPU) treaties signed back in the late 1800's

    I *knew I had the name wrong!

>by most (if not all) countries state that countries receiving foreign mail
>will deliver it to the addressee without charge.

    I am currently a stamp collector and follow the US postage rates fairly
    closely (c.f. my last posting).  The 2nd ounce rate to Canada is 18 cents
    (vs 17 for domestic mail).   I seem to recall in the last postage
    rate increase go-around that the 2nd ounce rate for letters to Canada 
    was expained as being required to make up a deficit in the Canadian
    reimbursment account -- the money the US gives to Canada to deliver
    stuff from the US.  Of course, I could be wrong, I didn't get the name
    of the UPU right!

	-Alan Jeddeloh
	Tektronix GTD
	tektronix!orca!alanj