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From: dave@inset.UUCP (Dave Lukes)
Newsgroups: net.internat
Subject: Re: postage for mail to foreign countries
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Date: Thu, 6-Nov-86 08:23:21 EST
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Posted: Thu Nov  6 08:23:21 1986
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In article <21937@rochester.ARPA> ken@rochester.UUCP (Comfy chair) writes:
>When I was a child I asked my father this question and he said there
>was an mutual agreement to deliver each other's mail.

The only relevant info. I can supply is that
a)	there was an agreement (called `The International Postal Convention'
	I think) in 1875 or thereabouts concerning DELIVERY of international
	mail, I dunno if this covered reimbursement, though.
	(BTW: this little gem was gleaned from a recent USEN*X paper!)

b)	The PTTs (phone companies to Americans) used to (and probably still do)
	have an agreement to reimburse at some certain notional date
	each year. (I guess the CCITT hjandles this).
	(Another funny: they used to do it in `Old Gold Francs', even recently!)

I would guess that there is a convention about this for post,
but thats as far as I know.

	XXX
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		Dave Lukes. (...!inset!dave)

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