sending a SAE to the States.

[pettsy]

I have a letter I want to send to New Jersey, America.
Do I enclose a S.A.E?

Has anyone else done it, what and how did you do it?

[nanny jan]

Hi pettsy,

I think you can use International Reply Coupons for S.A.E.; your post office should be able to advise.


Nanny Jan

[pettsy]

Hi Nanny Jan


I will have a look on the P/O site.
Thank you. 

[jjq]

I am not sure of the price, but International Reply Coupons used to be 60p. The post office here will stamp them - enclose it with your adddressed envelope and the Post Office at the other end will take the coupon as basic postage from USA to here.

Jan

[KathMc]

I've done it for the other way (I was writing from US) and I had the post office here put a stamp right on an envelope. No problems at all.

Kath

[MarieC]

Oh!  That's interesting, Kath!  The US must be different in this regard.  Here in Oz we have to use International Reply Coupons too, because you cannot buy stamps of foreign countries here.

MarieC

[KathMc]

In fact, we just mailed something to Australia a few weeks ago and I am sure the post office just metered it. Sadly, though, the postal worker was a bit clueless as it was going to Western Australia and she laughed at me and said, "Oh isn't that cute, I'll just put Australia."  It got there nonetheless.

Kath