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| I would like to hand deliver a letter by dropping it in my friend's mail
box. If I put a stamp on it, is there a way I could print a fake post
mark so that it looks like it was mailed to them?
A UK and US post mark would be helpful.
Thanks
PS - I know I can just mail the letter, but because I will be in the
area, it will be quicker to drop it off and it will be a nice surprise.
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| Nicolaas Hawkins 2007-05-27, 6:16 am |
| On Sun, 27 May 2007 09:39:15 +0100, ©® <n0ne@n0ne.com> wrote in
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> I would like to hand deliver a letter by dropping it in my friend's mail
> box. If I put a stamp on it, is there a way I could print a fake post
> mark so that it looks like it was mailed to them?
> A UK and US post mark would be helpful.
> Thanks
> PS - I know I can just mail the letter, but because I will be in the
> area, it will be quicker to drop it off and it will be a nice surprise.
Why try to disguise the fact that you care enough about your friend to
hand-deliver your letter? That it was hand-delivered would surely be an
even nicer surprise?
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"©®" <n0ne@n0ne.com> wrote in message
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>I would like to hand deliver a letter by dropping it in my friend's mail
>box. If I put a stamp on it, is there a way I could print a fake post mark
>so that it looks like it was mailed to them?
> A UK and US post mark would be helpful.
> Thanks
> PS - I know I can just mail the letter, but because I will be in the area,
> it will be quicker to drop it off and it will be a nice surprise.
If you can not draw one you could scan one
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| Phil Buchman 2007-05-27, 6:18 pm |
| On 5/27/2007, ©® wrote:
> I would like to hand deliver a letter by dropping it in my friend's mail box.
> If I put a stamp on it, is there a way I could print a fake post mark so that
> it looks like it was mailed to them?
> A UK and US post mark would be helpful.
> Thanks
> PS - I know I can just mail the letter, but because I will be in the area, it
> will be quicker to drop it off and it will be a nice surprise.
I just Googled "postmark" asnd found several post office graphics that
you could use for this.
http://www.newsandpress.com/letters.html
http://www.shashitharoor.com/articl...es/postmark.jpg
But don't stop with just these two because there are several others I
didn't look at.
Hope that helps.
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| it wont be quicker since you had to ask the question in a newsgroup and wait
for replies. Then there is the printing of the franking mark and so on. Just
post the bloody thing mate. Aspbergers syndrome is such a perplexing problem
for people.
"©®" <n0ne@n0ne.com> wrote in message
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>I would like to hand deliver a letter by dropping it in my friend's mail
>box. If I put a stamp on it, is there a way I could print a fake post mark
>so that it looks like it was mailed to them?
> A UK and US post mark would be helpful.
> Thanks
> PS - I know I can just mail the letter, but because I will be in the area,
> it will be quicker to drop it off and it will be a nice surprise.
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| Thanks for the replies everyone.
I was not wanting to avoid paying postage or do anything illegal. Even
though it would be hand delivered, it would be quite nice make it look
more real than wondering who dropped it in the mail box.
As others say at times: Google is your friend!
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| Krazee Brenda 2007-05-27, 6:18 pm |
| On Sun, 27 May 2007 09:39:15 +0100, ©® wrote:
> I would like to hand deliver a letter by dropping it in my friend's mail
> box. If I put a stamp on it, is there a way I could print a fake post
> mark so that it looks like it was mailed to them?
> A UK and US post mark would be helpful.
> Thanks
> PS - I know I can just mail the letter, but because I will be in the
> area, it will be quicker to drop it off and it will be a nice surprise.
Jailware
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| Bear Bottoms 2007-05-27, 6:18 pm |
| On Sun, 27 May 2007 16:19:37 -0500, Krazee Brenda <info@sanibleone.com>
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> On Sun, 27 May 2007 09:39:15 +0100, ©® wrote:
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> Jailware
OMG...that was funny too. Of course he could just go to the post office
and ask them to postmark it for him; that he is going to hand deliver it
himself!
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Bear Bottoms
Freeware website: http://bearbottoms1.com
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| On 27 May 2007, ©® wrote
> Thanks for the replies everyone.
> I was not wanting to avoid paying postage or do anything
> illegal. Even though it would be hand delivered, it would be
> quite nice make it look more real than wondering who dropped it
> in the mail box. As others say at times: Google is your friend!
I'd just scan a cancelled stamp, and print that onto a fresh
envelope.
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Cheers,
Harvey
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| Should've clarified in the orignal post - is there a way I can make my
own personal mark on the the postmark e.g.: "Sent with love" or "From
the Smiths"?
Thanks
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| Ron May 2007-05-28, 10:17 pm |
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On Sun, 27 May 2007 09:39:15 +0100, "©®" <n0ne@n0ne.com> wrote:
> I would like to hand deliver a letter by dropping it in my friend's mail
> box. If I put a stamp on it, is there a way I could print a fake post
> mark so that it looks like it was mailed to them?
> A UK and US post mark would be helpful.
> Thanks
> PS - I know I can just mail the letter, but because I will be in the
> area, it will be quicker to drop it off and it will be a nice surprise.
>
Can't say if it's the same in the UK, but it's illegal in the US to
put anything in a postal mail box that's not delivered by the USPS.
--
Ron M.
(I filter Googlegroups posts)
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| Ron May <mayron@hotmail.com> wrote in
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> On Sun, 27 May 2007 09:39:15 +0100, "©®" <n0ne@n0ne.com> wrote:
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> Can't say if it's the same in the UK, but it's illegal in the US to
> put anything in a postal mail box that's not delivered by the USPS.
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Are you saying that in the US you don't get advertising flyers hand
delivered by kids and others placed in your mailboxes? And if so, why
aren't these miscreants prosecuted? For that matter, what constitutes a
postal mail box? I can see how a box rented from a postal station could
qualify, but I seriously doubt that some box I (or my house builder)
attaches to the siding beside my front door is any of the post office's
business, other than a convenient place for them to put my mail, and a
convenient place for others to drop off notes, etc., or for me to leave
something for somebody to pick up if I'm not going to be home.
Just curious.
Regards,
JoeB
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| Bear Bottoms 2007-05-28, 10:17 pm |
| On Mon, 28 May 2007 19:06:53 -0500, JoeB <mymail@myserver.com> wrote:
> Ron May <mayron@hotmail.com> wrote in
> news:beom53199o3qee6tk9ac55bt7389jgr5jj@4ax.com:
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> Are you saying that in the US you don't get advertising flyers hand
> delivered by kids and others placed in your mailboxes? And if so, why
> aren't these miscreants prosecuted? For that matter, what constitutes a
> postal mail box? I can see how a box rented from a postal station could
> qualify, but I seriously doubt that some box I (or my house builder)
> attaches to the siding beside my front door is any of the post office's
> business, other than a convenient place for them to put my mail, and a
> convenient place for others to drop off notes, etc., or for me to leave
> something for somebody to pick up if I'm not going to be home.
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> Just curious.
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> Regards,
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> JoeB
They can't legally put them in the mailbox, and don't around here. Ron is
correct.
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Bear Bottoms
Freeware website: http://bearbottoms1.com
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| Larry Linson 2007-05-28, 10:17 pm |
| "JoeB" <mymail@myserver.com> wrote
> Are you saying that in the US you don't get
> advertising flyers hand delivered by kids and
> others placed in your mailboxes?
Not anywhere I've lived in the US, and that's a lot of places. Where I live
now, they typically use a rubber-band to attach the flyers to my front-door
handle or insert the material between the door and frame.
> And if so, why aren't these miscreants prosecuted?
I've always assumed that the advertisers directed the delivery services not
to put material in mail boxes because it was the advertisers who would be
charged (they are easy to identify, because the advertising would be useless
without contact information).
> For that matter, what constitutes a postal mail box?
Where I live now, it is assumed that the box out by the street, easily
reachable from the mail vehicle, is a "postal mail box". Mine's embedded in
a brick column, so you can't do it here, but I have lived where they sat on
top of a post and the newspaper delivery people attached metal or plastic
tubes (into which they inserted the papers) on the same post, below the mail
box.
The house where I grew up had a mail slot in the front door, and, on
occasion, there would be unmailed advertising material dropped through that.
I suspect, had my parents complained to the Postal Service, they would have
contacted the advertisers and warned them to stop. But, AFAIK, there wasn't
enough to be a problem, and my parents never did complain.
Larry
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| Ron May 2007-05-28, 10:17 pm |
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On Tue, 29 May 2007 00:06:53 GMT, JoeB <mymail@myserver.com> wrote:
> Are you saying that in the US you don't get advertising flyers hand
> delivered by kids and others placed in your mailboxes? And if so, why
> aren't these miscreants prosecuted? For that matter, what constitutes a
> postal mail box? I can see how a box rented from a postal station could
> qualify, but I seriously doubt that some box I (or my house builder)
> attaches to the siding beside my front door is any of the post office's
> business, other than a convenient place for them to put my mail, and a
> convenient place for others to drop off notes, etc., or for me to leave
> something for somebody to pick up if I'm not going to be home.
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> Just curious.
Generally, (at least in my neighborhood) handbills, flyers and the
like are either attached by a doorknob hanger or rubber band to the
front door. In parking lots, you'll find them under your windshield
wiper. In other places i've lived, I have found occasional adverts
that were put in the mailbox by private operations, but it has been
very rare.
If you live in the US, you'll find if you call your local post office
or ask your letter carrier, "that some box I (or my house builder)
attaches to the siding beside my front door" is for US Mail only. Some
mailboxes have a separate compartment or rack in which things like
newspapers, advertisements and that make "a convenient place for
others to drop off notes, etc., or for me to leave something for
somebody to pick up if I'm not going to be home," but nothing can
legally be put into the same receptacle or compartment designated for
mail delivery.
Check it out if you have doubts. My purpose for mentioning it is that
the reason given by the OP for wanting an item to APPEAR to be
delivered through the mail didn't ring true to me, and I wanted to
give her/him a "heads up" that such an action might not be a real good
idea.
--
Ron M.
(I filter Googlegroups posts)
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| Ron May wrote:
> On Tue, 29 May 2007 00:06:53 GMT, JoeB <mymail@myserver.com> wrote:
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> Generally, (at least in my neighborhood) handbills, flyers and the
> like are either attached by a doorknob hanger or rubber band to the
> front door. In parking lots, you'll find them under your windshield
> wiper. In other places i've lived, I have found occasional adverts
> that were put in the mailbox by private operations, but it has been
> very rare.
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> If you live in the US, you'll find if you call your local post office
> or ask your letter carrier, "that some box I (or my house builder)
> attaches to the siding beside my front door" is for US Mail only. Some
> mailboxes have a separate compartment or rack in which things like
> newspapers, advertisements and that make "a convenient place for
> others to drop off notes, etc., or for me to leave something for
> somebody to pick up if I'm not going to be home," but nothing can
> legally be put into the same receptacle or compartment designated for
> mail delivery.
>
> Check it out if you have doubts. My purpose for mentioning it is that
> the reason given by the OP for wanting an item to APPEAR to be
> delivered through the mail didn't ring true to me, and I wanted to
> give her/him a "heads up" that such an action might not be a real good
> idea.
Funny how things change from place to place. In Australia I get lots of
junk dumped in the letter box, which is annoying but quite legal, but
it's illegal to place any advertising material under the wiper of a car
in a carpark.
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Tim
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| Ron May 2007-05-29, 6:24 pm |
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On Tue, 29 May 2007 05:06:08 GMT, "Tim"
<timmorr64@XremoveXhotmail.com> wrote:
> Funny how things change from place to place. In Australia I get lots of
> junk dumped in the letter box, which is annoying but quite legal, but
> it's illegal to place any advertising material under the wiper of a car
> in a carpark.
I find the "under the wiper" approach to be particularly annoying.
Usually, there's no convenient trash receptacle nearby, so you wind up
taking the flyer home for disposal or recycling. I do make it a point
to see who the advertiser is so I know who NOT to patronize.
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Ron M.
(I filter Googlegroups posts)
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| W.Madison 2007-05-29, 6:24 pm |
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"JoeB" <mymail@myserver.com> wrote in message
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> Are you saying that in the US you don't get advertising flyers hand
> delivered by kids and others placed in your mailboxes? And if so, why
> aren't these miscreants prosecuted? For that matter, what constitutes a
> postal mail box? I can see how a box rented from a postal station could
> qualify, but I seriously doubt that some box I (or my house builder)
> attaches to the siding beside my front door is any of the post office's
> business, other than a convenient place for them to put my mail, and a
> convenient place for others to drop off notes, etc., or for me to leave
> something for somebody to pick up if I'm not going to be home.
>
> Just curious.
>
> Regards,
>
> JoeB
Straight from the source, the United States Postal Service:
http://tinyurl.com/3bu3yz
Not to mention, my sister in law is a postal carrier.:-)
Wendy
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| "W.Madison" <themadisons@DONTSPAMbellsouth.net> wrote in
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> "JoeB" <mymail@myserver.com> wrote in message
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> Straight from the source, the United States Postal Service:
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> http://tinyurl.com/3bu3yz
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> Not to mention, my sister in law is a postal carrier.:-)
Almost a good enough reason to move to the US.
In the Netherlands we have NO(in red)YES(red)-stickers for our
mailboxes. The first NO/YES is for free regional newspapers and the
second NO/YES is for advertisement. Not that it helps, if you go on
holiday for a couple of weeks you have a good chance of not being able
to open your front door (the usual place to put the mail through over
here). Brenda ?
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Dirk
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| "W.Madison" <themadisons@DONTSPAMbellsouth.net> wrote in news:XC%
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> "JoeB" <mymail@myserver.com> wrote in message
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> Straight from the source, the United States Postal Service:
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> http://tinyurl.com/3bu3yz
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Isn't that amazing. Does that mean that, in reality, residents of the
U.S. never get anything in their mailboxes that isn't placed there by a
postal carrier?
When I was a young lad delivering newspapers, the place to put them was
on the curved handles/hooks attached to the bottom of many residential
mail receptacles. Granted, I live in Canada and am not aware whether or
not we have laws similar to the ones in the U.S repsecting the use of
mail receptacles. It sure would make things difficult for the kids who
earn a few cents per flyer spending money who deliver commercial flyers.
> Not to mention, my sister in law is a postal carrier.:-)
I hope your sister doesn't mind your mentioning it, even if you were not
to do so :-)
Regards,
JoeB
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| On Tue, 29 May 2007 23:04:23 GMT, JoeB <mymail@myserver.com> wrote:
>Does that mean that, in reality, residents of the
>U.S. never get anything in their mailboxes that isn't placed there by a
>postal carrier?
In a word. yes.
I don't recall ever having hand-delivered flyers placed in my mailbox.
And I've lived both on the east and west coast of the US. Apparently,
the Feds are fear-inspiring to advertisers. And I'm glad of it.
As for flyers left on my property (at the entrance or in the
driveway), to me they are litter and a nuisance. I wish there were a
way to make that as illegal as stuffing my mailbox. It's particularly
a problem when you go away for vacation. Flyers laying around in the
open say to thieves, "There's no one home here. C'mon in and help
yourself."
I've always had neighbors who will check my property when I'm away,
and I do the same for them. But I'd rather it were unnecessary.
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Regards,
Dan
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| Dan <noone@nowhere.com> wrote in
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> On Tue, 29 May 2007 23:04:23 GMT, JoeB <mymail@myserver.com> wrote:
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> In a word. yes.
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> I don't recall ever having hand-delivered flyers placed in my mailbox.
> And I've lived both on the east and west coast of the US. Apparently,
> the Feds are fear-inspiring to advertisers. And I'm glad of it.
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> As for flyers left on my property (at the entrance or in the
> driveway), to me they are litter and a nuisance. I wish there were a
> way to make that as illegal as stuffing my mailbox. It's particularly
> a problem when you go away for vacation. Flyers laying around in the
> open say to thieves, "There's no one home here. C'mon in and help
> yourself."
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> I've always had neighbors who will check my property when I'm away,
> and I do the same for them. But I'd rather it were unnecessary.
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> Regards,
> Dan
I imagine it would be a pain having flyers left on a doorstep or
driveway, particularly as the chances of them being blown all over the
place, pages separating, could really litter the neighborhood. I
recently checked on my nephew's house for two week while he was in Ft.
McMurry and at least only had to remove the litter from the mailbox for
him, which is better than it being left out in the open I guess.
Regards,
JoeB
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