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Oceania/Australia : Australia’s mail being returned

 

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rrraphy
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04 Dec 2021
10:33:49pm

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Yep this time around my mail was returned by the post office.
I guess our friends in Australia will have to wait until post offices rectify the situation. Does anyone believe today that Covid germs are spreading via postal mail?

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05 Dec 2021
03:42:30am
re: Australia’s mail being returned

That's not an Australian label, and I don't think it ever got here. As we have no suspended service from North America, I'd suggest you have an over-zealous/uninformed USPS worker.

EDIT - This from the USPS website:

The Postal Service™ is temporarily suspending international mail acceptance for certain destinations due to impacts related to the COVID-19 pandemic and other unrelated service disruptions. Customers: please refrain from mailing items addressed to the countries listed here, until further notice.

*Australia’s service disruption affects Priority Mail International® (PMI), First-Class Package International Service® (FCPIS®), Commercial ePacket (CeP), International Priority Airmail® (IPA®) packets, International Priority Airmail® (IPA®) M-Bags, International Surface Air Lift® (ISAL®) packets, International Surface Air Lift® (ISAL®) M-Bags, and Airmail M-Bags.


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06 Dec 2021
12:01:27am
re: Australia’s mail being returned

" ... Australia’s service disruption affects
Priority Mail International® (PMI), First-Class
Package International Service® (FCPIS®), Commercial
ePacket (CeP), International Priority Airmail®
(IPA®) packets, International Priority Airmail®
(ISAL®) packets, International Surface Air Lift®
(ISAL®) M-Bags, and Airmail M-Bags. ...."


Crikey, mate, you need the services of one of the
young female United Nations interpreters.

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DaveSheridan
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06 Dec 2021
02:47:14am
re: Australia’s mail being returned

Strewth mate, that's a quote from the seppo site, not the dinkum one.

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Calstamp

06 Dec 2021
09:16:17am
re: Australia’s mail being returned

As of last Friday am (Orlando area), the only manner of shipping more than a basic letter to Australia is via Global Priority. Which is a very expensive alternative.

Based on personal experience, this restriction has been in place for at least the last four weeks.

And local PO staff will offer no insight as to the forecast end of this shipping restriction.

P.S. Two Australia-bound pkgs were returned (after mailing at PO) within the last month.

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06 Dec 2021
12:58:29pm

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re: Australia’s mail being returned

In my case a single first class letter was returned. I am about to take it in person to a Post Office, for clarification and possibly re-mailing.
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06 Dec 2021
03:14:44pm
re: Australia’s mail being returned

Waiting to hear back from one recent Australia buyer about delivery status (package sent a bit over a month ago).

But my first ever (anywhere!!!) “lost” package was to a buyer in Australia about 6 weeks ago. What’s heart-breaking is that I repackaged one big envelope into two, taking advantage of Canada Post’s inefficient pricing methodology to cut their postage cost by $5 - but apparently one didn’t show up and now “The Holocaust Project” is out $22.

Anyone else have issues with Australia deliveries specifically?

Hopefully this will get resolved soon!

Dave

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06 Dec 2021
04:54:15pm

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re: Australia’s mail being returned

From Canada Post web site.


"Australia and New Zealand
Date posted: October 26, 2021
Australia and New Zealand: Expect delays for letters and parcels
Yellow alert: We will attempt delivery to these communities and regions.
Date posted: October 26, 2021

Increased safety protocols and restricted flight capacity to Australia and New Zealand are creating delays for customers.

Some items may be delivered 20 to 30 days beyond published delivery standards. Consumers and business shippers should consider the additional delivery time when making commitments to recipients in Australia and New Zealand. Please know our people are working hard to maintain service and keep the mail moving. We apologize for any inconvenience and thank you for your patience and understanding. Our on-time delivery guarantee remains suspended for USA and International services including XpresspostTM-International and PriorityTM Worldwide."



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07 Dec 2021
03:54:40pm

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re: Australia’s mail being returned

My trip to the post office was pretty inconclusive. After much arguing, with copies of the regulations in hand, they pulled the returned labels off the envelope and put it, as it was, back into the outgoing bin!!!
So now I have to nervously wait and see if this second round, with stamps already canceled, has any better luck. Will it manage to sneak through the system! Since it was intercepted at the airport sorting station, I am more than a bit concerned!

More info later as I limp along waiting.....
rrr...

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09 Dec 2021
05:57:08am
re: Australia’s mail being returned

There's been no service to Australia from here (Israel) since May 2020 except by Courier which is a non-starter for us stamp folk.
I recently sent two lots to Australia via the UK and I know one has arrived. Not sure if Dave Sheridan got his packet or not yet.
The Post Office here have no idea when normal services will resume to that large Island down under so problems will continue from here.
But there's always a way around it ! Happy

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09 Dec 2021
06:09:02am
re: Australia’s mail being returned

I have been awaiting the arrival of a parcel from Australia for
about two months now. So the "missing" mails syndrome is going
both ways.
And on the good tidings front, a very nice overstuffed envelope
arrived this week from Israel.
I had hoped that Aussie Post might send mail via a steam ship,
but so far no luck.

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09 Dec 2021
07:02:53am
re: Australia’s mail being returned

"Not sure if Dave Sheridan got his packet or not yet."



I don't think so, but can you remind me what is in it? Big Grin

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09 Dec 2021
11:51:13am
re: Australia’s mail being returned

"I don't think so, but can you remind me what is in it?"



A bunch of Commonwealth items from my auctions. It will arrive.
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Calstamp

09 Dec 2021
12:37:23pm
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As of noon ET today, restrictions on sending pkgs to Australia from US remains.

Only current pkg shipment option is Global Priority. No date estimate for lifting of restriction.

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13 Dec 2021
01:07:01am
re: Australia’s mail being returned

... As of noon ET today, restrictions on sending pkgs
to Australia from US remains. ...


Now, isn't that just dandy ?
By the time the restricted envelopes or parcels arrive,
neither buyer nor seller will recall any details of the
transaction.
And, of course the dispute rule " .... providing that
the dispute is filed no later than 30 calendar days from
date that the original invoice was issued. ...."
will
leave problem solving to the members good will, which is,
fortunately the best part of the SoR auction system.

On the bright side, a heavy parcel that was mailed last
Tuesday from Vancouver, BC, arrived here in Florida on
Friday afternoon, thus keeping me from wondering, worrying
or speculating about the stamps sent from "Down Under.".


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Tom in Exton, PA

18 Dec 2021
06:37:53pm
re: Australia’s mail being returned

I have an eBay purchase a friend of mine in Perth made last year. It’s a piece of chrome trim for his Ford Model A. He’s said to hang onto it. We laugh that it will probably be here the next time he visits sometime in the future!

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rrraphy

Retired Consultant APS#186030
04 Dec 2021
10:33:49pm

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Yep this time around my mail was returned by the post office.
I guess our friends in Australia will have to wait until post offices rectify the situation. Does anyone believe today that Covid germs are spreading via postal mail?

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DaveSheridan

05 Dec 2021
03:42:30am

re: Australia’s mail being returned

That's not an Australian label, and I don't think it ever got here. As we have no suspended service from North America, I'd suggest you have an over-zealous/uninformed USPS worker.

EDIT - This from the USPS website:

The Postal Service™ is temporarily suspending international mail acceptance for certain destinations due to impacts related to the COVID-19 pandemic and other unrelated service disruptions. Customers: please refrain from mailing items addressed to the countries listed here, until further notice.

*Australia’s service disruption affects Priority Mail International® (PMI), First-Class Package International Service® (FCPIS®), Commercial ePacket (CeP), International Priority Airmail® (IPA®) packets, International Priority Airmail® (IPA®) M-Bags, International Surface Air Lift® (ISAL®) packets, International Surface Air Lift® (ISAL®) M-Bags, and Airmail M-Bags.


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Silence in the face of adversity is the father of complicity and collusion, the first cousins of conspiracy..
06 Dec 2021
12:01:27am

re: Australia’s mail being returned

" ... Australia’s service disruption affects
Priority Mail International® (PMI), First-Class
Package International Service® (FCPIS®), Commercial
ePacket (CeP), International Priority Airmail®
(IPA®) packets, International Priority Airmail®
(ISAL®) packets, International Surface Air Lift®
(ISAL®) M-Bags, and Airmail M-Bags. ...."


Crikey, mate, you need the services of one of the
young female United Nations interpreters.

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DaveSheridan

06 Dec 2021
02:47:14am

re: Australia’s mail being returned

Strewth mate, that's a quote from the seppo site, not the dinkum one.

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Calstamp

06 Dec 2021
09:16:17am

re: Australia’s mail being returned

As of last Friday am (Orlando area), the only manner of shipping more than a basic letter to Australia is via Global Priority. Which is a very expensive alternative.

Based on personal experience, this restriction has been in place for at least the last four weeks.

And local PO staff will offer no insight as to the forecast end of this shipping restriction.

P.S. Two Australia-bound pkgs were returned (after mailing at PO) within the last month.

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Retired Consultant APS#186030
06 Dec 2021
12:58:29pm

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re: Australia’s mail being returned

In my case a single first class letter was returned. I am about to take it in person to a Post Office, for clarification and possibly re-mailing.
rrr...

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06 Dec 2021
03:14:44pm

re: Australia’s mail being returned

Waiting to hear back from one recent Australia buyer about delivery status (package sent a bit over a month ago).

But my first ever (anywhere!!!) “lost” package was to a buyer in Australia about 6 weeks ago. What’s heart-breaking is that I repackaged one big envelope into two, taking advantage of Canada Post’s inefficient pricing methodology to cut their postage cost by $5 - but apparently one didn’t show up and now “The Holocaust Project” is out $22.

Anyone else have issues with Australia deliveries specifically?

Hopefully this will get resolved soon!

Dave

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06 Dec 2021
04:54:15pm

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re: Australia’s mail being returned

From Canada Post web site.


"Australia and New Zealand
Date posted: October 26, 2021
Australia and New Zealand: Expect delays for letters and parcels
Yellow alert: We will attempt delivery to these communities and regions.
Date posted: October 26, 2021

Increased safety protocols and restricted flight capacity to Australia and New Zealand are creating delays for customers.

Some items may be delivered 20 to 30 days beyond published delivery standards. Consumers and business shippers should consider the additional delivery time when making commitments to recipients in Australia and New Zealand. Please know our people are working hard to maintain service and keep the mail moving. We apologize for any inconvenience and thank you for your patience and understanding. Our on-time delivery guarantee remains suspended for USA and International services including XpresspostTM-International and PriorityTM Worldwide."



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Retired Consultant APS#186030
07 Dec 2021
03:54:40pm

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re: Australia’s mail being returned

My trip to the post office was pretty inconclusive. After much arguing, with copies of the regulations in hand, they pulled the returned labels off the envelope and put it, as it was, back into the outgoing bin!!!
So now I have to nervously wait and see if this second round, with stamps already canceled, has any better luck. Will it manage to sneak through the system! Since it was intercepted at the airport sorting station, I am more than a bit concerned!

More info later as I limp along waiting.....
rrr...

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londonbus1

09 Dec 2021
05:57:08am

re: Australia’s mail being returned

There's been no service to Australia from here (Israel) since May 2020 except by Courier which is a non-starter for us stamp folk.
I recently sent two lots to Australia via the UK and I know one has arrived. Not sure if Dave Sheridan got his packet or not yet.
The Post Office here have no idea when normal services will resume to that large Island down under so problems will continue from here.
But there's always a way around it ! Happy

Londonbus1

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09 Dec 2021
06:09:02am

re: Australia’s mail being returned

I have been awaiting the arrival of a parcel from Australia for
about two months now. So the "missing" mails syndrome is going
both ways.
And on the good tidings front, a very nice overstuffed envelope
arrived this week from Israel.
I had hoped that Aussie Post might send mail via a steam ship,
but so far no luck.

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DaveSheridan

09 Dec 2021
07:02:53am

re: Australia’s mail being returned

"Not sure if Dave Sheridan got his packet or not yet."



I don't think so, but can you remind me what is in it? Big Grin

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09 Dec 2021
11:51:13am

re: Australia’s mail being returned

"I don't think so, but can you remind me what is in it?"



A bunch of Commonwealth items from my auctions. It will arrive.
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Calstamp

09 Dec 2021
12:37:23pm

re: Australia’s mail being returned


As of noon ET today, restrictions on sending pkgs to Australia from US remains.

Only current pkg shipment option is Global Priority. No date estimate for lifting of restriction.

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Silence in the face of adversity is the father of complicity and collusion, the first cousins of conspiracy..
13 Dec 2021
01:07:01am

re: Australia’s mail being returned

... As of noon ET today, restrictions on sending pkgs
to Australia from US remains. ...


Now, isn't that just dandy ?
By the time the restricted envelopes or parcels arrive,
neither buyer nor seller will recall any details of the
transaction.
And, of course the dispute rule " .... providing that
the dispute is filed no later than 30 calendar days from
date that the original invoice was issued. ...."
will
leave problem solving to the members good will, which is,
fortunately the best part of the SoR auction system.

On the bright side, a heavy parcel that was mailed last
Tuesday from Vancouver, BC, arrived here in Florida on
Friday afternoon, thus keeping me from wondering, worrying
or speculating about the stamps sent from "Down Under.".


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Tom in Exton, PA
18 Dec 2021
06:37:53pm

re: Australia’s mail being returned

I have an eBay purchase a friend of mine in Perth made last year. It’s a piece of chrome trim for his Ford Model A. He’s said to hang onto it. We laugh that it will probably be here the next time he visits sometime in the future!

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