Originally Posted by
724Seney
It is unclear to me whether the OP had a tracking number when he made the shipment. If not, that's just a stupid mistake.
USPS International does include a tracking number for packages sent via their First Class international service (or whatever they call it). The problem is that if there was a tracking number, the shipment may have been tracked only as far as its point of departure from the USA. However, I have had instances where, for some countries, the package actually did get tracked once in the country to which it has been sent.
Bottom line, if shipping via the country of origin's national postal service, if there is no tracking once the parcel leaves the country of origin, do not use that level of service; but if there is tracking once in the destination country then at least one will have proof of delivery.