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    Default Re: Ideas for pen pal letter "tuck-ins"?

    Tuck-ins for InCo 2019: 3 x 5" maps of the US showing my city (mainly for overseas addressees), bookmarks from the reading drive at the county library, Rodeo tickets, my own "calling card", Latin vocabulary flashcards, postcards, and Word of the Day drawings.
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    Default Re: Ideas for pen pal letter "tuck-ins"?

    Quote Originally Posted by Chrissy View Post
    Quote Originally Posted by FredRydr View Post
    Cash is always well received.
    However, coins weigh heavy.
    On a serious note, it no longer surprises me when I get a Postcrossing assignment for someone in Russia or Eastern Europe who requests that the postcard be placed in an envelope...with coins! The postage expense would be more than the value of the coins. I prefer to go along with the requests for a tea bag (though I don't know what their customs people make of it).

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    Quote Originally Posted by FredRydr View Post
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    Quote Originally Posted by FredRydr View Post
    Cash is always well received.
    However, coins weigh heavy.
    On a serious note, it no longer surprises me when I get a Postcrossing assignment for someone in Russia or Eastern Europe who requests that the postcard be placed in an envelope...with coins! The postage expense would be more than the value of the coins. I prefer to go along with the requests for a tea bag (though I don't know what their customs people make of it).
    I caved in once and sent a 5p coin. I can't recall to which country, perhaps former USSR.

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    Default Re: Ideas for pen pal letter "tuck-ins"?

    Quote Originally Posted by FredRydr View Post
    Cash is always well received.
    Would talking about Johnny Cash count?

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    Quote Originally Posted by Morgaine View Post
    Quote Originally Posted by FredRydr View Post
    Cash is always well received.
    Would talking about Johnny Cash count?
    I still have some Johnny Cash forever stamps for such occasions!
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    This Red Envelope with làih sih money "tuck-in" arrived today from a fellow Geek!

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    Last edited by FredRydr; February 15th, 2019 at 04:52 AM.

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    I know that Geek, and I received a similar red envelope yesterday too. Thank you.
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    Default Re: Ideas for pen pal letter "tuck-ins"?

    Quote Originally Posted by VertOlive View Post
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    Cash is always well received.
    Would talking about Johnny Cash count?
    I still have some Johnny Cash forever stamps for such occasions!
    Can they still be purchased as current stamps?
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    Default Re: Ideas for pen pal letter "tuck-ins"?

    You could take it to the Post Office and ask them to hand stamp the letter. However, there is a surcharge for that that USED to be nominal but has probably gone up.

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    Default Re: Ideas for pen pal letter "tuck-ins"?

    Quote Originally Posted by MadameX View Post
    You could take it to the Post Office and ask them to hand stamp the letter. However, there is a surcharge for that that USED to be nominal but has probably gone up.
    What country is that?
    I regularly have US post offices frank envelopes by hand to ensure there are legible inked dates on the envelopes to establish dates of mailing of legal and tax documents, and I have never been charged an extra fee.

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    Default Re: Ideas for pen pal letter "tuck-ins"?

    Quote Originally Posted by FredRydr View Post
    Quote Originally Posted by MadameX View Post
    You could take it to the Post Office and ask them to hand stamp the letter. However, there is a surcharge for that that USED to be nominal but has probably gone up.
    What country is that?
    I regularly have US post offices frank envelopes by hand to ensure there are legible inked dates on the envelopes to establish dates of mailing of legal and tax documents, and I have never been charged an extra fee.
    I must admit I wasn't sure what country it was either. However, I'm sure I can't take any Johnny Cash Forever stamps to my Post Office and ask that they be hand stamped.
    Last edited by Chrissy; February 19th, 2019 at 04:27 AM.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Chrissy View Post
    Can they still be purchased as current stamps?
    Right here: https://www.ebay.com/itm/Johnny-Cash...lzM:rk:10:pf:0
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    Default Re: Ideas for pen pal letter "tuck-ins"?

    I keep forgetting to put in newspaper clippings - I have quite a stash I've snipped out intending to enclose...

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    Default Re: Ideas for pen pal letter "tuck-ins"?

    The local USPS stations USED to stamp local mail but now they have to charge for everything that's listed in their rules. In country towns, I think the employees were being nice or were substitutes who didn't know the policy.

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