[Dx-qsl] Canada Address Labels ??

[Jerry Keller]

It's probably a good idea to use all caps to address all international mail. 
The problem with doing that is that the various ham address databases aren't 
in caps.

73,  Jerry K3BZ

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Patrick STODDARD" <lists at wd9ewk.net>
To: <dx-qsl at mailman.qth.net>
Cc: <W1MCE at comcast.net>
Sent: Wednesday, March 15, 2006 11:23 AM
Subject: [Dx-qsl] Canada Address Labels ??


> Hi!
>
>> Posted from another list:
>>
>> "Folks:
>>    My post office informed me that as of last January, Canada requires 
>> all incoming mail to be addressed in capital letters - had to re-do my 
>> handwritten cursive envelope into printed capital letters.
>>
>>    The P.O. employee (former Canadian) said it applied to 
>> machine-generated (like computer labels) addresses also.
>>
>>    Could some of our Canadian members please verify this for us??  I 
>> would think computer labels could be caps & lower case, but .....
>
> Canada Post has this page related to addressing mail up there:
>
> http://www.canadapost.ca/personal/tools/pg/manual/b03-e.asp?sblid=standards
>
> Here's a notice from the USPS issued in late 2004 on the topic:
>
> http://www.usps.com/communications/news/press/2004/pr04_069.htm
>
> Hope that helps.  73!
>
>
> Patrick WD9EWK/VA7EWK
>
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