[Dx-qsl] QSL INFO - JV800CS

[Alfred Laun]

On 2/13/07, Kenji Rikitake JJ1BDX <jj1bdx at radio.email.ne.jp> wrote:
> In the message <00bd01c74ae1$0ea59c60$0201a8c0 at BillW2AY>
> dated Wed, Feb 07, 2007 at 12:54:24PM -0500,
> Bill-W2AY <w2ay at atmc.net> writes:
> >      I e-mailed Bat - JT1CS  asking if he received my card for JV800CS.
> >      He did not, but suggested next time try "via Japan" on envelope..
> >      I  received his e-mail today informing me he received my card .
>
> I doubt whether Japan Post acts as a forwarder for a third-party country
> mail.   Did you send the card with "via Japan" in the address, Bill?
>
> // Kenji Rikitake, JJ1BDX(/3)

I understand that this is done to cause the United States Postal
Service to route letters for Mongolia through Japan.  It does not mean
that there is a formal agreement on the part of Japan Post to forward
mail to Mongolia.

In my understanding of the situation, if a letter is addressed to
simply to "Mongolia" the USPS standard routing is to route it through
Russia, where there has been a history of pilfering of mail -- though
I understand the problem there is much reduced from what it was in
years past.

73, Fred, K3ZO