[Elecraft] December postal delays to UK / Europe

Mike Harris [email protected]
Wed Jan 7 18:18:12 2004


G'day,

> A few U.S. Postal Service International Air Parcel Post shipments we sent
> during December to Europe, and especially to the UK, are taking several
weeks
> longer to reach their destinations than normal due to the large amount of
> packages the postal system has to handle during the holidays. We are
seeing a
> number of packages sent during the first two weeks of December that have
not
> yet reached their destinations. It looks like the delay is occurring at
the
> European / UK end of the path.

There was an unofficial postal strike in the UK late last year.  I am still
waiting for airmail posted from the UK in mid November!

Regards,

Mike VP8NO
(IOTA SA-002)
(GD18BH)