Go to usps.com and scroll to the bottom. Click on International Service Alerts. It will show the status for several countries.
Foolishly, I bought stamps on Ebay from a vendor in Ukraine- it was something I couldn't locate elsewhere. That was in in March, tracking shows it checked in at customs there 3-29, nothing since. Seller says this is happening to other shipments and begged me to hold off filing a complaint.
I have stopped all out of country purchases. Even to Canada.
I still seem to be getting stuff from the States, just slower. I wish everyone would enter when an item was shipped on the invoice. I buy fairly often and, even though I should, I don't always check where the seller is based. Does anyone know for sure whether overseas mail is moving? I know I've bought from Britain recently but am not sure if the items have been shipped. Should I stop overseas buying - no, not if it's an item I want?! Should you stop overseas shipping for a few months, I don't mind waiting? Does anyone know for sure?
You need to go to Canada Post and look for countries you cannot send to from Canada currently. The last published list I could find follows - but it changes frequently. Your post office should have a list...
All below no service
ZAMBIA GABON
GAMBIA
GEORGIA
GHANA
GIBRALTAR
GREENLAND
GRENADA
GUADELOUPE
GUINEA
GUINEA-BISSAU
GUYANA
HAITI
HONDURAS
INDIA
IRAN
IRAQ
ISRAEL
IVORY COAST
KAZAKHSTAN
KENYA
KIRIBATI
KOREA NORTH DEM REP
KOSOVO
KUWAIT
KYRGYZSTAN
LAO
LATVIA
LEBANON
LESOTHO
LIBERIA
LIBYA
LIECHTENSTEIN
MACEDONIA
MADAGASCAR
MALAWI
MALAYSIA
MALDIVES
MALI
MALTA
MARTINIQUE
MAURITANIA
MAURITIUS
MAYOTTE
MOLDOVA, REPUBLIC
MONACO
MONGOLIA
MONTENEGRO
MONTSERRAT
MOROCCO
MOZAMBIQUE
MYANMAR
NAMIBIA
NAURU
NEPAL
NEW CALEDONIA
NICARAGUA
NIGER
NIGERIA
NIUE
OMAN
PANAMA
PAPUA NEW GUINEA
PARAGUAY
PERU
PHILIPPINES
PITCAIRN
QATAR
REUNION
RUSSIA
RWANDA
SAINT HELENA
SAINT KITTS & NEVIS
SAINT LUCIA
SAINT MAARTEN
SAMOA
SAO TOME PRINCIPE
SAUDI ARABIA
SENEGAL
SEYCHELLES
SIERRA LEONE
SOLOMON IS
SOUTH AFRICA
SRI LANKA
ST VINCENT & GRENADINES
SUDAN
SURINAME
SWAZILAND
TAJIKISTAN
TANZANIA
TIMOR-LESTE
TOGO
TOKELAU
TONGA
TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO
TRISTAN DA CUNH
TUNISIA
TURKEY
TURKMENISTAN
TURKS & CAICOS
TUVALU
UGANDA
UKRAINE
UNITED ARAB EMR
URUGUAY
UZBEKISTAN
VANUATU
VENEZUELA
VIRGIN ISLANDS-BR
YEMEN
ZIMBABWE
That's a long list, probably shorter if they listed the countries that they can send mail to.
I am a member of Postcrossing, the postcard trading folks.
I sent a postcard to German two weeks ago and it arrived on this past Friday.
The mail is slower, but seems to be getting through.
David
I just received my Approval purchases from one of our good members in Scotland. I purchased these stamps on March 27 and received today. 10 days. Pretty darn good.
I received a stamp ordered from Belgium on March 7th on Saturday, April 1st, so delays are occurring but deliveries do continue in most cases.
I received the Faroe Islands Postal Bulletin a couple days ago. But, then, I have no idea when they mailed it.
Delivery times seem to be all over the place.
I mailed an envelope to the USA on April 1st and recipient received it on April 6th. (fastest delivery service I've seen in many years).
I received an envelope on April 6th mailed from Toronto, Ontario that was postmarked March 2nd. I think this one walked it's way across Canada.
On March 3rd I mailed two envelopes to Europe - 1 to Portugal and 1 to France - Neither of these envelopes have arrived as of April 10th.
Last month I mailed several envelopes to the USA and every one of them had been opened and sealed again by US Customs. Each envelope contained a single envelope and no more than 10 stamps in a glassine envelope. One envelope was received soaking wet and of course that envelope contained a glassine envelope of mint stamps! Each one of these envelopes took an average of 2 weeks to reach the recipient. As far as delivery times go, it didn't seem to matter if the destination was WA or FL .
How about this article?
https://www.huffpost.com/entry/postal-service-funding_n_5e90ce94c5b672672149db2b
(Modified by Moderator on 2020-04-11 17:39:04)
Got a mailing from France on April 16th. According to the tracking info on laposte.fr, it was mailed on March 22, left France on April 9th and arrived in the US on April 19th. So rather slow delivery, but it got here. Oddly, the postmark is dated March 23rd.
In Thailand I read on a local forum that the only mail into the country from the US was by surface mail so allow 3 months. They were discussing garden seeds and I'm not sure how accurate they were. Still not a good time to be ordering stamps here in Bangkok.
When I was a young man, yes, that long ago,
I sailed from Brooklyn Army Piers to Channel
ports, seven days over and seven days back,
two to three days lay over at either end,
twenty one days round trip, thirteen round
trips before I signed on a different vessel
on a different run.
We carried mail in either direction so allow
-ing a day or two loading or discharging,
seven days sailing port to port, I'd consider
any delivery in less than a fortnight a good
trip.
Of course, air mail is faster, except when
planes are lined up wingtip to wingtip on
the grass betwixt runways waiting for the
pubic to decide to risk their lives on the
dead air in the passenger compartments
when this silly jape is over.
I have not left my rooms except to slip out
at night to fix a large cup of Ice Cream for
myself.
Did anyone ever notice that Chocolate
Ice Cream tastes 3x better when you steal
silently out to the freezer in the dead of
night and fill the dish as everyone else sleeps.
Test it out.
But don't wake anyone, that
takes the fun out of it.
"Did anyone ever notice that Chocolate
Ice Cream tastes 3x better when you steal
silently out to the freezer in the dead of
night and fill the cup as everyone else sleeps."
Re. International surface mail which is still an option at our at post office. The days of cargo liners and the Royal Mail Ships has long gone. I wonder who gets the contract now. Do a few bags of mail get thrown on a container ship before it leaves port?
Many cargo vessels had a caged security area .
in the holds just forward of the bridge structure
where it was easier to keep watch.
I'd be surprised if there were no longer US Mail
contracts. But then these days almost anything could be.
Has overseas mail stop or drastically slow down?
Usually receive and send two to three letters a day, yet nothing from overseas in about two weeks,
I know for a fact that mail from Brazil has been completely stop, any other countries that you know of?
re: Overseas mail?
Go to usps.com and scroll to the bottom. Click on International Service Alerts. It will show the status for several countries.
re: Overseas mail?
Foolishly, I bought stamps on Ebay from a vendor in Ukraine- it was something I couldn't locate elsewhere. That was in in March, tracking shows it checked in at customs there 3-29, nothing since. Seller says this is happening to other shipments and begged me to hold off filing a complaint.
I have stopped all out of country purchases. Even to Canada.
re: Overseas mail?
I still seem to be getting stuff from the States, just slower. I wish everyone would enter when an item was shipped on the invoice. I buy fairly often and, even though I should, I don't always check where the seller is based. Does anyone know for sure whether overseas mail is moving? I know I've bought from Britain recently but am not sure if the items have been shipped. Should I stop overseas buying - no, not if it's an item I want?! Should you stop overseas shipping for a few months, I don't mind waiting? Does anyone know for sure?
re: Overseas mail?
You need to go to Canada Post and look for countries you cannot send to from Canada currently. The last published list I could find follows - but it changes frequently. Your post office should have a list...
All below no service
ZAMBIA GABON
GAMBIA
GEORGIA
GHANA
GIBRALTAR
GREENLAND
GRENADA
GUADELOUPE
GUINEA
GUINEA-BISSAU
GUYANA
HAITI
HONDURAS
INDIA
IRAN
IRAQ
ISRAEL
IVORY COAST
KAZAKHSTAN
KENYA
KIRIBATI
KOREA NORTH DEM REP
KOSOVO
KUWAIT
KYRGYZSTAN
LAO
LATVIA
LEBANON
LESOTHO
LIBERIA
LIBYA
LIECHTENSTEIN
MACEDONIA
MADAGASCAR
MALAWI
MALAYSIA
MALDIVES
MALI
MALTA
MARTINIQUE
MAURITANIA
MAURITIUS
MAYOTTE
MOLDOVA, REPUBLIC
MONACO
MONGOLIA
MONTENEGRO
MONTSERRAT
MOROCCO
MOZAMBIQUE
MYANMAR
NAMIBIA
NAURU
NEPAL
NEW CALEDONIA
NICARAGUA
NIGER
NIGERIA
NIUE
OMAN
PANAMA
PAPUA NEW GUINEA
PARAGUAY
PERU
PHILIPPINES
PITCAIRN
QATAR
REUNION
RUSSIA
RWANDA
SAINT HELENA
SAINT KITTS & NEVIS
SAINT LUCIA
SAINT MAARTEN
SAMOA
SAO TOME PRINCIPE
SAUDI ARABIA
SENEGAL
SEYCHELLES
SIERRA LEONE
SOLOMON IS
SOUTH AFRICA
SRI LANKA
ST VINCENT & GRENADINES
SUDAN
SURINAME
SWAZILAND
TAJIKISTAN
TANZANIA
TIMOR-LESTE
TOGO
TOKELAU
TONGA
TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO
TRISTAN DA CUNH
TUNISIA
TURKEY
TURKMENISTAN
TURKS & CAICOS
TUVALU
UGANDA
UKRAINE
UNITED ARAB EMR
URUGUAY
UZBEKISTAN
VANUATU
VENEZUELA
VIRGIN ISLANDS-BR
YEMEN
ZIMBABWE
re: Overseas mail?
That's a long list, probably shorter if they listed the countries that they can send mail to.
re: Overseas mail?
I am a member of Postcrossing, the postcard trading folks.
I sent a postcard to German two weeks ago and it arrived on this past Friday.
The mail is slower, but seems to be getting through.
David
re: Overseas mail?
I just received my Approval purchases from one of our good members in Scotland. I purchased these stamps on March 27 and received today. 10 days. Pretty darn good.
re: Overseas mail?
I received a stamp ordered from Belgium on March 7th on Saturday, April 1st, so delays are occurring but deliveries do continue in most cases.
re: Overseas mail?
I received the Faroe Islands Postal Bulletin a couple days ago. But, then, I have no idea when they mailed it.
re: Overseas mail?
Delivery times seem to be all over the place.
I mailed an envelope to the USA on April 1st and recipient received it on April 6th. (fastest delivery service I've seen in many years).
I received an envelope on April 6th mailed from Toronto, Ontario that was postmarked March 2nd. I think this one walked it's way across Canada.
On March 3rd I mailed two envelopes to Europe - 1 to Portugal and 1 to France - Neither of these envelopes have arrived as of April 10th.
Last month I mailed several envelopes to the USA and every one of them had been opened and sealed again by US Customs. Each envelope contained a single envelope and no more than 10 stamps in a glassine envelope. One envelope was received soaking wet and of course that envelope contained a glassine envelope of mint stamps! Each one of these envelopes took an average of 2 weeks to reach the recipient. As far as delivery times go, it didn't seem to matter if the destination was WA or FL .
re: Overseas mail?
How about this article?
https://www.huffpost.com/entry/postal-service-funding_n_5e90ce94c5b672672149db2b
(Modified by Moderator on 2020-04-11 17:39:04)
re: Overseas mail?
Got a mailing from France on April 16th. According to the tracking info on laposte.fr, it was mailed on March 22, left France on April 9th and arrived in the US on April 19th. So rather slow delivery, but it got here. Oddly, the postmark is dated March 23rd.
re: Overseas mail?
In Thailand I read on a local forum that the only mail into the country from the US was by surface mail so allow 3 months. They were discussing garden seeds and I'm not sure how accurate they were. Still not a good time to be ordering stamps here in Bangkok.
re: Overseas mail?
When I was a young man, yes, that long ago,
I sailed from Brooklyn Army Piers to Channel
ports, seven days over and seven days back,
two to three days lay over at either end,
twenty one days round trip, thirteen round
trips before I signed on a different vessel
on a different run.
We carried mail in either direction so allow
-ing a day or two loading or discharging,
seven days sailing port to port, I'd consider
any delivery in less than a fortnight a good
trip.
Of course, air mail is faster, except when
planes are lined up wingtip to wingtip on
the grass betwixt runways waiting for the
pubic to decide to risk their lives on the
dead air in the passenger compartments
when this silly jape is over.
I have not left my rooms except to slip out
at night to fix a large cup of Ice Cream for
myself.
Did anyone ever notice that Chocolate
Ice Cream tastes 3x better when you steal
silently out to the freezer in the dead of
night and fill the dish as everyone else sleeps.
Test it out.
But don't wake anyone, that
takes the fun out of it.
re: Overseas mail?
"Did anyone ever notice that Chocolate
Ice Cream tastes 3x better when you steal
silently out to the freezer in the dead of
night and fill the cup as everyone else sleeps."
re: Overseas mail?
Re. International surface mail which is still an option at our at post office. The days of cargo liners and the Royal Mail Ships has long gone. I wonder who gets the contract now. Do a few bags of mail get thrown on a container ship before it leaves port?
re: Overseas mail?
Many cargo vessels had a caged security area .
in the holds just forward of the bridge structure
where it was easier to keep watch.
I'd be surprised if there were no longer US Mail
contracts. But then these days almost anything could be.