[Dx-qsl] Canada Address Labels ??

Wed Mar 15 11:38:21 EST 2006

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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