Help - mailing important letter to Canada

benzapped

I have to mail an important letter from Oklahoma to Grunthal MB Canada. I have never mailed something to another country. What is the procedure? Do they have an Express Mail to get it there fast like we do in the US? Would I get this service at our post office?

What would be the format for labling the envelope? Do I use something like:

Mr. John Smith
PO Box 100
Grunthal, MB ROAORO

Would that be enough info to get the letter delivered in Canada?

Thanks in advance.

aglore

Global Express Mail will run you right about $17.00. You could also send it by Registered Mail. Your PO should be able to provide you with both classes of Mail. The country name will have to be the very last word in the address and in capitol letters.

Mr. John Smith
PO Box 100
Grunthal, MB ROAORO
CANADA

AlleninAlaska
Delta Firearms & Supplies
http://www.galleryofguns.com

aglore@gci.net

benzapped

quote:Originally posted by aglore
Global Express Mail will run you right about $17.00. You could also send it by Registered Mail. Your PO should be able to provide you with both classes of Mail. The country name will have to be the very last word in the address and in capitol letters.

Mr. John Smith
PO Box 100
Grunthal, MB ROAORO
CANADA

AlleninAlaska
Delta Firearms & Supplies
http://www.galleryofguns.com

aglore@gci.net


Thanks AlleninAlaska. I will take it to the post office Monday and use Global Express Mail. It will be worth the $17 to get it there a little faster.

Iconoclast

benzapped, I've sent a lot of stuff internationally and found the delivery acceleration to be spotty. I once sent some documents with the USPS' highest level of "service" and it took them 2-3 days just to move the freaking thing from NH to NYC. It was not delivered to the recipient for twelve days - and some of the documents were lost going through a customs check so I had to send again. I had a similar lag sending paperwork from NH to Nova Scotia. If it is important enough to invest in the Global Priority, check out what it would cost FedEx / UPS / DHL. If I use Registered Mail, I'm certain the item will arrive at some point, so if time is not an issue, I use snail mail. If time is an issue, the mail is my last option.





"There is nothing lower than the human race - except the french." (Mark Twain)

gruntled

Registered maid is the most secure but it is not the fastest.
The extra security slows it down as it has to be signed for &
secured at all points in its journey.

Mercury

REgistered mail is a JOKE.......don't waste your money. Just INSURE it if it is valuable.

Merc (who ships a couple thousand items a month.....)

"You can get more with a kind word and a gun than you can with a kind word alone. " - Al Capone, (1899-1947)

"Tolerating things you may not necessarily like is part of being free" - Larry Flynt

gruntled

Insured only means it has to be signed for at delivery. (And
some Insured don't even have to be signed for.) There
is no tracking & no security in between.
Registered mail has to be signed for each time it is transferred.
If you are sending valuable items to many other countries "Registered" is the only way to go.