Tristan Da Cunha Permanent Exibition Supporting Group

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Comment by Jeff Bagato on February 22, 2021 at 3:24am

Not sure if this helps, but here is the Tristan Da Cunha post office website and the info they give there: https://www.tristandc.com/postoffice.php

The settlement there is called Edinburgh of the Seven Seas, but that doesn't seem necessary.

Contact the Post Office by email: postoffice@tdc-gov.com or phone: (44) 0203 014 5103

By post: Postmistress, Post Office, Tristan da Cunha, TDCU 1ZZ, South Atlantic Ocean, (Via Cape Town, South Africa)

Comment by Susan Weisberg on February 22, 2021 at 1:46am

Actually, that four-line one in French is not mine, Bradford. That one was sent by Sandra Gaches, who lives in France (see below); I don't know if she had any delivery problems. I wrote the address, in English, exactly as instructed at the top of the Tristan da Cunha page. I'll report what the Post Office says after I talk to them.

Comment by Bradford on February 21, 2021 at 7:51pm

The main problem with the address is not the language, but the format.  In all cases (countries) you should put the country LAST.  Placing it on the 2nd line of 4 lines is never a good idea.  In fact, having "South Atlantic Ocean" in French as the 4th line is superfluous anyway.  It should be spelled, "TRISTAN DA CUNHA" for the best result.  Some underline the country name once or twice as well, but not necessary.

Comment by Mim Golub Scalin on February 21, 2021 at 2:08am

Oh no Susan, that might happen to mine, also. I’ll post here if it does.

Comment by Susan Weisberg on February 21, 2021 at 12:19am

I posted my art to the address shown above and it was just returned to me with the following message: INSUFFICIENT  ADDRESS.  MUST SHOW DESTINATION IN ENGLISH.  ???!!??  I know the United States is pretty insular and monolingual, but it seems that the Post Office doesn't even know its own language. I will try to talk to a real human P.O. official about this next week. In the meantime, does anyone have any other suggestion?

Comment by sandra GACHES on February 15, 2021 at 2:00pm

mon mail art partit hier

Comment by Susan Weisberg on February 11, 2021 at 10:18pm

My piece going out to Tristan da Cunha this afternoon.

Comment by Guido Bondioli on February 9, 2021 at 5:38pm

Mine new submittal is in the mail

Comment by Susan Weisberg on February 9, 2021 at 1:11am

I'm working on my piece now. I hope it's not too late!

Comment by Mim Golub Scalin on February 8, 2021 at 11:29pm

Tomorrow, My postcard will be in the mail to Tristan da Cunha. I hope it doesn't take too long to get there!!

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