Here is an enlightening 8 minute video for those of us who love learning about the inner workings of the USPS.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XxCha4Kez9c

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Comment by Monster A GoGo on August 13, 2022 at 11:37pm

Hmm. Patricia your comment about "creative guilt" got me to watch this. It talked about messy handwriting or miswritten information,  bit not so much the creative aspect. My envelopes that go beyond the edges sometimes get delivered and sometimes disappear.  I wonder if there is a video about that? I'll have to look... Hmm. Cheers

Comment by PATRICIA LANDON on August 13, 2022 at 1:20pm

I wonder why it took a BRIT to unlock the mystery?

Comment by PATRICIA LANDON on August 13, 2022 at 1:19pm

Does anyone experience 'CREATIVE GUILT" after watching this documentary?

Comment by William M on August 12, 2022 at 2:07pm

good question katerina. i wonder about the same for taiwan post. i know my incoming mail has sometimes passed through human hands as there are sometimes address translations from english into chinese handwritten on the envelopes. or full address when someone has sent mail to my old address. i suspect for outgoing mail it's much simpler and just tossed in a pile for certain countries.

Comment by Katerina Nikoltsou (MomKat) on August 12, 2022 at 11:06am

I wonder how it is done by the HELLenic Post?

...but in the Uk, ol' Britain, it is done like this:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1BVHPmGIxBQ

Comment by William M on August 12, 2022 at 8:56am

ah, that was interesting. i wish there was a video like this addressing all the time correctly addressed mail gets returned for no reason. (stupid nixie).

Comment by Katerina Nikoltsou (MomKat) on August 12, 2022 at 8:12am

Just one center in the USA for a country of 350 million people! So machines are taking care of 99% of the mail process, imagine! Guess my Greek postal clerk was wise to tell me to "print clearly or type address on plain white envelope" if I want a more "speedy" delivery. Darn...there goes "artsy" envelopes and addresses in spirals and around the collage, ha! Happy mail arty everyone :-)

Comment by Coco Muchmore on August 11, 2022 at 6:23pm
Cool! Good info. Makes me want to print out all of my addresses on the computer, though... :( Also, I wonder if some of those coders "know" some of the mail artists with distinct envelope styles whose work they see over and over? hahaha. Fun to think about. Thanks for posting.

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