[Gatesedge] Re: Care Packages for those overseas.

[Carluccio di Baia]

Greetings All,

Having been stationed overseas, I thought that I might share my experience 
with mailing packages to overseas military installations. When mailing a 
package to an overseas US military base, it is possible to use standard USPS 
Priority mail. Therefore you will not have to pay overseas shipping rates, 
however a customs form is still required. Utilizing priority mail, I was 
able to receive my packages in Southern Italy within 1-2 weeks. You can go 
to the USPS website here:
http://postcalc.usps.gov/
type in the military postal code, and the weight of the package, and 
calculate the cost of shipping. As the shipping manager for our business, I 
have many boxes of different sizes, and am intimately familiar with using 
customs forms, and I would be glad to help in these areas.

In Servizio Umile,
Carluccio


>From: "D. Vandever" <hlannes at ev1.net>
>Reply-To: "D. Vandever" <hlannes at ev1.net>,        "Shire of Gate's Edge - 
>SCA,Inc." <gatesedge at ansteorra.org>
>To: "Shire of Gate's Edge - SCA, Inc." <gatesedge at ansteorra.org>
>CC: Scarlettmb at aol.com
>Subject: Re: [Gatesedge] Re:  Care Packages for those overseas.
>Date: Wed, 21 Jul 2004 10:06:10 -0500
>
>Thanks Maria for taking the inititive to head this up. If the rest of you
>are on any other lists, then you know that with Friedrich's death in Bryn
>Gwlad there is a ground swell of support for this idea growing across all 
>of
>Ansteorra. What you may not know is the cost of postage. The figure that is
>being bounced around is $70 to send 1 package. I haven't seen size or 
>weight
>on that.  So Maria will *also* need donations of postage money. I can't see
>making her pay this out of her own pocket.
>
>Maria, will you be going onto the AnySoldier site to pick a unit to 
>support?
>Also, on the Bryn Gwlad list there has been a lot of chatter about how hard
>it is for them to keep their clothes clean and they are looking for
>donations of "hand-cranked" washers or money to purchase them. Now it just
>so happens that I have a new, never-been-used, hand-cranked "pressure"
>washer (don't ask why) that I would be willing to donate. The box is gone
>but the instructions are still inside the barrell.
>
>I will also put $10 towards postage. Populace is way on August 9th. You
>might consider other ways to get the donations to you. Remember, once
>gathered it takes a month or more to get the packages to the soldiers over
>there anyway.
>Annes
>Dear God,  Help me to be the person
>my dog thinks I am.  Amen
>----- Original Message -----
>From: <Scarlettmb at aol.com>
>To: <gatesedge at ansteorra.org>
>Sent: Monday, July 19, 2004 10:28 PM
>Subject: [Gatesedge] Re: Care Packages for those overseas.
>
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