Mary's style of lettering reminds me a little bit of a recent one from JeanR. I'm not sure what the extra postage sticker is. I have a theory that is at the very end of this very long post.
Sometimes postal clerks create some issues that IMHO are not actual issues.
There has been one episode of a postal clerk saying something ridiculous - and not just saying it....insisting that mail is required to have a return address..... and that's ridiculous - because anything you drop in a mailbox is going to go on its merry way whether there is a return address or not. A local friend (not an exchanger) was trying to mail a letter without a return address and the clerk was adamant that she had to put her return address on the envelope.
My friend said - OK - and walked away with her envelope and dropped it in a mail box. After I heard about this, I went in to a PO and asked a different clerk - one I have known for a while - and was told that plenty of mail is handled without a return address. The reassuring clerk and I were also able to figure out exactly who it was who had been spouting the ridiculous opinion. I've had previous run-ins with that clerk. That clerk has a reputation for being ____?____. I'm not sure what word to use. I guess we'll just go with opinionated.
Here is another situation of an opinionated USPS clerk. It appears in the comment section which I have reposted below. It was the envelope from Lynne which had a rubber stamp (non-machinable) that did not make sense.
LYNNE'S COMMENT:
When I brought the envelope to the PO, they said it was non-machinable because the paper inside wasn’t the exact size I’d the envelope. The space between what was inside and the top of the envelope would cause it to get stuck in their machine. I find every postal worker tells me something different!
CJ's COMMENT:
Is it possible that it was non-machinable due to the artwork? Or whoever saw it can't read cursive? Or the zip code is not in the position that the machines recognize?
Jean's comment: After discussing this with Patty, I think there is good reason to pay attention. to the *heft* of any given envelope. Patty knows someone whose invitations were not reaching their destinations. The invitation was just a folded letterhead that was secured with tape. In the past - that type of invitation went through the machines. Patty and I suspect that the newer machines are chewing up flimsy mail.
I will keep reminding the exchangers to put *enough* in their envelopes to make them sail through the machines without being chewed up.
I'm wondering if the envelope from Mary was too rigid. I know the USPS machines will charge extra for mail that is too rigid.
See - if you go to the website to calculate a price, they ask if the envelope is rigid.
When I clicked on rigid - after clicking on a standard size and 1 ounce
this is what came up as the price - $1.27
So - 49-cents + 78-cents = $1.27
There is more to the topic of envelopes surviving the machines - which will appear at a later date.
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