SAE from USA?

gumbald · 20 May 2009 at 22:26

Need to keep this relatively vague, someone might read it and all that. Apologies if I don't make sense, please ask me to clarify if so and I'll try my best!

Basically, I want to write to somebody in America but include an SAE to get the required information back much more conveniently - a response is more likely. However, I obviously don't have access to US stamps here - how might I go about this instead?

I notice USPS do a postage printing scheme like Royal Mail, anyone used this? Guessing it's my easiest option.

gumbald · 7 Jun 2009 at 13:00

Argh, sorry for the bump but I'm looking into this again. Turns out you can't pre-print a letter from USPS, only a parcel. It's not really worth $12 or such sending it as a parcel.

Is my only way having someone in the US stamping it and forwarding on?

d_brennen · 7 Jun 2009 at 13:05

$12 is *only* £7.51... depends how badly you want a reply. They could just bin the SAE anyway! :eek:

R.O.S.S.I · 7 Jun 2009 at 13:05

Buy an airmail envelope and have it stamped etc over here, then include it with the original letter?

gumbald · 7 Jun 2009 at 13:07

CDj-Rossi said:
Buy an airmail envelope and have it stamped etc over here, then include it with the original letter?

Surely that's with RM postage, therefore USPS are getting nothing for handling it?

Jambo · 7 Jun 2009 at 13:13

I would be careful if you do decide to print a US stamp. Royal Mail ones expire the next day so USPS might do something similar.

Have you tried buying a book of stamps from usps.com?

d_brennen · 7 Jun 2009 at 13:15

Apparently you need to send an "I.R.C" (not that kind)- International Reply Coupon that you can buy at a place they call the local "Post Office".

Thats all I could find. These physical forms of mail are alien to me

d_brennen · 7 Jun 2009 at 13:18

http://www.royalmail.com/portal/rm/content1?catId=5200012&mediaId=27000662
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/International_reply_coupon

£10 by the looks of it! :eek:

Jambo · 7 Jun 2009 at 13:23

d_brennen said:
http://www.royalmail.com/portal/rm/content1?catId=5200012&mediaId=27000662
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/International_reply_coupon

£10 by the looks of it!

Your monitor needs cleaned. They are £1.10.

Good find but it still needs to be taken to a post office and exchanged for stamps it seems.

d_brennen · 7 Jun 2009 at 13:28

Jambo said:
Your monitor needs cleaned. They are £1.10.

Good find but it still needs to be taken to a post office and exchanged for stamps it seems.

lmao indeedy. Ray Charles would be ashamed :cool:

Think my eyes are more in need of attention than my screen lol

ZuG · 7 Jun 2009 at 18:40

You can buy american stamps from a famous auction web site.

gumbald · 7 Jun 2009 at 23:04

ZuG said:
You can buy american stamps from a famous auction web site.

Genius, never thought of that!

6thElement · 8 Jun 2009 at 00:09

I'll send you some, call it £5 postage on top

SourChipmunk · 8 Jun 2009 at 00:28

First class letter postage from U.S. to U.K. is $0.98 (£0.61). I think you can only buy blocks of 20 from USPS, so might try from a collector as mentioned by ZuG. Just make sure it's not already cancelled (used), of course.

gumbald · 8 Jun 2009 at 18:02

6thElement said:
I'll send you some, call it £5 postage on top

If someone from the US was feeling really nice, they could just forward it on for me and I'll pay them for stamps

Raist said:
First class letter postage from U.S. to U.K. is $0.98 (£0.61). I think you can only buy blocks of 20 from USPS, so might try from a collector as mentioned by ZuG. Just make sure it's not already cancelled (used), of course.

Seems eBay is full of sheets, harder to get single stamps than I thought, gar!