The world is changing constantly and even in this fast-paced world of instant communication and text messages, there are many reasons that lead one to send traditional mail to someone. Well, the good to hear thing is that the entire process of mailing a letter is incredibly simple and straightforward.
It means you don’t have to go through the heavy lengthy process in order to mail a letter to someone. The whole process of mailing a letter is quite easy. Just read this article to know how you can mail a letter if you want to mail it even once in a while.
1. Choosing an Envelope
The most important thing is to find the right envelope for your letter if you are interested in mailing a letter. It is important because heavy contents might break through the envelope during transit if the chosen envelope is of very light construction.
Furthermore, the size of the envelope matters, the weight of the paper matters, and the intent of the letter matters like an envelope must not be fancy if it is for professional purposes.
2. Enclose the letter into an envelope and seal the envelope
If you are done with choosing your good envelope for your letter, then the next thing you do is to place your letter inside the envelope and lick the edge of the envelope to moisten the glue. After that, you have to seal the letter by pressing it shut.
If you don’t like licking your envelope then you can use a little water to moisten the glue on the envelope by using a wet sponge. You can also use a clear tape along the edge of the seal if you are afraid that the letter might get open on its journey.
3. Address the Envelope
You have to write the recipient address in the middle of the envelope front. What you should include there is the name of the recipient, house number or apartment of the recipient, name of the street, province or state, city, along with postal code. Do use the 9 or 11 digit zip code if you know it correctly.
This is an important aspect of sending a letter. You must write everything in clear, upper-case letters by using dark ink so that it would be easy for any postal employee to read your writing accurately and quickly.
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4. Use a first-class stamp
If your letter is addressed to a U.S. address (including an FPO or APO address) and it has standard weight that is less than an ounce, then you have to place one first-class stamp in the top-right corner of the letter. You can easily get stamps at any post office, or you can purchase one at USPS.com, or search these stamps at various retail stores.
5. Find the right postage
In order to send heavy and over-sized letters that are about to mailed overseas require extra postage so that they can reach the destination. You can get the rate chart of all current postage by visiting USPS.com.
If you have a scale to measure the weight of your letter then you can easily know how many postage you will need to pay. You must affix all these postage to the top right corner of your letter. If you don’t have scale then you have to visit post office to get your letter weighed. A clerk will tell you how many postage you will require to mail your letter.
6. Place the letter in a blue collection box
You can easily find a blue USPS mailboxes in most of the United States cities and suburbs. How to send a letter? Just open that blues mailbox near the top and place your letter in the slot, and close it. Later on, a postal worker will come and collect your letter and then your letter will go to the sorting-and-delivery process.
If there is a mailbox near your home then you can place your letter there or you better search for the nearest one. Furthermore, you can alert your mail carrier of its presence by moving the red flag out of the blue mailbox. It helps the mail carrier to know that there’s a letter there that needs attention.
7. Take the letter to any post office
You can also take the letter to any post office. They will either help you to know how to send mail or you can leave your letter with the postal clerk and she/he will mail it for you.
Moreover, you have an advantage that you can take your letter to the post office without wasting your time in purchasing postage. The post office will postage and mail your letter to whoever you want to send your letter.
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