Question

[earthbelow]

If someone from the United States wanted to send a letter to someone in the United Kingdom, would that person need special stamps/envelopes to do so, and would it require going to the post office rather than just putting the letter in the mailbox?

Comments

[estirose.livejournal.com]

If you're mailing a letter, all you have to worry about is postage, no special envelopes or anything required.

Packages are a bit trickier. Usually, you have to put on a customs slip. (I say usually because when I send packages nowadays, it's mail, and they don't require it unless it's a large package.)

You do have to remember the extra postage, but I mail manilla envelopes all the time without actually going and talking to a post office person. I usually do have to stop at a postal machine, but that's because it's easier to use one than put on $5.00 in stamps.

[nightsinge.livejournal.com]

What estirose said.

However, there ARE special international envelopes that are thinner and weigh less. You don't have to have them, but it costs less if you do.