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Post

This section includes any advice and resources for overseas workers who are posting items to, or receiving mail from, the UK.

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Post advice

If you're in a place where you have regular contact with people travelling to and from the UK, you can usually ask them to take your UK bound post for you and post it when back in the UK. Make sure you have a stock of UK stamps with you if you want to do this and check out the new Royal Mail prices that go by size and weight!

Security tips on handling post

As some Christian organisations have been the target of recent terrorist attacks, here are a few bits of advice from the US postal service on handling mail.

If the letter is at all lopsided or lumpy in appearance, don't be so quick to tear it open. Be suspicious. What else should make you suspicious?

  • It's hand-addressed and has no return address or bears one that you can't read
  • It's sealed with excessive amounts of tape
  • It's marked with restrictive endorsements such as "Personal" or "Confidential"
  • It has excessive postage

Further precautions:

  • Don't handle it if you suspect at all that it might be contaminated
  • Don't shake it, bump it, or sniff it
  • Wash your hands thoroughly
  • Notify your local law enforcement authorities

( Thanks to BRIGADA for this info)