[CQ-Contest] QSLing.

[DXer]

I have no 'proof' of this, so this is all anecdotal, for entertainment 
purposes only.

I was told that the originating postal service keeps all the postage for 
itself.

A package from the west coast of the US to the east coast of Canada, 
will be delivered to the Canadian postal service in Washington state, 
and the Canadian postal service handles it from there. The cost to the 
American postal service is greatly reduced this way.

The Canadian postal service will likely do the same, in the same 
situation, so it should average out in the end.

Even domestic mail has substantially different costs. A letter from 
Newfoundland to the Yukon territory surely costs more than the same 
letter to my neighbour, but the rate is the same.

This is likely the reason why most postal services, at least at the 
consumer level, are still in government 'hands'.

Costs could be a lot lower if maritime transportation only were used, 
but in today's world it would be a no go. We want things now, not 6 
months from now, if not longer.

73 de Vince, VA3VF

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Does anyone know how this overseas actually works?

I mean more or less say a parcel costs one dollar to ship from USA, to 
the country of kabookistan.

Now of that dollar,, does Kabookistan get any of it? I mean ya know the 
postage pays for the labor and material costs to move it from one place 
to another. So does any of that dollar go towards to costs in 
Kabbokistan of moving that parcel to it's final destination?

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