Sending TTM outside of the US?

garpike · 07-24-2023, 12:03 PM

Does anyone have any experience with sending and receiving TTM requests outside the US?
I'm pretty sure that US stamps won't work for the return trip?
How do I get postage for the UK? Canada?

Any help anyone can provide I'd appreciate it, I'm thinking of sending to some of the Ted Lasso cast, some of which are British.

Buford · 07-20-2024, 02:04 PM

I'm actually about to do this. One of my TTM mailings is gonna be to a retired hockey player who lives in Canada. I discovered that on the USPS website that you can order Global stamps. Currently they're $1.65 each, but you have to buy a sheet of ten. I'm going to stick one on the outgoing and return envelopes in hopes that a USA Global stamp will mail a letter from Canada back to the US. I'm not completely sure it will. I'll let you know how it works out.

edit: I've done some internet research, including getting a couple responses to questions I posted about this. It looks like the USA Global stamps would not work for the return envelope from Canada. Canada Post's website sells stamps that would work to mail a letter from Canada to the USA; however, the website kicked my butt. It wouldn't take my credit card or acknowledge the expery date or CCV code I entered... no matter how much I pounded on the keyboard! I gave up, and plan to replace that TTM card with someone else.

However, my initial answer stands. It's plenty easy to go to the USPS website (or probably a post office) and order Global stamps that will get mail from the US to a country that takes first-class mail (such as Canada). Getting your TTM back may not be as hassle-free.

Highlander23 · 10-26-2024, 08:45 PM

I have sent a bunch to the UK and I use British Stamps. I order 1st class ones from the British Postal Service online and they usually come in a week or two. In most cases one of those stamps will work to get the SASE back to me, but sometimes I will put two to be safe. I always worry they will change their prices and I won't know about it!

I only send letters and have people respond right on my letter, so I don't know about 8x10s or larger items. I did send an 8x10 to David Tennant, but I don't expect that one back for quite a while (if at all), so I won't know if I put enough stamps on it for quite some time. I have had a couple of people add postage for me when what they sent was a little more than what my stamp would cover, but I am sure everyone won't do that. Good luck!

07-24-2023, 12:03 PM	#1
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07-20-2024, 02:04 PM	#2
Buford Member Join Date: Sep 2022 Location: Key West, FL Posts: 74 claudebuford	I'm actually about to do this. One of my TTM mailings is gonna be to a retired hockey player who lives in Canada. I discovered that on the USPS website that you can order Global stamps. Currently they're $1.65 each, but you have to buy a sheet of ten. I'm going to stick one on the outgoing and return envelopes in hopes that a USA Global stamp will mail a letter from Canada back to the US. I'm not completely sure it will. I'll let you know how it works out. edit: I've done some internet research, including getting a couple responses to questions I posted about this. It looks like the USA Global stamps would not work for the return envelope from Canada. Canada Post's website sells stamps that would work to mail a letter from Canada to the USA; however, the website kicked my butt. It wouldn't take my credit card or acknowledge the expery date or CCV code I entered... no matter how much I pounded on the keyboard! I gave up, and plan to replace that TTM card with someone else. However, my initial answer stands. It's plenty easy to go to the USPS website (or probably a post office) and order Global stamps that will get mail from the US to a country that takes first-class mail (such as Canada). Getting your TTM back may not be as hassle-free. __________________ PC: Nationals, Senators, Orioles, Capitals, and VMI alumni I'm pretty much a mid-Atlantic kind of guy. Last edited by Buford; 07-20-2024 at 08:19 PM.

10-26-2024, 08:45 PM	#3
Highlander23 Member Join Date: Apr 2008 Location: Central NY Posts: 1,547 tjcollectors Highlander23	I have sent a bunch to the UK and I use British Stamps. I order 1st class ones from the British Postal Service online and they usually come in a week or two. In most cases one of those stamps will work to get the SASE back to me, but sometimes I will put two to be safe. I always worry they will change their prices and I won't know about it! I only send letters and have people respond right on my letter, so I don't know about 8x10s or larger items. I did send an 8x10 to David Tennant, but I don't expect that one back for quite a while (if at all), so I won't know if I put enough stamps on it for quite some time. I have had a couple of people add postage for me when what they sent was a little more than what my stamp would cover, but I am sure everyone won't do that. Good luck!