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Post by Ted Talks Stamps on Mar 10, 2024 15:59:51 GMT
Here is an interesting article from the Spanish Philatelic Society. It seems Spain has a postal regulation which stipulates that envelopes must be white or a clear color (whatever that means) and NOT blue. Mail in blue covers will be treated like overweight or oversized covers and assessed postage due. I wonder what the reasoning is behind that rule. www.spanishphilatelicsociety.com/2019/04/02/color-does-matter/
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Post by fairyfoot on Mar 10, 2024 18:52:55 GMT
I wonder if it is something that Eva, from the Mail Adventures blog, knows about..
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Post by khj on Mar 10, 2024 20:00:02 GMT
It's not just blue anymore, but now red as well. The blue interferes with the handwritten/handstamped postal markings. Later on, the red interfered with the automated machinery reading/markings. Because all this requires additional hand-processing, they are charging what is the equivalent of what USPS calls the non-machinable rate.
Regarding "clear", I think that was something lost in the translation. That older regulation states white or light colors (rather than "clear"). If you enter "light color" in Google Translate, you will see the same Spanish root word translated. But I defer to any native Spanish speakers. Then singling out "blue" makes sense. No light blue permitted, as it interferes with manual writing/handstamps. But white or other light colors (i.e., non-blue pastels) are OK.
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