Return To Sender ....
We've all heard the familiar slogan
"You can't go home again."The Post Office says
"you can't even mail it there without a proper address and a ZIP Code."
Of course, after 70 years, I expected there might be a problem mailing a postcard in response to a small ad.
First of all, the penny postcard now costs an additional 27 cents.
As I clipped coupons from a 1939 issue of
Popular Photography magazine, I did hope to hear back from a camera store in New York that three score and ten years ago called itself
Fotoshop, Inc..
Today, Photoshop is the name of a software program used to enhance digital photos on your computer.
I also sent a copy of the postcard to the editors of the magazine but have not heard back from them.
I had the correct address in New York City, New York.
Labels: Fotoshop, Inc, PhotoShop, post cards, ZIP codes
Going Postal ......
The US Postal Service has an enormous, uphill task.
And I'm talking about just a little project I launched today.
I am sending back coupons for free offers. The ads said to glue it on a
"penny postcard."Well, I had to add a 27 cent stamp as well on each card as I responded to ads in the 1939 issue of
Popular Photography magazine.
The tiny coupon at the bottom of the ad had a dotted line so I knew where to cut. General Electric - and several other companies - had just their name, a Dept # and the city/state.
No street address or P.O. box.
Back in 1939 there were no
ZIP codes either. Everybody knew each other I guess. Or the mailmen did.
The website for the magazine showed no snail mail address but I did find an 800# and a surprised clerk wished me well.
He told me the Chicago address I had was decades out of date and gave me the "new" one in New York.
My mail carrier will probably bring all of the others back.
I know I had the postage right.
Labels: editorial offices, GE, penny postcard, Postal Service, USPS, ZIP codes
Pick a card, any card...
So I reached into my box of business cards before heading out the other night and realized I was down to just a few.
Hmmm. Apparently 100 business cards - for a retired person - lasts about 2 years.
Almost to the day.
Well, there were some changes to make. I had been notified that as of July 1, my ZIP code for Hanahan would change to 29410 and my old cards had the old ZIP. I also ordered a rubber stamp with
"Read My Blog" and the URL, to stamp on the back.
I had PhotoShopped the store-bought cards to change the ZIP but obviously didn't match the typeface very well so I didn't mind ordering another 100. Should take me into the year 2009.
Unless they change the phone prefix.
Labels: business cards, PhotoShop, retired, ZIP codes
We've all heard the familiar slogan "You can't go home again."
