Hi all,
I have been collecting wedding photos from everyone in our
family I could as part of my family tree research.
At least with weddings a date can be found, unlike "Auntie's" tin of
good old photos with no names or dates on them :-)

I have made some albums up with 5 generations of wedding photos in
them and 72 photos in each album.
They are small and neat looking with general family information about
each family and were possible a later in life photo too, it shows us
aging!

I have four to post to Australia, (from the UK) I do not have any
special scales but on my kitchen scales the package weighs 2, 1/2
pound or 1.250 KG.

Are there different postal methods I could ask for?
Is all post Air mail now?

I do not begrudge the postal charge but just wondered if there are
options ?
Mick.IOW.

On Sun, 13 Jan 2013 17:29:09 +0000, Mick wrote:

Are there different postal methods I could ask for?
Is all post Air mail now?

Other half sent a plate (as in china) to Oz via surface mail a year or so
back. Took around 3 months to get there but it did and in one peice.

http://www.royalmail.com/delivery/de...ional/surface-
mail

Airmail for 1.25kg world zone two would be £18.50 and arrive in about a
week or less. Surfacemail £10.06.

--
Cheers
Dave.

On Sun, 13 Jan 2013 17:57:50 +0000 (GMT), "Dave Liquorice"
wrote:

On Sun, 13 Jan 2013 17:29:09 +0000, Mick wrote:

Are there different postal methods I could ask for?
Is all post Air mail now?

Other half sent a plate (as in china) to Oz via surface mail a year or so
back. Took around 3 months to get there but it did and in one peice.

http://www.royalmail.com/delivery/de...ional/surface-
mail

Airmail for 1.25kg world zone two would be £18.50 and arrive in about a
week or less. Surfacemail £10.06.

Thank you all for the help.

Airmail seems the best solution if it is around £20.00 or so.
I will tell the clerk it is just photos in albums and hope for the
best.

A lot of effort has gone into processing and grouping the albums.

If surface was a quarter of the Air mail price it would have been
worth thinking about.
Mick.IOW.

On Sun, 13 Jan 2013 17:29:09 +0000, Mick
wrote:

Hi all,
I have been collecting wedding photos from everyone in our
family I could as part of my family tree research.
At least with weddings a date can be found, unlike "Auntie's" tin of
good old photos with no names or dates on them :-)

I have made some albums up with 5 generations of wedding photos in
them and 72 photos in each album.
They are small and neat looking with general family information about
each family and were possible a later in life photo too, it shows us
aging!

I have four to post to Australia, (from the UK) I do not have any
special scales but on my kitchen scales the package weighs 2, 1/2
pound or 1.250 KG.

Are there different postal methods I could ask for?
Is all post Air mail now?

I do not begrudge the postal charge but just wondered if there are
options ?

Apart from waiting for the next time you or a kind friend or relative
flies out there, Royal Mail is probably going to offer you the
cheapest options from anonymous small packet/printed papers upwards. I
suggest you take a look at royalmail.com and play around with the
weights and delivery methods and see what looks best to you. And if
you find you are on the margins of a weight boundary you can play
around a bit to keep within specific limits. From your point of view,
you might save money by combining some or all of them but the gesture
you are making might wear a little thin if Aunt Jessie has to stump up
a number of dollars to get part of the consignment over to Aunt
Arabella on the other side of the continent.

Nick

On Sun, 13 Jan 2013 18:06:13 +0000, Nick Odell wrote:

From your point of view, you might save money by combining some or all
of them ...

IIRC from looking just now, surfacemail has 2 kg limit. Airmail might be
2.5 kg riseing to 5kg for printed matter.

--
Cheers
Dave.

On Jan 13, 7:58 pm, "Dave Liquorice"
wrote:
On Sun, 13 Jan 2013 18:06:13 +0000, Nick Odell wrote:
From your point of view, you might save money by combining some or all
of them ...

IIRC from looking just now, surfacemail has 2 kg limit. Airmail might be
2.5 kg riseing to 5kg for printed matter.

--
Cheers
Dave.

does "printed matter" have to be in a plasticy see though
"bag"/"envelope"? IOW offering no protection, and general treated as
publications & chucked about etc?

Jim K

On Sun, 13 Jan 2013 12:16:19 -0800 (PST), Jim K
wrote:

On Jan 13, 7:58 pm, "Dave Liquorice"
wrote:
On Sun, 13 Jan 2013 18:06:13 +0000, Nick Odell wrote:
From your point of view, you might save money by combining some or all
of them ...

IIRC from looking just now, surfacemail has 2 kg limit. Airmail might be
2.5 kg riseing to 5kg for printed matter.

--
Cheers
Dave.

does "printed matter" have to be in a plasticy see though
"bag"/"envelope"? IOW offering no protection, and general treated as
publications & chucked about etc?

No

Nick

On Jan 13, 7:58*pm, "Dave Liquorice"
wrote:
On Sun, 13 Jan 2013 18:06:13 +0000, Nick Odell wrote:
From your point of view, you might save money by combining some or all
of them ...

IIRC from looking just now, surfacemail has 2 kg limit. Airmail might be
2.5 kg riseing to 5kg for printed matter.

Which bit of "the maximum weight is 2kg, apart from books and
pamphlets where the max weight is 5kg" suggests a "might be"?

After that it's Parcel Farce or courier. I regularly split parcels
that would over 2Kg as it can work out cheaper to send two separate
airmail parcels.

MBQ

On Mon, 14 Jan 2013 01:40:07 -0800 (PST), Man at B&Q wrote:

IIRC from looking just now, surfacemail has 2 kg limit. Airmail might
be 2.5 kg riseing to 5kg for printed matter.

Which bit of "the maximum weight is 2kg, apart from books and
pamphlets where the max weight is 5kg" suggests a "might be"?

Do you not know what "IIRC" means? Unlike some I don't state things as
fact if I'm unsure.

--
Cheers
Dave.

On Jan 14, 12:11*pm, "Dave Liquorice"
wrote:
On Mon, 14 Jan 2013 01:40:07 -0800 (PST), Man at B&Q wrote:
IIRC from looking just now, surfacemail has 2 kg limit. Airmail might
be 2.5 kg riseing to 5kg for printed matter.

Which bit of "the maximum weight is 2kg, apart from books and
pamphlets where the max weight is 5kg" suggests a "might be"?

Do you not know what "IIRC" means? Unlike some I don't state things as
fact if I'm unsure.

You said you had just looked!

MBQ

On 13/01/13 17:29, Mick wrote:
Hi all,
I have been collecting wedding photos from everyone in our
family I could as part of my family tree research.
At least with weddings a date can be found, unlike "Auntie's" tin of
good old photos with no names or dates on them :-)

I have made some albums up with 5 generations of wedding photos in
them and 72 photos in each album.
They are small and neat looking with general family information about
each family and were possible a later in life photo too, it shows us
aging!

I have four to post to Australia, (from the UK) I do not have any
special scales but on my kitchen scales the package weighs 2, 1/2
pound or 1.250 KG.

Are there different postal methods I could ask for?
Is all post Air mail now?

I do not begrudge the postal charge but just wondered if there are
options ?
Mick.IOW.

courier them. I will NOT be cheap.

Id guess at £15-£25 each

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lead are elected by the least capable of producing, and where the
members of society least likely to sustain themselves or succeed, are
rewarded with goods and services paid for by the confiscated wealth of a
diminishing number of producers.

"The Natural Philosopher" wrote in message
...
On 13/01/13 17:29, Mick wrote:
Hi all,
I have been collecting wedding photos from everyone in our
family I could as part of my family tree research.
At least with weddings a date can be found, unlike "Auntie's" tin of
good old photos with no names or dates on them :-)

I have made some albums up with 5 generations of wedding photos in
them and 72 photos in each album.
They are small and neat looking with general family information about
each family and were possible a later in life photo too, it shows us
aging!

I have four to post to Australia, (from the UK) I do not have any
special scales but on my kitchen scales the package weighs 2, 1/2
pound or 1.250 KG.

Are there different postal methods I could ask for?
Is all post Air mail now?

I do not begrudge the postal charge but just wondered if there are
options ?
Mick.IOW.

courier them. I will NOT be cheap.

Id guess at £15-£25 each

Royal Mail works fine.

I've just had a couple of quite large things, shooting sticks, that
I got from Britain to Australia sent that way and the price was
reasonable. My price isnt necessarily relevant to yours because
these shooting sticks are quite long and rather heavier than yours.

One came by surface mail and did take a month or two.

The other came by airmail and arrived much more quickly.
When I asked this one why he postage cost was so much
cheaper than some of the others were asking to send
shooting sticks, he said that he just used the mailing
thing that ebay provides and they didnt bother to
calculate it themselves at the post office.

On Jan 13, 5:29*pm, Mick wrote:
Hi all,
* * * * *I have been collecting wedding photos from everyone in our
family I could as part of my family tree research.
At least with weddings a date can be found, unlike "Auntie's" tin of
good old photos with no names or dates on them :-)

I have made some albums up with 5 generations of wedding photos in
them and 72 photos in each album.
They are small and neat looking with general family information about
each family and were possible a later in life photo too, it shows us
aging!

I have four to post to Australia, (from the UK) *I do not have any
special scales but on my kitchen scales the package weighs 2, 1/2
pound or 1.250 KG.

Are there different postal methods *I could ask for?
Is all post Air mail now?

I do not begrudge the postal charge but just wondered if there are
options ?
Mick.IOW.

Printed matter can go by a lower rate , but it goes by slowest non
priority route.

A decent Post Office is always a great help, my local main P.O. is
`king useless, make rules up because not sure of what they are doing.
Local sub P.O. are experts at either cheapest or fastest route
depending on what customer needs and will pay for.
Royal Mails site is good for getting ballpark numbers on cost,

Parcel2go put 1.25kg at just under 30 quid to Australia but 10kg at
just under 60 quid if can get them distributed internally from Aus.

Cheers
Adam

On Jan 13, 5:29*pm, Mick wrote:
Hi all,
* * * * *I have been collecting wedding photos from everyone in our
family I could as part of my family tree research.
At least with weddings a date can be found, unlike "Auntie's" tin of
good old photos with no names or dates on them :-)

I have made some albums up with 5 generations of wedding photos in
them and 72 photos in each album.
They are small and neat looking with general family information about
each family and were possible a later in life photo too, it shows us
aging!

I have four to post to Australia, (from the UK) *I do not have any
special scales but on my kitchen scales the package weighs 2, 1/2
pound or 1.250 KG.

Are there different postal methods *I could ask for?
Is all post Air mail now?

I do not begrudge the postal charge but just wondered if there are
options ?
Mick.IOW.

Oh FFS! You've found Usenet. Is it really that fecking difficult to
find the Royal Mail website?

MBQ

On 14/01/2013 09:35, Man at B&Q wrote:
On Jan 13, 5:29 pm, Mick wrote:
Hi all,
I have been collecting wedding photos from everyone in our
family I could as part of my family tree research.
At least with weddings a date can be found, unlike "Auntie's" tin of
good old photos with no names or dates on them :-)

I have made some albums up with 5 generations of wedding photos in
them and 72 photos in each album.
They are small and neat looking with general family information about
each family and were possible a later in life photo too, it shows us
aging!

I have four to post to Australia, (from the UK) I do not have any
special scales but on my kitchen scales the package weighs 2, 1/2
pound or 1.250 KG.

Are there different postal methods I could ask for?
Is all post Air mail now?

I do not begrudge the postal charge but just wondered if there are
options ?
Mick.IOW.

Oh FFS! You've found Usenet. Is it really that fecking difficult to
find the Royal Mail website?

MBQ

It is *much* easier to post the same question here AND
soc.genealogy.britain.

--
Rod

On Mon, 14 Jan 2013 09:48:31 +0000, polygonum
wrote:

On 14/01/2013 09:35, Man at B&Q wrote:
On Jan 13, 5:29 pm, Mick wrote:
Hi all,
I have been collecting wedding photos from everyone in our
family I could as part of my family tree research.
At least with weddings a date can be found, unlike "Auntie's" tin of
good old photos with no names or dates on them :-)

I have made some albums up with 5 generations of wedding photos in
them and 72 photos in each album.
They are small and neat looking with general family information about
each family and were possible a later in life photo too, it shows us
aging!

I have four to post to Australia, (from the UK) I do not have any
special scales but on my kitchen scales the package weighs 2, 1/2
pound or 1.250 KG.

Are there different postal methods I could ask for?
Is all post Air mail now?

I do not begrudge the postal charge but just wondered if there are
options ?
Mick.IOW.

Oh FFS! You've found Usenet. Is it really that fecking difficult to
find the Royal Mail website?

MBQ

It is *much* easier to post the same question here AND
soc.genealogy.britain.

Is posting to two groups separately the same as cross posting then?

I asked in both groups because I thought there would be different
views on method of sending?

Mick.

On 14/01/2013 19:02, Mick wrote:
On Mon, 14 Jan 2013 09:48:31 +0000, polygonum
wrote:

On 14/01/2013 09:35, Man at B&Q wrote:
On Jan 13, 5:29 pm, Mick wrote:
Hi all,
I have been collecting wedding photos from everyone in our
family I could as part of my family tree research.
At least with weddings a date can be found, unlike "Auntie's" tin of
good old photos with no names or dates on them :-)

I have made some albums up with 5 generations of wedding photos in
them and 72 photos in each album.
They are small and neat looking with general family information about
each family and were possible a later in life photo too, it shows us
aging!

I have four to post to Australia, (from the UK) I do not have any
special scales but on my kitchen scales the package weighs 2, 1/2
pound or 1.250 KG.

Are there different postal methods I could ask for?
Is all post Air mail now?

I do not begrudge the postal charge but just wondered if there are
options ?
Mick.IOW.

Oh FFS! You've found Usenet. Is it really that fecking difficult to
find the Royal Mail website?

MBQ

It is *much* easier to post the same question here AND
soc.genealogy.britain.

Is posting to two groups separately the same as cross posting then?

I asked in both groups because I thought there would be different
views on method of sending?

Mick.

I think it is not the same - though some groups reject all cross-posts
so it is not always an option.

Cross-posting (limited, of course) allows all viewers to see each
others' responses and hence avoid saying the same thing again, repeating
'research', whatever.

--
Rod

On Mon, 14 Jan 2013 01:35:29 -0800 (PST), "Man at B&Q"
wrote:

On Jan 13, 5:29*pm, Mick wrote:
Hi all,
* * * * *I have been collecting wedding photos from everyone in our
family I could as part of my family tree research.
At least with weddings a date can be found, unlike "Auntie's" tin of
good old photos with no names or dates on them :-)

I have made some albums up with 5 generations of wedding photos in
them and 72 photos in each album.
They are small and neat looking with general family information about
each family and were possible a later in life photo too, it shows us
aging!

I have four to post to Australia, (from the UK) *I do not have any
special scales but on my kitchen scales the package weighs 2, 1/2
pound or 1.250 KG.

Are there different postal methods *I could ask for?
Is all post Air mail now?

I do not begrudge the postal charge but just wondered if there are
options ?
Mick.IOW.

Oh FFS! You've found Usenet. Is it really that fecking difficult to
find the Royal Mail website?

MBQ

Options other than Royal Mail?

The parcel cost £14.66 by Air Mail.
Mick.

"Man at B&Q" wrote in message
...
On Jan 13, 5:29 pm, Mick wrote:
Hi all,
I have been collecting wedding photos from everyone in our
family I could as part of my family tree research.
At least with weddings a date can be found, unlike "Auntie's" tin of
good old photos with no names or dates on them :-)

I have made some albums up with 5 generations of wedding photos in
them and 72 photos in each album.
They are small and neat looking with general family information about
each family and were possible a later in life photo too, it shows us
aging!

I have four to post to Australia, (from the UK) I do not have any
special scales but on my kitchen scales the package weighs 2, 1/2
pound or 1.250 KG.

Are there different postal methods I could ask for?
Is all post Air mail now?

I do not begrudge the postal charge but just wondered if there are
options ?
Mick.IOW.

Oh FFS! You've found Usenet. Is it really that fecking difficult to
find the Royal Mail website?

That doesn't necessarily get the best price.

I was buying a shooting stick off ebay and was surprised at the
very big variation in the price to send it to Australia from Britain.
When I asked the seller with the cheapest price, it turned out that
he had a way of doing that that was MUCH cheaper than using
the Royal Mail website.

On Jan 14, 8:10*pm, "Rod Speed" wrote:
"Man at B&Q" wrote in ...









On Jan 13, 5:29 pm, Mick wrote:
Hi all,
* * * * *I have been collecting wedding photos from everyone in our
family I could as part of my family tree research.
At least with weddings a date can be found, unlike "Auntie's" tin of
good old photos with no names or dates on them :-)

I have made some albums up with 5 generations of wedding photos in
them and 72 photos in each album.
They are small and neat looking with general family information about
each family and were possible a later in life photo too, it shows us
aging!

I have four to post to Australia, (from the UK) *I do not have any
special scales but on my kitchen scales the package weighs 2, 1/2
pound or 1.250 KG.

Are there different postal methods *I could ask for?
Is all post Air mail now?

I do not begrudge the postal charge but just wondered if there are
options ?
Mick.IOW.

Oh FFS! You've found Usenet. Is it really that fecking difficult to
find the Royal Mail website?

That doesn't necessarily get the best price.

It will for a Royal Mail service, for an individual user with a one-
off requirement. There are discounts for people who use the service a
lot, e.g. those who have their own franmking machine.

I was buying a shooting stick off ebay and was surprised at the
very big variation in the price to send it to Australia from Britain.
When I asked the seller with the cheapest price, it turned out that
he had a way of doing that that was MUCH cheaper than using
the Royal Mail website.

Just hearsay. Provide some evidence.

MBQ

"Man at B&Q" wrote in message
...
On Jan 14, 8:10 pm, "Rod Speed" wrote:
"Man at B&Q" wrote in
...









On Jan 13, 5:29 pm, Mick wrote:
Hi all,
I have been collecting wedding photos from everyone in our
family I could as part of my family tree research.
At least with weddings a date can be found, unlike "Auntie's" tin of
good old photos with no names or dates on them :-)

I have made some albums up with 5 generations of wedding photos in
them and 72 photos in each album.
They are small and neat looking with general family information about
each family and were possible a later in life photo too, it shows us
aging!

I have four to post to Australia, (from the UK) I do not have any
special scales but on my kitchen scales the package weighs 2, 1/2
pound or 1.250 KG.

Are there different postal methods I could ask for?
Is all post Air mail now?

I do not begrudge the postal charge but just wondered if there are
options ?
Mick.IOW.

Oh FFS! You've found Usenet. Is it really that fecking difficult to
find the Royal Mail website?

That doesn't necessarily get the best price.

It will for a Royal Mail service, for an
individual user with a one-off requirement.

It didn't with my example.

There are discounts for people who use the service a
lot, e.g. those who have their own franmking machine.

That's another situation where the web site isnt the best way.

I was buying a shooting stick off ebay and was surprised at the
very big variation in the price to send it to Australia from Britain.
When I asked the seller with the cheapest price, it turned out that
he had a way of doing that that was MUCH cheaper than using
the Royal Mail website.

Just hearsay.

Mindlessly silly.

Provide some evidence.

You can check it yourself any time you like with ebay.

On 15 Jan, 17:39, "Rod Speed" wrote:
"Man at B&Q" wrote in ...









On Jan 14, 8:10 pm, "Rod Speed" wrote:
"Man at B&Q" wrote in
...

On Jan 13, 5:29 pm, Mick wrote:
Hi all,
* * * * *I have been collecting wedding photos from everyone in our
family I could as part of my family tree research.
At least with weddings a date can be found, unlike "Auntie's" tin of
good old photos with no names or dates on them :-)

I have made some albums up with 5 generations of wedding photos in
them and 72 photos in each album.
They are small and neat looking with general family information about
each family and were possible a later in life photo too, it shows us
aging!

I have four to post to Australia, (from the UK) *I do not have any
special scales but on my kitchen scales the package weighs 2, 1/2
pound or 1.250 KG.

Are there different postal methods *I could ask for?
Is all post Air mail now?

I do not begrudge the postal charge but just wondered if there are
options ?
Mick.IOW.

Oh FFS! You've found Usenet. Is it really that fecking difficult to
find the Royal Mail website?

That doesn't necessarily get the best price.
It will for a Royal Mail service, for an
individual user with a one-off requirement.

It didn't with my example.

No evidence to substantiate your claim.


There are discounts for people who use the service a
lot, e.g. those who have their own franmking machine.

That's another situation where the web site isnt the best way.

Not applicable to the case inder discussion.

I was buying a shooting stick off ebay and was surprised at the
very big variation in the price to send it to Australia from Britain.
When I asked the seller with the cheapest price, it turned out that
he had a way of doing that that was MUCH cheaper than using
the Royal Mail website.
Just hearsay.

Mindlessly silly.

No evidence to substantiate your claim.

Provide some evidence.

You can check it yourself any time you like with ebay.

Why would eBay GAF about it?

No evidence to substantiate your claim.

MBQ