[il-talk] Help?

[AZNOR99 at aol.com]

As for the Free Matter Program, my experience is that it works for most  
countries, but you are supposed to be sending either Braille materials or  4-track 
cassettes, or in the alternative, you are or represent a nonprofit  
organization or government agency sending educational or academic materials to a  blind 
recipient.  There needs to be at least one Braille aspect of the  package, 
even if it is labels on the cassettes or a cover letter of sorts in  Braille.  
The NLS, for example, regularly sends Talking Books to students  who study 
abroad, and the NFB sends information and materials to international  members Free 
Matter.  You'll need to check with your post office to see  which countries 
do not possess an international mailing agreement with the  U.S.  I believe New 
Zealand, as Debbie said, and a few of the former USSR  countries are among 
them.
 
The other option, of course, is to just send them on and stamp the package  
Free matter and hope it works.  Since you're sending Free Matter, your  items 
won't be signature upon receipt or unsured anyway.  If it doesn't  work, you'll 
get the package back, provided you put a return address on  it.
 
Good luck.
 
Yours,
Ronza
 
 
 
In a message dated 11/7/2008 4:58:55 P.M. Eastern Standard Time,  
dkent5817 at worldnet.att.net writes:



Hi,

This is a great surprise to me - and a jolt, since I  regularly send used 
magazines to people  overseas.

Debbie


----- Original Message ----- 
From:  "Robert A. Hansen" <roberthansen1970 at gmail.com>
To: "NFB of Illinois  Mailing List" <il-talk at nfbnet.org>
Sent: Friday, November 07, 2008  1:23 PM
Subject: Re: [il-talk] Help?


> Edwin.  Look for  the Guild For The Blind.  Go to their website.  Look 
> under  Guild Briefs.  You will find the answer.  The changes are stated  
> there.  You cannot send free matter internationally.  If  you were a 
> newsline user, you would have called and found out.   USE NEWSLINE!!
>
> Sincerely,
>
> Mr.  H
>
>
>
> Edwin wrote:
>> Can I send someone  some audio books in Switzerland, free matter for the 
>>  blind?
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