It's that time of year again!

Time for our Christmas Mail
"No shipping" holiday.

Many years of experience have taught us that it does not pay to mail covers into the Christmas mail rush.

Letters and parcels mailed in the few weeks before Christmas, frequently arrive at the same time as those mailed immediately after the rush is over, if they arrive at all!

So every December, we take a "no shipping" holiday. There will be some exceptions. Please read the full News Report below for full details. The website remains open, we process orders as normal, we are here to answer correspondence, but nothing is mailed until December 27th.

We will begin mailing orders again on December 27.

We would rather keep your covers here safely, rather than lose them in the Christmas mail crush!
Thanks for your understanding.

Debbie & Roy

Merry Christmas!
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News
Christmas Shipping Holiday for International now in effect
USA/Canada begins December 15

November 27, 2023

Many years of experience have taught us that it does not pay to mail covers into the Christmas mail rush.

So every December, we take a "no shipping" holiday. The last shipping day for international orders (other than USA) will be November 27. The last shipping day for US and Canada orders will be December 15. Exceptions for US and Canada orders will be made for orders that are large enough to warrant shipment by tracked mail. These orders will be shipped as usual, if you wish it.

Happy Holidays!

Changes to our shipping terms
March 1, 2023

We have been forced to make some changes to our postage charges!

We have always tried to keep our postage charges as reasonable as possible (including paying the bulk of postage costs ourselves) but the current tightening of UPU regulations at the Post Office have forced us to make some changes.

Our new postage terms are fully laid out on our Terms of Service page but the gist of the changes is:

USA
Postage is increased from $3 to $5 on orders between $10 and $25. Orders over $25 are unaffected. Why? Because we used to be able to send small orders by Letter Mail rates. The Post Office is now rejecting these shipments and insisting on the use of Small Packet rates which start at about double Letter Mail. Small orders do not give us much room to subsidize the postage costs so we have to pass on a bit more of it.
International
International rates have skyrocketed. We are finding that we are putting US$50 postage on US$75 orders and even the smallest orders are requiring a minimum of US$11 postage. We can't afford that big a discount, so we have eliminated the free shipping threshold for international orders and instituted a flat rate $8 shipping fee, regardless of order size.
Canada
No changes. Still $3 to $75, free after $75

Debbie and Roy


 
Contact us:

Mailing address:
Deborah Lingen
P.O. Box 99,
Verona, ON
K0H 2W0 Canada

Email:
About orders:
debbie@lingens.com

About buying/selling
or the website:

roy@lingens.com

Telephone:
1-613-374-2091

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