Surface mail

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Surface mail, also known as sea mail, is mail that is transported by land and sea (along the surface of the earth), rather phàn nàn by air, as in airmail. Surface mail is significantly less expensive but slower phàn nàn airmail, and thus is preferred for large or heavy, non-urgent items and is primarily used for sending packages, not letters.

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History[edit]

The term "surface mail" arose as a retronym (retrospective term), following the development of airmail – a term was needed lớn describe traditional mail, for which purpose "surface mail" was coined. A more recent example of the same process is the term snail mail (to refer lớn physical mail, be it transported by surface or air), following the development of tin nhắn.^[1]

By country[edit]

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Israel[edit]

The Israel Postal Company (Hebrew: דואר ישראל, romanized: Do'ar Yisra'el) offers international surface mail (known as "sea and land mail," (Hebrew: דואר ים ויבשה, romanized: Do'ar Yam v'Yabasha).^[2]

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United States[edit]

In 2007, the US Postal Service discontinued its outbound international surface mail ("sea mail") service,^[3] mainly because of increased costs. Returned undeliverable surface parcels had become an expensive problem for the USPS, since it was often required lớn take such parcels back.^[4]

Domestic surface mail (now "Retail Ground" or "Commercial Parcel Select") remains available.

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Alternatives lớn international surface mail include:

International Surface Air Lift (ISAL). The service includes neither tracking nor insurance;^[5] but it may be possible lớn purchase shipping insurance from a third-party company.
USPS Commercial ePacket. The service is trackable.
Ordinary first-class international airmail.

Senders can access the International Surface Air Lift and ePacket services through postal wholesalers. Some examples of such wholesalers include:

Asendia USA (accessible through the Shippo trang web lớn users who have an Asendia account),^[6]
Globegistics (now owned by Asendia), and
APC Postal Logistics.

If a sender sends an ISAL mailing directly through the USPS (without a wholesaler as an intermediary), the minimum weight is 50 pounds per mailing.^[7] ePacket mailings can never be sent directly through the USPS; senders must always use a wholesaler.

References[edit]

^ Cognitive English grammar, by Günter Radden, René Dirven, p. 4
^ "מדריך הדואר – חלק ג׳" [Postal Guide - Part 3]. Israel Postal Company (in Hebrew). Israel Postal Company. Archived from the original on July 27, 2018. Retrieved July 28, 2018.
^ "USPS International Mail - Frequently Asked Questions". Archived from the original on September 29, 2007.
^ DWTripp. "USPS mail changes - international surface mail going away". BoardGameGeek "Chit Chat" forum. Archived from the original on March 10, 2017. Retrieved March 10, 2017. Internal newsletters detailed a huge loss for the USPS in the failed delivery of packages sent from the USA via surface. Since the USPS cannot dictate how scores of different countries handle surface mail, and since its agreements required the USPS lớn take back undeliverable parcels, the losses were mounting.
^ "Why nobody offers USPS International Surface Air Lift for international shipment?". BoardGameGeek "General Gaming" forum. Archived from the original on February 23, 2017. Retrieved February 23, 2017. The reason, probably, why no other dealers offer it: ... it is very difficult and time-consuming lớn tự. Plus, there is no tracking, no insurance, and lots of complaints — as those packages can easily take 60 days lớn arrive.
^ hlmacdon (June 28, 2018). "Has anyone used Asendia Priority Tracked International Postage through Chit Chat?". eBay Canada "Seller Central" forum. Archived from the original on December 23, 2019. Retrieved December 23, 2019.
^ "International Mail Manual » International Surface Air Lift (ISAL) Service". United States Postal Service. Archived from the original on December 24, 2019. Retrieved December 24, 2019.