This is some info that I have come across. You are welcome to pass it on. You may or may not have heard of mail being returned from Canada as it did not have a return address on it. In the summer of 2004 the 190 members of the Universal Postal Union met. At that time Canada was the first member to say that any mail coming into Canada without a return address on it would be returned to the country it came from. This is a result of 911 and the fear of the content may cause a security threat. Postcards are exempt as both sides can be seen. This enforcement is not from Canada Post but actually from the Canada Border Services Agency [customs]. All mail coming into Canada enters through Vancouver, Montreal and Toronto where it is examined by Customs before the Post Offices gets it. I understand that a notice was put up in British Post Offices about this. as well the United States Post Office issued a warning about it. For packages where the contents are described on the custom label as "gift" or "present" this is not acceptable. But Canada Post has also taken to returning mail where it cannot read the address easily. They want the return address in the top left had corner on the front of the item, with who it is to, with Canada in block capital letters and the post code below. They prefer the complete address to be printed or typed. I have read where this happened, with the item being returned twice until the address was addressed in block letters. __________________________________________________ | return | address | | | | | Name | address | city | CANADA | postal code | | | | ___________________________________________________ I suspect that this is just the start and that other countries will follow suit. I do not think that anyone sending something they should not will put their own return address on the item!` Kathie -- No virus found in this outgoing message. Checked by AVG Anti-Virus. Version: 7.0.300 / Virus Database: 265.8.5 - Release Date: 03/02/2005