Under 1/4" requires a real person such as a window clerk or a Mailhandler to separate it. If it is dropped into a mail slot and not picked up on the thick pile of letters on the belt it may not be mechanically separated because it can slide under the rollers that kick any thicker items out. So taking them to the window is a good idea. Get BlueMail for Android On Nov 12, 2019, 10:13 PM, at 10:13 PM, Joe G <joseph.andrew.gorman@gmail.com> wrote: >For the seeds I've mailed out this year, multiple local post offices >have >given me a confusing set of rules - envelopes under 1/4" thick send >with a ~ >$1.00 nonmachineable stamp, but any envelopes over 1/4" thick are >charged >package rates. I use two or three layers of the thin foam packaging >that >comes on flat-pack furniture and such. I haven't gotten any complaints >about crushed seeds (mostly milkweeds); hopefully I don't hear any bad >news >in the spring! > >-joe in SW VA where nighttime temps tonight are forecast to be 35°F >below >average and all the pots of seedlings I had considered bringing inside >are >frozen to my nursery tables. > >On Tue, Nov 12, 2019, 8:27 PM Frank Cooper <> wrote: > >> If it is not over 1/4" thick there is little to protect an envelope >from >> going into the canceling machine if is letter sized. Always make >sure >> packages that are envelope sized are over 1/4" >> and preferably evenly flat. The trouble with bubble packs is if >the >> seal is not flat or if it is stapled. >> Get BlueMail for Android >> >> On Nov 12, 2019, 6:14 PM, at 6:14 PM, Diane <voltaire@islandnet.com> >> wrote: >> >Not just bulbs. I received squashed nerine seeds once. >> > >> >Diane Whitehead >> >Victoria, British Columbia, Canada >> > >> > >> >_______________________________________________ >> >pbs mailing list >> >pbs@lists.pacificbulbsociety.net >> >http://lists.pacificbulbsociety.net/cgi-bin/… >> _______________________________________________ >> pbs mailing list >> pbs@lists.pacificbulbsociety.net >> http://lists.pacificbulbsociety.net/cgi-bin/… >> _______________________________________________ pbs mailing list pbs@lists.pacificbulbsociety.net http://lists.pacificbulbsociety.net/cgi-bin/…