I receive a great deal of return/postage paid envelopes. Could I place a label with a different address other than the original address printed by the sender and use it to correspond with someone other than the original sender, like family or friends?
2007-01-25 15:55:54 · 10 answers · asked by GayForPay 1 in Politics & Government ➔ Other - Politics & Government
No, you may not. Depending on what country you are in, most postal regulations prohibit this alteration, some with penalties or legal consequences. To be able to use these envelopes, you have to be the holder of the relevant permit (you may see the permit number printed in the oblong where the postage normally is). Each permit number is traceable to the permit holder, which obviously, will not be you.
2007-01-25 16:09:04 · answer #1 · answered by alphaone 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
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Can you use a postage paid envelope to send a letter to a different person if you label over the orig. address
I receive a great deal of return/postage paid envelopes. Could I place a label with a different address other than the original address printed by the sender and use it to correspond with someone other than the original sender, like family or friends?
2015-08-18 06:25:05 · answer #3 · answered by Brucie 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Cutting the postage off might work, but not using the envelope. I did this once, not with a postage paid one but a regular one, in the name of recycling. It came back to me with a note from the company that sent it to me in the first place! Those bar codes on the envelopes are what the post office goes by. If there is a bar code, it gets scanned, and nobody will even look at the address you wrote or stuck on it. It will go to the address coded in the bar code.
2007-01-25 16:06:02 · answer #4 · answered by ice_skaters_mom 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes, or no? Well, my husband does it all the time. He even cuts the postage off and glues that on a whole new envelope. As long as the postage shows no registar marks on it its free to go.
2007-01-25 16:03:31 · answer #5 · answered by Da 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
there is a penalty for use other than intended in gov. postage paid envelopes. I wouldn't do it because buying a stamp can keep you out of a lot of trouble.
2007-01-25 16:09:40 · answer #6 · answered by ? 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Well, at the very least, it would be unethical, expecting those companies to pay your postage to someone else. And at worst, it would be mail fraud, subject to stiff fines and maybe jail time.
2007-01-25 16:03:42 · answer #7 · answered by lee m 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Just. Don't. Do the right thing and pony up the 39 cents for grandma's birthday card, all right?
2007-01-25 16:12:34 · answer #8 · answered by happyhomeschooler 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It's against the law, Dude!
2007-01-25 16:05:52 · answer #9 · answered by Kalistrat 4 · 0⤊ 1⤋
No you can't once stamp is used thats it
2007-01-25 16:03:49 · answer #10 · answered by ? 4 · 0⤊ 2⤋