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ricarmic · ‎01-19-2015

Today shipping to 8 different countries (my record is 12 different countries in 1 mailing day)

Today's interesting country is Papua New Guinea - first time I've ever shipped there!

Reminds me of the time I shipped to Gibraltar, address was the buyers name, a street-like name with no number and GIBRALTAR. I emailed the buyer to ask for the rest of the address, they told me that was all that was needed because everybody knows everybody in Gibraltar. It got there as quick as something across the country here!!!!

What's your interesting country?

femmefan1946 · ‎01-19-2015

I've sold postcards to French Polynesia in the Pacific Ocean. They did originate there.

And for some reason, Robert's Rules of Order several times to Kazhakistan.

2014sportsterguy · ‎01-19-2015

I shipped to Quebec 🙂

Well seems like another country .

But Russia was interesting, it's neat all the city names we' mail too.......... Mailed to Greece went OK.

recped · ‎01-19-2015

St. Pierre and Miquelon

A very small community (pop 350) on the western coast of Greenland (twice to the same buyer).

Neither are technically "countries", the former is a French colony and the latter is Danish.

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femmefan1946 · ‎01-19-2015

Greenland is not exactly Danish.

Greenland (Greenlandic: Kalaallit Nunaat [kaˈlaːɬit ˈnunaːt]) is an autonomous country within the Kingdom of Denmark, located between the Arctic and Atlantic Oceans, east of the Canadian Arctic Archipelago. Though physiographically a part of the continent of North America, Greenland has been politically and culturally associated with Europe (specifically Norway and Denmark, the colonial powers, as well as the nearby island of Iceland) for more than a millennium-- Wikipedia.

I was listing some literature about Greenland last night and looked it up.

vintagenorth · ‎01-19-2015

Um, recped, I think you mean off the coast of Newfoundland. They are just a short ferry ride from the southwest end of Nfld. Almost in Canada, but owned by the French. Very picturesque. You don't even need a passport to visit as long as you are a Cdn. citizen.

pjcdn2005 · ‎01-19-2015

The 2 that stand out in my mind are Brunei Darussalam and South Korea.

I don't think that I've ever shipped out to more 4 or 5 countries in one day. Heck..these days I would be thrilled if I had 5 packages to ship out every day!

recped · ‎01-19-2015

@vintagenorth wrote:
Um, recped, I think you mean off the coast of Newfoundland. They are just a short ferry ride from the southwest end of Nfld. Almost in Canada, but owned by the French. Very picturesque. You don't even need a passport to visit as long as you are a Cdn. citizen.

Actually it was St Pierre and on another occasion Greenland.

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pocomocomputing · ‎01-20-2015

@vintagenorth wrote:
Um, recped, I think you mean off the coast of Newfoundland. They are just a short ferry ride from the southwest end of Nfld. Almost in Canada, but owned by the French. Very picturesque. You don't even need a passport to visit as long as you are a Cdn. citizen.

In recped's post, the second sentence seems to be a continuation of the first about St. Pierre & Miquelon but it is not. He is talking about two separate sales, one to St. Pierre and Miquelon and one to a small community in Greenland.

I read it the way you did at first but them realized it was two separate sales on a second read.

73rhc · ‎01-20-2015

Sent a novel to Tasmania.

vintagenorth · ‎01-20-2015

My apologies recped, I did not read your post correctly. Thought you meant St. Pierre was off the coast of Greenland.

Anyway, back on subject, I have shipped to Sri Lanka a couple of times but not sure if that is an unusual destination.

ricarmic · ‎01-21-2015

Today's interesting, Sri Lanka and Saudi Arabia, I've shipped to both those countries a few times now.....

recped · ‎01-21-2015

@vintagenorth wrote:
My apologies recped, I did not read your post correctly. Thought you meant St. Pierre was off the coast of Greenland.

Anyway, back on subject, I have shipped to Sri Lanka a couple of times but not sure if that is an unusual destination.

No problem, my post wasn't really very clear.....

Sri Lanka would be unusual for me so I'd say it counts (might sound more exotic if you referred to it as Ceylon!).

Besides a few unusual places is the fact that in 16 years on eBay and many years of mail order prior to that I have never shipping an order to the African continent. I had an Egyptian buyer once but he had his order shipped to Hamilton, other than that the only nibble I've had was a question from a South African.

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