Direct Entry is a term that was first used in the 1980s, when companies began shipping mail intended for a particular country directly to that country (either via air, sea, or land), and then entering the mail into the local postal system for delivery. Postage was paid at the local (domestic) rate, with stamps or [...]
ISAL (an acronym for International Surface Air Lift) is an international bulk mailing service offered by the U.S. Postal Service (USPS).
ISAL was begun in the 1970’s. The publisher McGraw-Hill was highly instrumental in helping bring about ISAL service. McGraw-Hill was interested in finding a way to reduce the time it took for publishers [...]
A foreign mail consolidator is a company that gathers or collects foreign mail from many small senders of mail, for the purpose of offering a lower postage rate than the small senders could otherwise negotiate on their own.
Foreign mail consolidators provide a valuable service, however they can vary widely in the number of services they [...]
The term “foreign mail” refers to any item of mail which is intended for delivery to another country. So if you live and work in the United States, for example, foreign mail could mean a letter addressed to Canada, a parcel addressed to Australia, a magazine addressed to France… and so on.
Any piece of mail [...]
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