Olympic wrestler postal stationery mailed at the 1996 Atlanta Olympics to a friend in the U.K.
Tip #4: Where to send it – Don’t forget friends and family.
Wouldn’t it be dull if that bag of M&M’s you bought were all one color? Well philately is rather the same way. If every piece of postmarked mail in your collection bears your own address that’d be mighty boring! Instead, take the opportunity to send cards to friends and family. To make preparing cards and covers a breeze, take along pre-printed self-adhesive address labels for all the family and friends to whom you’ll be sending mail.
There’s a second reason for sending your Olympic mail to a variety of places. By varying the destination – domestic, U.S., worldwide – you can take advantage of different postal rates. This will come in handy if you wish to use the wide selection of Olympic postage that Canada Post has issued (more about that in Tip #2 later this week).
And don’t forget to ask addressees to save their cards and covers for you (unless of course you can recruit a new Olympic philatelist or two)!
Tomorrow: How to sent it.
